Health Physics News

March 2007

Highlights of the 36-page March 2007 issue of Health Physics News, which includes the 2007 HPS Professional Development School insert:

• COVER — Three HPS members at the CDC say they have been "hip deep" in the public health response to the early November Litvinenko ²¹⁰Po poisoning incident. Robert Whitcomb, Charles Miller, and Armin Ansari describe what their work life has been like since news of Litvinenko's situation reached them around Thanksgiving.
   
• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE — President Dodd describes a project the HPS Board approved – to develop and publish Radiation Primer: A Citizen's Guide to Radiation.
   
• INSIDE THE BELTWAY — Connolly examines the 110^th Congress and the role of women in it – and talks about the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.
   
• IAEA ANNOUNCES NEW RADIATION WARNING SYMBOL
   
• A COLLECTOR AND HIS COLLECTION — Mary Walchuk writes about the ORAU health physics instrumentation collection in an interview story with Paul Frame.
   
• 2007 MIDYEAR TOPICAL MEETING PHOTOS
   
• CHAPTER NEWS — The South Texas Chapter/North Texas Chapter report on their joint fall meeting.
   
• ANNOUNCEMENTS — An Air Monitoring Users Group Meeting will be held 1-3 May 2007 in Las Vegas
  
  • The CRPA Conference will be held 17-20 September 2007 in Saint John, New Brunswick.
     
  • The Journal's archival DVD will be used as a recruiting tool.
     
• NOTES — HPS members attending the 2007 HPS Annual Meeting in Portland can check out the Oregon wine country.
  
  • The 2008 Midyear Call for Abstracts—abstracts are due 31 July 2007. 
     
  • Lester Kyle Aldrich II obituary
     
  • The ICRP will be approving new recommendations soon.
     
• THE 2006 HPS SALARY SURVEY IS INCLUDED IN THIS MONTH'S HP NEWS.
   
• ABET HONORS HPS
   
• CHP CORNER — The ABHP held its fall Board Meeting on 17-18 November 2006.
   
• ODDS AND ENDS — This month's Archives article is about Stayer's fabric.
   
• ADVERTISEMENTS — 11 display ads, 14 short courses, and 2 jobs are offered this month.

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