Health Physics News

April 2010

Highlights of the 32-page full-color April 2010 issue of Health Physics News.

• COVER — HPS members Bill Field and Jan Johnson have played a large role in raising awareness about radon. They share information about the importance of the information in the WHO Handbook on Indoor Radon: A Public Health Perspective and the Health Physics Society's indoor radon position statement.
   
• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE — HPS President Howard Dickson continues discussion on whole-body scanning.
   
• INSIDE THE BELTWAY — David Connolly discusses cuts in the science budget.
   
• A DOZEN HPS MIDYEAR MEETING SPEAKERS present their opinions of the most important lessons learned based on the 27/9/3 template introduced by Vincent Covello.
   
• VINCENT COVELLO presents the 77 questions commonly asked by journalists during an emergency crisis.
   
• NOTES — The obituary of Frank Haughey.
   
• COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES — Science Support Committee reports from Mike Lewandowski and Thomas P. Johnston discuss science teacher workshops and supporting your local science fair.
   
• SECTION NEWS — Accelerator Section Nomination and Elections Committee members announce the section nominees for the 2010 election.
   
• CORRESPONDENCE — Chris Miles makes a general comment regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
   
• ANNOUNCEMENTS — The International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine will be held in September in Bulgaria.
  
  • The 22^nd Annual AMUG Meeting will be held 4-7 May in Las Vegas.
     
  • The 47^th Annual NCRP 2011 Meeting will be held 7-8 March 2011 in Bethesda.
     
  • HPS members are invited to listen to America's Choir when attending the HPS meeting in Salt Lake City.
     
  • The HPS PDS will be held 23-26 June at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho.
     
• BOOK REVIEW — Timothy DeVol reviews the book The Health Physics Solutions Manual: Introduction to Health Physics Problems Made Easy.
   
• NCRP — Dave Myers provides information about NCRP Report No. 162, Self Assessment of Radiation-Safety Programs.
  
  • Charles E. Land gives the 34^th L.S. Taylor Lecture at 2010 NCRP Meeting.
     
• REAC/TS — This month's REAC/TS Registry article discusses medical management of criticality accident victims: Then and Now Part I.
   
• CHP CORNER — Updates from the Nominating Committee and Continuing Education Committee.
   
• ODDS AND ENDS — This month Paul Frame discusses "Authentic" atomic bomb test goggles.
   
• ADVERTISEMENTS — 16 display ads and 13 short courses are offered this month.

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