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Fact Check

It’s important to understand that naturally occurring radioactivity is found in nature and materials all around us, thus very low-level radioactive material is disposed of everywhere, all the time.

Findings/Recommendations

  Findings and Recommendations of The Tennessee Municipal Solid Waste Advisory Committee; August 20, 2007
  2008 Solid Waste Management Response to BSFR Recommendations
  2008 Radiological Health Response to BSFR Recommendations
  2008 Radiological Health - Roles of Staff

BSFR Waste Volumes Disposed

  Link to Table

Archives of 2007 BSFR Meetings and External Links


Helpful Links

  Bulk Survey For Release Program (BSFR) home
  Solid Waste Advisory Committee Web site
  Division of Radiological Health
  Division of Solid Waste Management

Archived Information

This page contains archived information from the BSFR meetings conducted by the Solid Waste Advisory Committee during the Summer of 2007.

BSFR Waste Volumes Disposed

  Link to Table

Meeting Transcripts

  July 17, 2007 Meeting
  July 24, 2007 Meeting

August 16 SWAC BSFR Meeting

  PDF: Handouts to the 8/16/07 Solid Waste Advisory Board
  PDF: Written Public Comments to Solid Waste Advisory Board (55.4 MB)
  PDF: TDEC's responses to comments from the public as requested by the Solid Waste Advisory Board

July 5 SWAC BSFR Meeting

  Video: July 5th SWAC BSFR Meeting
  PPT: Roger Fenner's July 5 Presentation to Solid Waste Advisory Committee
  PPT: Glen Pugh's July 5 Presentation to Solid Waste Advisory Committee
  PDF: Prepared Remarks by Lawrence E. Nanney, Director Division of Radiological Health to SWAC
  PDF: Handouts given at July 5 SWAC BSFR meeting

Helpful Information

  Memo from TDEC Division of Radiological Health, Director Lawrence E. Nanny
  Letter from EPA, Regional Administrator J. Palmer to Bart Gordon (including enclosed Response to Bart Gordon Questions)
  Letter from Gerald Webb, VP, Studsvik, Inc. to Mike Apple
  Legislation addressing SWAC to review the BSFR

External Links

Links leave TDEC

  EPA Radiation Protection
  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  The Radiation Information Network
  Health Physics Society
  Code of Federal Regulations
  Conference of Radiation Program Control Directors
  Health Physics Society – University of Michigan
  Health Physics Resources - Oak Ridge Associated Universities