U.S. NRC Region III Radiation Protection Manager’s Meeting & Invited Guests
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 (UTILITY & INVITED GUESTS) 08:00 – 15:00 CST
Lisle Hyatt, 1400 Corporetum Drive, Lisle, Illinois 60532 (630-852-1234)
$105. + tax/night, contact Amy Keep if you need a Hotel Room
7:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00 Meeting Objectives and Norms John Moser, RPM, LaSalle Station, Constellation
8:05 Welcome Senior Manager, TBA
8:30 Introductions (All)
9:00 NRC Introduction Jared Heck, Acting Director, Div. of Radiological Safety and Security
9:15 Region III Regulatory Update David Hills, Branch Chief
9:45 NRC Observations on RP Programs, Practices All NRC Inspectors
and Performance at U.S. Nuclear Plant
10:30 Coffee Break (sponsored by vendors)
10:45 RP/ALARA - Related Findings in Region III John Cassidy, Sr. Health Physicist
11:00 Plant Status Reports All RPMs
Palisades – Jerry Wright, RPM; Kent Morris, RP Supervisor
Braidwood – Nash Ramage, RPM
Byron – Jason Reed, RPM
Monticello – Matthew Pilgreen, RPM
Prairie Island – Jeremy Carda, RRPM
Perry – Eli Crosby, RPM
Dresden – Joe Jaegers, RPM; Drew Benson, RP Programs Manager
Duane Arnold – Michael Casey, RPM
Davis Besse – Tylor Whitmer, RPM; Kelly Darby, Principal Consulting Nuclear Analyst
Quad Cities – Doug McLauren, Acting RPM
LaSalle – John Moser, RPM
Clinton – Renee Melgoza, RPM
Cook – Jim Bowers, RPM
Fermi – Jason Chapman, RPM
Point Beach – Eric Salzwedel, Chemistry & Radiation Protection Manager
Kewaunee – Darren Peterson, RPM; Jim Kruse
Constellation (Corporate) – Harry Bush, CFAM; Rachael Conley, RP Senior Manager (Technical)
12:00 Lunch (sponsored by vendors)
13:30 Utility/Vendor Networking (in place of the Vendor Face to Face, time allowed for additional networking)
14:30 Update on NASA Invitation to launch pixelated CZT monitor for the International Space Station on April 20, 2025: Preliminary Results of measuring Astronaut Dose from Cosmic Rays and Heavy Protons (TBA)
15:00 Meeting Adjourn***
*RPMs – Please bring 25 copies of your plant status reports to the meeting (along with sending a copy to Amy Keep).
***Next Meeting:
Thursday, January 15, 2026, Clearwater, Fl.
Tuesday, August 25, 2026, Lisle, Illinois
Tuesday, August 24, 2027, Lisle, Illinois
If you have any questions, please contact Amy Keep (almoeller88@gmail.com or cell: 269-930-0753) or David W. Miller (dmiller@illinois.edu or cell 217-855-3238)
