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MILTON E. McLAIN, Ph.D., C.H.P.

Residence: 19445 David Memorial Drive, Apt.1208 Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University Shenandoah, Texas 77385-8734 Department of Nuclear Engineering & Telephone: (936)203-7543 Office of Radiological Safety E-Mail: [email protected] College Station, Texas 77843-3261 EDUCATION: Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (Nuclear Engineering) 1972 M.S., University of Idaho (Chemistry) 1960 B.A., Emory University (Chemistry) 1955 PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS: Certified Health Physicist, American Board of Health Physics, 1975 Certification Renewed 1981, 1985, 1989, and 1994 Emeritus status 1998 SECURITY CLEARANCES: DOE "L" clearance, most recently granted 3/94 (Los Alamos National Laboratory) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES: Health Physics Society - Board of Directors, 1990-93 Named as Fellow, 1993 Member of Finance Committee, 1991-1993 Member of Continuing and General Education Committee, 1986-89 Health Physics Society official delegate to 8th Meeting of International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), May 1992; Montreal, Canada Reviewer of manuscripts submitted for publication in Health Physics

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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES: (continued) American Academy of Health Physics - Member Professional Development Committee, 1990-92 Committee Chairman, 1991 & 1992 South Texas Chapter, Health Physics Society - President, 1989-90 Student Activities Committee Chairman, 1986-1989 Sigma Xi Research Society Standards Committees Participation - N-16 criticality safety committee member, HPS representative (since 1991)

ANSI N42.18 revision committee, "Specification and Performance of On-site Instrumentation for Continuous Monitoring of Radioactivity in Effluents", 1993

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: June 1995 – Present Professor Emeritus, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University May 1994 - August 1994 & May 1993 - August 1993 Affiliate (summer), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Radioactive Air Emissions Management Group (ESH-15, re-organized as ESH-17) September 1988 – June 1995 Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University Director, Office of Radiological Safety; University System Radiological Safety Officer December 1984 - August 1988 Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University Director, Office of Radiological Safety; University System Radiological Safety Officer September 1983 - November 1984 Manager, Engineering; Radiation Measurement Systems, Inc. January 1982 - August 1983 Manager, Nuclear Safety Engineering Fuel Manufacturing Department General Electric Company; Wilmington, NC September 1980 - January 1982 Manager, Consulting Section; Director, Technical Projects Department Nuclear Data, Inc.; Power Division Atlanta, Georgia



EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (continued): Summer 1980 Visiting Scientist Risø National Laboratory, Isotope Laboratory Roskilde, Denmark 1974-1980 Associate Professor, University Radiological Safety Officer University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 1973-1974 Staff Member, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Health Division/Safeguards 1964-1973 Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory Supervisor Nuclear Research Center - Georgia Tech Research Reactor Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 1962-1964 Radiochemist, Radiochemical Analysis Section General Atomic San Diego, California 1960-1962 Project Director, Hot Laboratory Supervisor Atlantic Research Corporation Alexandria, Virginia 1959-1960 Radiochemistry Laboratory Supervisor Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Georgia Nuclear Laboratory Dawsonville, Georgia 1957-1959 Research Chemist, Chemical Development Group Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Phillips Petroleum Co. (prime operating contractor) Atomic Energy Division Idaho Falls, Idaho EMPLOYMENT DESCRIPTIONS:



Los Alamos National Laboratory (Summers 1993 - 1996): Participated in the Radioactive Air Emissions Management Program in Group ESH-17 (formally Group ESH-15 and HS-9). Technical review of effluent monitoring and analysis programs. Contributed to development of QA/QC program for compliance with 40CFR61 (NESHAP) EPA regulatory requirements. Reviewed and evaluated current and proposed procedures for measurement of airborne tritium and transuranic contamination. Specifically examined the operation of tritium “bubbler” air sampling system used to sample and differentiate between tritiated water and elemental tritium components of airborne activity. Texas A&M University: Dr. McLain held a dual appointment as Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Director, Office of Radiological Safety (Radiological Safety Officer) for the Texas A&M University System. Texas A&M has one of the leading nuclear engineering and health physics academic and research programs in the country. Dr. McLain taught in the health physics academic program and directed the research of graduate students in this area of study. His research interests included development of new and improved radiochemical analysis procedures for environmental surveillance; the development of on-line, real-time radiation monitors for radioactive effluents and waste processing systems; improved methods for tritium and radon air sampling and analysis; isotopic gas calibration of post-accident effluent radiation monitors; the experimental dosimetric evaluation of noble gas fission product immersion in reactor post-accident scenarios; and neutron capture cancer therapy. As an active participant in collaborative international academic/research efforts at TAMU, Dr. McLain served as a Visiting Professor at The Technical University of Denmark (DTH), Department of Electrophysics (September - October 1991) where he lectured in a graduate-level course in health physics and supervised TAMU exchange student research projects at DTH. The Texas A&M University System radiation safety program is large (>300 sub-licensees and >4,000 radioactive material receipts per year) and complex with such diverse facilities as a 1 MW TRIGA research reactor, a K-500 superconducting magnet cyclotron installation, schools of medicine and veterinary medicine, and a wide variety of diverse research programs on campus and at more that 20 remote sites. He directed a staff of four professional, full-time health physicists and 4-5 technicians. The Office of Radiological Safety (ORS) was the University group responsible for regulatory compliance and is the University interface with the Texas State Health Department on licensing matters (Texas is an Agreement State). The ORS was also responsible for non-ionizing radiation safety, e.g. lasers and microwave devices. Dr. McLain participated in 1990 - 1992 as a member of a volunteer EMF study committee established by the Texas Public Utility Commission. This committee completed its study and evaluations of the EMF-caused health effects issue early in 1992, and submitted a comprehensive report summarizing its recommendations to the Commission. EMPLOYMENT DESCRIPTIONS: (continued) From April 1992 through February 1993, Dr. McLain served as a consultant to and a member of an independent oversight team working with a uranium conversion facility in Oklahoma. In this capacity, Dr. McLain concentrated on review and evaluation of existing and proposed procedures related to health and safety and environmental programs at this facility.



Radiation Measurement Systems, Inc. (name later changed to Radiation Controls, Inc.): As Manager of Engineering for RMS, Dr. McLain directly provided technical guidance to nuclear power plant clients. He worked on-site at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant for a period of seven months in 1984, providing technical assistance to TVA plant staff. He continued to be associated with this TVA facility in the capacity of part-time consultant through 1996. Technical areas in which Dr. McLain participated under contract to RMS included: Radiochemistry - Troubleshooting plant radiochemical procedures, development of new procedures to meet changing

regulatory requirements, establishment of blind standards verification programs, training in specialized techniques such as liquid scintillation counting, gamma spectrometry, and nuclear and radiochemistry.

Radiation Monitoring Systems - Specification of equipment for specific radiation monitoring system needs, complete isotopic

calibration of monitoring systems, qualification testing of monitoring systems. Auditing of existing systems for compliance with ANSI N13.1 standard.

Post-accident Response - Specification of post-accident systems to meet regulatory requirements; testing and full-range

calibrations of post-accident analysis systems employing 150 Ci Xe-133; adaptation of routine plant radiochemical procedures for application to high-level activity post-accident sample analysis; on-site training in the operation of installed post-accident sampling and analysis systems; and development and computerization of core damage assessment procedures.

General Electric Company: In his capacity as Manager, Nuclear Safety Engineering at the GE fuel fabrication plant in Wilmington, NC, Dr. McLain was responsible for all plant radiation safety. This included both radiological protection practices and criticality safety. Occupational radiation safety was primarily centered about control of airborne uranium contamination. Interfacing with the USNRC was an integral part of this job. Dr. McLain was appointed in 1982 by the Governor of North Carolina to a post on the State Radiation Protection Commission. This group sets the policies for radiation protection in the State. He served as chairman of the Radioactive Material Control Subcommittee of the Commission during his tenure. EMPLOYMENT DESCRIPTIONS: (continued) Nuclear Data, Inc.: During Dr. McLain's employment with Nuclear Data, Inc., Nuclear Power Division (the former Applied Physical Technology, Inc.) he managed and participated in technical assistance programs to the nuclear power industry. As Director of the Technical Projects Department, Dr. McLain managed a group of eight



to ten professional engineers and health physicists who made up both a consulting section and a training section. Technical work included interaction with nuclear utilities in matters of regulatory compliance, preparation of licensing documents (e.g. RETS and ODCM), study and recommendations pertaining to post-accident sampling and analysis requirements, and post-accident (emergency) response procedures. He was directly responsible for the final development and calibration phases of the Automated Isotopic Measurement System (AIMS), an automatic, computer-controlled isotopic analysis system for reactor cooling water and containment atmosphere measurements under post-accident conditions. He also served as the company Radiation Safety Officer. Risø National Laboratory, Denmark: During the four months of the Summer of 1980, Dr. McLain held an appointment as Visiting Scientist at the invitation of the Danish Government at the Risø National Laboratory (located 25 miles west of Copenhagen). During this time he was working in the development of new techniques for the application of neutron activation analysis using ultra-short lived radionuclide activation products (20 milliseconds half-life, typically). University of Arkansas: At the University of Arkansas, Dr. McLain was a tenured Associate Professor in the nuclear option academic program within the Mechanical Engineering Department. He served also as the University Ra-diological Safety Officer. His teaching duties centered around the nuclear engineering and health physics program. He was actively engaged in research projects associated with the nuclear reactor gaseous radwaste monitoring and reactor fuel burnable poison assay system development. He was the principal investigator on a research project sponsored by the DOE to study the diffusion of tritium in reactor fuel materials. This investigation, in cooperation with Savannah River laboratory, provided process design data needed in the development of headend processes during reactor fuel reprocessing for removal and isolation of fission-produced tritium. In his capacity as Radiological Safety Officer, Dr. McLain participated in the preparation of the University campus emergency plan and was the University interface to the State Health Department (Agreement State) on licensing and compliance matters. In 1979, Dr. McLain was appointed by the Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton, as the Chairman of the Arkansas Nuclear Energy Study Task Force. This group was charged with examination of the implications of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident on the production of safe nuclear power in Arkansas. A report which compared safety aspects of the TMI reactor facility with the Arkansas units was presented to the Governor by the Task Force. EMPLOYMENT DESCRIPTIONS: (continued) Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory:(Now the Los Alamos National Laboratory, LANL) Technical work at LASL centered around research and development for non-destructive analysis of fissile materials in connection with the Safeguards Program of the USAEC and the IAEA. Also at LASL, he participated in the transuranic contaminated waste management program, including specification development for design of a low-level waste incinerator. Georgia Institute of Technology:



During the nine years at the Georgia Tech Nuclear Research Center, he was primarily concerned with the applications of the Georgia Tech Research Reactor, a 5 MW heavy-water reactor facility. In this respect, he supervised and coordinated the radioisotope production and neutron activation analysis programs of the reactor facility. This included projects in medical radioisotope production and applications, neutron radiography, hot cell operations involving megacurie radioisotope source encapsulation, and applications of nuclear technology to forensic science and criminalistics. Special short courses were planned and conducted in such areas as basic nuclear science for medical personnel, neutron activation analysis, and training courses for radiochemistry laboratory, health physics, and operations staff from nuclear power utilities. General Atomic: While at General Atomic, he was engaged in radiochemical analytical methods development for quantitative determination of fission product radionuclides in connection with the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) development program at GA. Also included were neutron activation analysis work and development of radiometric methods for quantitative chemical analysis. Atlantic Research Corporation: At Atlantic Research Corporation, he was responsible for the design and construction of a hot laboratory, including hot cell, and was project director for numerous radioisotope applications contracts for government agencies. This included acting as principal investigator on a USAEC-sponsored research project for the development of high-range (>1000 rads) chemical radiation dosimetry systems. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: With Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, he was responsible for the operation of a radiochemical analysis laboratory including gamma-ray spectrometry support for the nuclear-powered aircraft development program. Phillips Petroleum Company, National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS, now INEL): The work at the Phillips Petroleum Company's Atomic Energy Division was located at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant of the USAEC where he was employed in fuel reprocessing R&D for spent nuclear reactor fuels and in development studies aimed at improved disposal techniques (calcination) for high level radioactive wastes from fuel reprocessing operations. EMPLOYMENT DESCRIPTION: (continued) Miscellaneous Consulting Activities: Dr. McLain has served as a consultant for licensing activities and on projects concerned with environmental sampling and analysis around nuclear facilities (including measurements for naturally radioactive materials, e.g., radium and uranium); radioactive effluent monitoring; radiation sterilization of medical supplies; application of nuclear techniques to security systems development; and forensic applications of neutron activation analysis. He has been a consultant on radiation safety matters for hospitals in Arkansas and Georgia. CURRENT FIELDS OF INTEREST:



These include technical areas such as:

Radon measurements by alpha track and charcoal absorber methods; Specialized radiation monitoring systems design and development; Measurements of immersion doses from clouds of noble gas fission product radionuclides; Radiochemical analysis procedure development; Research into novel methods for real-time dosimetry in boron capture neutron therapy Training in radiochemistry, health physics, certification examination preparation; Health physics program development and implementation; Post-accident sampling and analysis systems development, commissioning, and training; Isotopic calibration of effluent monitoring systems.

PATENTS: U.S. Patent No. 3,024,172: "Electrolytic Dissolution of Nuclear Fuel Elements and Concurrent Mercury Electrolysis Waste Treatment". U.S. Patent No. 3,426,967: "Apparatus for Centrifuging Electrically Conducting Liquids". SELECTED MAJOR REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS: (Author or Co-Author) "Atmospheric Pressure Effects on the Calibration Constant of Alpha Track Radon Detectors", Health Physics Journal, V. 66, No. 3, pp. 318-26, 1994. "Health Effects of Exposure to Powerline-Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields", Report to the Texas Public Utilities Commission by the Electro-magnetic Health Effects Committee; March 1992. "Design of a Spent Resin Monitoring and Sampling System", Radiation Protection Management, V. 4, No. 6, pp. 59-63, Nov./Dec. 1987. SELECTED MAJOR REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS: (continued) "Full-Range Isotopic Calibration of Post-Accident Gaseous Effluent Monitor", Radiation Protection Management, V. 4, No. 5, pp. 43-9, Sept./Oct. 1987. "Evaluation of Dead Time and Gain Shift Correction for a Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer", Radiation Protection Management, V.4, No. 5, pp. 51-4, Sept./Oct. 1987. "Direct Measurement of Airborne Tritiated Water by LSC of Desiccant", Radiation Protection Management, V.4, No. 4, pp. 39-44, July/Aug. 1987. "Stability of Prepared Iodine Counting Standards", Radiation Protection Management, V. 3, No. 2, pp. 24-30, January 1986.



"Tritium in Air: Absolute Water Vapor Concentration Method", Radiation Protection Management, V. 3, No. 2, pp. 25-30, January 1986. "Determination of Boron by Fast Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis", J. Radioanal, Chem., V. 72, No. 1-2, pp. 425-436 (1982). "Study of Tritium Diffusion in Thorium Dioxide", USDOE Report No. DOE/ET/01089-1, March 1981. "On-Line Isotopic Analysis of Reactor Coolant and Containment Atmosphere Under Post- Accident Conditions", Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, June 1981. "The Use of Cuprous Iodide as a Precipitation Matrix in the Radiochemical Determination of Iodine-131 in Milk", Health Physics Journal, V. 38, pp. 203-213, February 1980. "High Sensitivity Sampling and Analysis of Gaseous Radwaste Effluents", IEEE Trans, Nucl. Sci., V. NS-23, No. 1, pp. 354-6, February 1976. "Reactor Loop for Continuous Production of Gaseous Fission Product Radioisotopes: I. U- 235 Loaded Molecular Sieve Target", Intern. J. Appl. Rad. and Isotopes, V. 26, pp. 107-118, March 1975. "On-line Monitoring of Specific Radionuclides in Gaseous Effluents", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci, V. NS-21, No. 1, pp. 484-490, February 1974. "Determination of Atmospheric Concentrations of Stable Iodine", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., V. NS-21, No. 1, pp. 503-9, February 1974. "Tracer Diffusion of Silver and Tin in a Dental Alloy, Ag3Sn", J. of Biomedical Materials Research, V. 8, No. 6, pp. 381-392, November 1974 (contributor). "Krypton-85 Solution Preparation: Apparatus and Procedures", Intern. J. Appl. Rad. and Isotopes, V. 25, No. 7, pp. 325-8, 1974. SELECTED MAJOR REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS: (continued) "Comparison of Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry for Aluminum Determination in Phosphate Minerals", Radiochemical and Radioanalytical Letters, V. 16, No. 2, pp. 89-96, 1974. "Rapid Neutron Activation Analysis for Gunshot Residue Determination", J. Forensic Sciences, V. 18, pp. 226-231, 1973. "Release of Fission Xenon from High Surface Area Uranium Targets", Ph.D. Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, September 1972. "Release of Fission Xenon from High Surface Area Uranium Targets", Nuclear Technology, V.16, No. 3, pp. 568-9, 1972.



"Semiconductor Detector Optimization for Trace Mercury Analysis in Environmental Samples", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Science, V. NS-19, No. 1, pp. 184-190, February 1972. "Monte Carlo Analysis of Gamma Scattering in Silicon and Germanium", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., V. NS-17, No. 6, pp. 301-4, December 1970. "Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis for Aluminum in Phosphate Minerals”, Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc., Isotopes and Radiation Division Topical Meeting, San Juan, PR, May 1969, USAEC Report PRNC-135. "The Silver Currency of Mongol Iran", J. Economic and Social History of the Orient, V. XII, Part I, pp. 16-41, 1969 (contributor). "A Study of Molecular Coatings of Intravascular Surfaces", Georgia Institute of Technology, Engineering Experiment Station, Annual Report to the John A. Hartford Foundation, 1968. "Fluorine-18 Production from Recoil Deuterons", Nuclear Applications, V. 3, p. 141, 1967. "Organometallic Radiation Dosimetry Systems', USAEC Report NYO-2979-34, 1963. "Leaching of Fission Products from Calcined Process Wastes", USAEC Report IDO-14440, 1959. "Stainless Steel Process Wastes, I. Removal of Alloy Metals from Waste Solutions by Mercury Cathode Electrolysis", USAEC Report IDO-14533, 1960. "Mechanism of Electroreduction of Chromic Ion at the Mercury Cathode", USAEC Report IDO-14505, 1959 - Master of Science degree thesis, University of Idaho. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT TECHNICAL MEETINGS: (author or co-author) "Determination of Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Radioactivity in Drinking Water with Elevated Total Dissolved Solids Content", Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, San Fransisco, CA; June 1994. "Degree-of-Etch Effects on the Calibration Constant of Alpha Track Radon Detectors", Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, San Fransisco, CA; June 1994. "Environmental Radioactivity Measurements at the Texas A&M University Landfill", Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, San Fransisco, CA; June 1994. "Health Physics Considerations in 131I Production at a One-Megawatt TRIGA Reactor", Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA; July 1993. "Alpha Track Analysis Using a Semiconductor Detector", Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA; July 1993.



"Atmospheric Pressure Effects on the Calibration Constant for LR 115 II Detectors", Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH; June 1992. "Health Effects of EMF Exposure, A Review", Works in Progress presentation, Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH; June 1992. "Performance of Accurate I-125 In Vivo Bioassay Measurements", Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 1991. "Design Improvements in an Alpha Track Imaging System", Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 1991. "A Comprehensive Radon Assay System Using Cellulose Nitrate Films', EPA 1990 International Symposium on Radon and Radon Reduction Technology, Atlanta, GA,. February 1990. "Neutron Dose Rate Calculation for the Research Reactor Irradiation Cell at the Nuclear Science Center of Texas A&M University", HPS Mid-Year Meeting, San Antonio, TX, December 1988. "Design and Evaluation of a Plastic Scintillator-Based Beta Dosimeter for Fission Gases: A Progress Report", HPS Mid-Year Meeting, San Antonio, TX, December 1988 "Computer-Controlled Radiation Monitor for Dose Reduction and Ensuring Representative Sampling of Liquid or Slurry Radwaste Streams", HPS Mid-Year Meeting, San Antonio, TX, December 1988. "A Review of Nuclear Spectroscopy", Continuing Education Lecture, July 1988 HPS Meeting, Boston, MA. "Full-Range Isotopic Calibration of Post-Accident Gaseous Effluent Radiation Monitor", HPS Mid-Year Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, December 1987. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT TECHNICAL MEETINGS: (continued) "Practical Aspects of Calibration Procedures for Airborne Radioactivity Monitors", Continuing Education Lecture, July 1987 HPS Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. "Disposal of Short-Lived Radionuclides in Texas Municipal Landfills", Campus Radiation Safety Officer Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 1987. "Isotopic Calibrations of Radiation Monitoring Systems - A Necessity", Health Physics Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 1984. "On-Line Isotopic Analysis of Reactor Coolant and Containment Atmosphere", ANS Meeting, Louisville, KY, 1981. "Iodine-131 Measurement in Milk at Less Than One Picocurie Per Liter Using Cuprous Iodide Precipitation", Deep South Chapter, HPS, Shreveport, LA, 1980.



"Gadolinium Assay in Fuel Pellets by Californium-252 Neutron Capture", DOE Californium- 252 Utilization Conference, San Diego, CA, 1977. END

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