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Call for Papers: 2008 Midyear Meeting on "Radiation-Generating Devices"

Scott Walker

The topic of the 2008 midyear meeting of the Health Physics Society (HPS) will be "Radiation-Generating Devices." The meeting will be held in Oakland, California, from January 28-30, 2008, and will be jointly sponsored by the Accelerator Section and the Northern California Chapter of the HPS. A detailed call for papers is provided below. Abstracts are due July 31, 2007. Details on how to submit abstracts will be available soon.

  1. Major New Accelerators and Radiation-Generating Device Projects
  2. Medical Facilities
    1. Cyclotrons for positron emission tomography (PET) and linac medical radionuclide production
    2. Radiation therapy and imaging using radiation-generating devices
    3. Radiation physics (dosimetry) at medical radiation-generating devices
  3. Research Facilities
    1. Particle accelerators (electron, proton, ion, spallation sources, storage rings, synchrotron radiation, and light source facilities)
    2. Free electron laser (FEL) facilities
    3. Radiofrequency devices
    4. Experiment and target design
  4. Industrial Facilities
    1. Neutron generators
    2. Nondestructive analysis and radiography
    3. E-beam processing
    4. Sterilization and food irradiation
    5. Radiation-generating device manufacturing
  5. Security and Cargo Inspection (Homeland Security)
    1. X-ray imaging devices at ports of entry and transportation hubs
    2. Large-scale cargo screening devices
    3. Active interrogation devices
    4. Human imaging devices
  6. General Topics for Radiation-Generating Devices
    1. Accelerator facility radiation safety readiness reviews
    2. Shielding design Monte Carlo calculations and other computer applications
    3. Occupational and high-dose radiation dosimetry
    4. Biological effects from radiation at radiation-generating devices
    5. Radiation detection instrumentation and radiation spectroscopy
    6. Interlocks and safety systems
    7. Operational health physics
    8. Radiation damage and activation in materials
    9. Radiation safety training
    10. Environmental monitoring and decontamination and decommissioning
    11. Waste disposal