54Th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society (American Conference of Radiological Safety)

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

54th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society (American Conference of Radiological Safety)

12-16 July 2009 Hilton Minneapolis/Convention Center Minneapolis, Minnesota PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

54th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society (American Conference of Radiological Safety)

12-16 July 2009 Hilton Minneapolis/Convention Center Minneapolis, Minnesota Key Dates Current Events/Works-In-Progress Deadline ...... 29 May Hotel Registration Deadline ...... 10 June Social/Technical Preregistration Deadline ...... 10 June HPS Annual Meeting Preregistration Deadline ...... 10 June PEP Preregistration Deadline ...... 10 June AAHP Courses ...... 11 July Professional Enrichment Program ...... 12-15 July HPS 54th Annual Meeting ...... 12-16 July American Board of Health Physics Written Exam ...... 13 July HPS Professional Development School ...... 16-18 July

Registration Hours and Location Registration at the Minneapolis Convention Center - Foyer of Exhibit Hall A Saturday, 11 July ...... 2:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday, 12 July ...... 7:00 am - 7:00 pm Monday, 13 July ...... 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday, 14 July ...... 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Wednesday, 15 July ...... 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Thursday, 16 July ...... 8:00 am - Noon

Saturday AAHP courses will take place in the Hilton Minneapolis.

Sunday - Thursday All Sessions, CELs and PEPs take place in the Minneapolis Convention Center

HPS Secretariat 1313 Dolley Madison Blvd. Suite 402 McLean, VA22101 (703) 790-1745; FAX: (703) 790-2672 Email: [email protected]; Website: www.hps.org

1 Table of Contents Schedule at a Glance ...... 4 Important Events ...... 6 General Information ...... 7 Hotel Reservation Information ...... 7 Tours and Events Listing ...... 10 Scientific Program ...... 15 Placement Information ...... 36 AAHP Courses ...... 37 Professional Enrichment Program ...... 38 Continuing Education Lecture Abstracts ...... 50 Annual Meeting Registration Form ...... 53-54

CURRENT EVENTS/WORKS-IN-PROGRESS The submission form for the Current Events/Works-in-Progress poster session is on the Health Physics Society Website at www .hps .org under the Minneapolis Annual Meeting section . The deadline for submissions is Friday 29 May 2009 . All presentations will take place as posters on Monday, 13 July between 1:00-3:00 pm. Individuals will be notified of ac- ceptance of their WIP submissions by the middle of June . For questions regarding WIP submissions, contact Sue Burk or Lori Strong at the HPS Secretariat at 703-790-1745 or sburk@burkinc .com/lstrong@burkinc .com .

NOTE FOR CHPs The American Academy of Health Physics has approved the following meeting-related activities for Continuing Education Credits for CHPs: • Meeting attendance is granted 2 CECs per half day of attendance, up to 12 CECs; • AAHP 8-hour courses are granted 16 CECs each; • HPS 2-hour PEP courses are granted 4 CECs each; • HPS 1-hour CELs are granted 2 CECs each.

2 Officers 2009 Task Force - Minneapolis Richard E . Toohey, President Laura Pring, Chairperson Howard Dickson, President Elect Nicolas Bates Kathryn H . Pryor, Secretary Kathy Brock Robert N . Cherry, Jr ., Secretary-Elect Ben Edwards Darrell R . Fisher, Treasurer Robin Hill Kevin L . Nelson, Past President Patricia Lee Richard J . Burk, Jr ., Executive Secretary Brian Lemieux Board of Directors Chris Martel Liz Brackett Matt McFee Eric Goldin Tara Medich Barbara L . Hamrick 2009 Exhibitors Nolan Hertel (as of 2 April 2009) Michael Lewandowski Bionomics Matthew P . Moeller Bladewerx Ali Simpkins Canberra Dan Strom Chase Terry Yoshizumi Crowe & Company Local Arrangements Committee Dade Moeller Co-chairs Jan Braun and Dan McGrane Ezag Analytics Andy Astleford Ezag IPL Nick Bates Ezag Nuclitec John Bauhs F&J Specialty Group Travis Beard Fluke Fred Entwistle G/O Corporation Jason Flora Hi-Q Mary Fox Hopewell Kimberly Knight-Wiegert Lab Impex Mike Lewandowski Landauer Dan Miron LND Irene Patrek Ludlum Bill Patrek Mactec David Paulu Mirion Janet Silsby ORTEC Stephen Simpson Permafix Glenn Sturchio Protean Bill Turek RSCS Pete Wildenborg Scionix Technical Associates Thermo Fisher William B . Johnson

3 Saturday, 11 July Monday, 13 July Tuesday, 14 July

AAHP 1 Time - Saving Spectroscopy Mod- CEL1 Uncertainty, Variability, Bias, Error, and CEL 3 The Characterization of Dose in els Blunder Computed Tomography 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Hilton 7:00-8:00 AM M100 A/B 7:00-8:00 AM M100 A/B System of Radiation Safety Monitor- AAHP 2 8-hour HAZWOPER Refresher CEL2 Respiratory Protection Refresher for CEL4 ing for the Personnel Working at the Chernobyl Course HPs Object Shelter 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Hilton 7:00-8:00 AM M100 D/E 7:00-8:00 AM M100 D/E ABHP Exam - Part 1 Environmental Special Session: 25 Sunday, July 12 TAM-A 8:00-11:00 AM Hilton Years and Counting: Indoor Radon Since Watras 8:45 - 11:30 AM L100 A PEP 1-A thru 1-H MAM-A Plenary Session 8:00-10:00 AM 8:30-11:50 AM L100 B-I TAM-B Medical I 8:30 - 11:45 AM L100 B/C PEP 2-A thru 2-H Complimentary Lunch in Exhibit Hall for all TAM-C Accelerator Section Special Session 10:30 AM-12:30 PM Registrants and Opening of Exhibits Noon-1:00 PM Exhibit Hall 8:30 - 11:15 AM L100 D/E PEP 3-A thru 3-H TAM-D Power Reactor Special Session PEP Program 2:00-4:00 PM 8:30 AM - Noon L100 F/G 12:15-2:15 PM Welcome Reception PEP M1 A Systems-Engineering Approach to TAM-E Special Session: Homeland Security, 6:00-7:00 PM Establishing Quality Assurance M100A Radioactive Material Monitoring and Security Ballroom, Hilton Minneapolis 8:00 AM - Noon L100 H/I PEP M2 Making Meaning of Health Physics: TAM-F AAHP Special Session For Us and Them M100B 8:30 AM - Noon L100 J PEP M3 When Legacy Sources Become Front Environmental/Radon Section and Center; How to Implement . . . M100C Business Meeting PEP M4 Uses and Misuses of Dosimetric Terms 11:30 AM L100A in Radiation Protection M100D Medical Section Business Meeting PEP M5 Uranium Mining and Milling M100E Noon L100 B/C ABHP Exam - Part II Accelerator Section Business Meeting 12:30-6:30 PM Hilton 11:15 AM L100 D/E HPS Chapter Council Power Reactor Business Meeting 1:00-2:00 PM L100A Noon M100 J Saturday AAHP courses will take Poster Session AAHP Awards Luncheon place in the Hilton Minneapolis. 1:00-3:00 PM Exhibit Hall A Noon-2:15 PM MN Convention Center MPM-A Waste Management PEP Program Sunday - Thursday 3:00-4:15 PM L100A 12:15-2:15 PM All Sessions, CELs and PEPs PEP T1 How to Become a Radiation Myth MPM-A2 Biokinetics/Bioeffects Buster M100A take place in 4:30-5:30 PM L100A the Minneapolis Convention PEP T2 Radiation Science and Public Dis- MPM-B Risk Analysis/Communication course: A Risk Communication Approach to Center 3:00-5:30 PM L100 B/C Agreement and Understanding M100B MPM-C Internal Dosimetry and Bioassay A PEP T3 Introduction to HLS Radiation Detec- 3:00-5:00 PM L100 D/E tion M100C MPM-D Decommissioning PEP T4 Nuclear Power as Part of our Energy 3:00-5:00 PM L100 F/G Surety & Economic Security Future M100D MPM-E Special Session: Stakeholder Engage- PEP T5 Training First Responders on Radio- ment: IRPA Guiding Principles for Radiation Pro- logical Dispersal Devices (RDDs) and Impro- tection Professionals on Stakeholder Engagement vised Nuclear Devices (INDs) Events M100E 3:00-5:30 PM L100 H/I TPM-A Regulatory/Legal 2:30 - 5:15 PM L100 A MPM-F Special Session: Nanotechnology 3:00-5:30 PM L100 J TPM-B Medical II 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 B/C Decommissioning Section Business Meeting Accelerator Section Special Session 5:00 PM L100/F/G TPM-C1 2:30 - 3:45 PM L100 D/E Student Reception TPM-C2 Accelerator 5:30-6:30 PM Minneapolis Convention Center 4:15 - 5:15 PM L100 D/E TPM-D Power Reactor Special Session 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 F/G TPM-E Special Session: Homeland Security, Radioactive Material Monitoring and Security 2:15 - 5:15 PM L100 H/I TPM-F AAHP Special Session 2:30 - 4:30 PM L100 J AAHP Open Meeting 4:30 - 5:30 PM L100 J HPS Awards Banquet 7:00-10:00 PM Hilton Hotel 4 Wednesday, 15 July Thursday, 16 July Registration Hours

CEL5 Single Integrated Emergency Re- CEL7 Radiation Safety Guidelines for Con- Registration at the Minneapolis sponse Plan for Hospitals traband Detection Systems Convention Center 7:00-8:00 AM M100 A/B 7:00-8:00 AM L100 A Foyer of Exhibit Hall A CEL6 Update on Medical Internal Radia- CEL8 Complexity Science and Radiation Saturday 2:00 - 5:00 PM tion Dosimetry: 2009 MIRD Committee Rec- Risk Communication Sunday 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM ommendations for Unifying MIRD and ICRP 7:00-8:00 AM L100 J Monday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Formulas, Quantities, and Units Tuesday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM 7:00-8:00 AM M100 D/E THAM-A Operational 8:15 AM - Noon L100 B/C Wednesday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM WAM-A Environmental Thursday 8:00 AM - Noon 8:15 AM - Noon L100 A THAM-B Emergency Planning and Response 8:15 AM - Noon L100 D/E WAM-B Special Session: Current Topics in Exhibit Hall Hours Medical Health Physics THAM-C Instrumentation 8:15 AM - Noon L100 B/C 8:30 - 11:45 AM L100 F/G Monday Noon - 5:00 PM WAM-C External Dosimetry THAM-D Environmental Tuesday 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 8:30 AM - Noon L100 D/E 8:15 AM - Noon L100 H/I Wednesday 9:30 AM - Noon WAM-D Special Session: Federal Govern- ment Nuclear Detonation Preparedness 8:30 AM - Noon L100 F/G WAM-E Military Health Physics Session 8:30 - 11:30 AM L100 H/I WAM-F Special Session: Case Studies in Health Physics, Student Reports from the Mas- ters in Health Physics Program at the Illinois Institute of Technology 8:30 AM - Noon L100 J PEP Program 12:15-2:15 PM PEP W1 8,000 Interactions and Counting - KEY What We Learned and What You Can Learn MAM Monday AM Session About Public Communication from the HPS MPM Monday PM Session ATE Program M100A TAM Tuesday AM Session PEP W2 Fundamentals of Alpha Spectros- TPM Tuesday PM Session copy M100B WAM Wednesday AM Session PEP W3 47 CFR Part 15 Radio Frequency WPM Wednesday PM Session Devices M100C THAM Thursday AM Session PEP W4 Health Physics Concerns of Neutron Exposures, Criticality Safety and Criticality Ac- cidents M100D PEP W5 Future Directions In Air Monitoring At Los Alamos National Laboratory M100E WPM-A NESHAPs - Radioactive Air Meeting 2:30 - 5:15 PM L100 A WPM-B Movies 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 B/C WPM-C1 External Dosimetry NOTE FOR CHPs 2:30 - 3:30 PM L100 D/E The American Academy of Health Physics WPM-C2 Internal Dosimetry and Bioassay B has approved the following meeting-related 4:00 - 5:00 PM L100 D/E activities for Continuing Education Credits for WPM-D Homeland Security CHPs: 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 F/G * Meeting attendance is granted 2 CECs per WPM-E Military Health Physics Session 2:30 - 4:00 PM L100 H/I half day of attendance, up to 12 CECs; WPM-F Special Session: Case Studies in * AAHP 8 hour courses are granted 16 CECs Health Physics, Student Reports from the Mas- each; ters in Health Physics Program at the Illinois * HPS 2 PEP courses are granted 4 CECs Institute of Technology each; 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 J * HPS 1 hour CELs are granted 2 CECs each . WPM-G ADJUNCT TECHNICAL SESSION: Aerosol Measurements 6:00 - 8:00 PM Minneapolis Hilton Military HP Section Business Mtg 4:30 PM L100 H/I

HPS Business Mtg 5:30 PM L100 D/E 5 Health Physics Society Committee Meetings Minneapolis Hilton (H); Minneapolis Convention Center (CC) Friday, July 10, 2009 HPS SECTION COUNCIL 2:30-3:30 pm M100 E (CC) ABHP BOARD MEETING 8:30 am-5:00 pm Marquette VIII (H) AAHP NOMINATING COMMITTEE 3:00-4:00 pm M100 J (CC) Saturday, July 11, 2009 SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC ISSUES FINANCE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE 8:00 am-Noon Conrad A (H) 3:00-4:30 pm Presidential Suite ABHP BOARD MEETING AWARDS COMMITTEE 8:30 am-Noon Marquette VIII (H) 4:30-5:30 pm Presidential Suite HPS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACCELERATOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Noon-4:00 pm Presidental Suite 5:30-6:30 pm Conrad A (H) AAHP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:00-5:00 pm Marquette VIII (H) HP/ORS JOURNAL BOARD MEETING DECOMMISSIONING SECTION BOARD 3:00-6:00 pm Conrad C (H) MEETING 7:00-8:00 am Conrad C (H) Sunday, July 12, 2009 ANSI N13.12 HPS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 9:00 am-4:00 pm M100 F (CC) 7:30 am-5:00 pm Marquette VI (H) LAB ACCREDITATION POLICY COMMITTEE AAHP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 10:00 am-12:30 pm M100 G (CC) 8:30 am-5:00 pm Marquette VIII (H) LAB ACCREDITATION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM COMMITTEE COMMITTEE 11:00 am-1:00 pm M101 A (CC) 11:30 am-2:00 pm M100 G (CC) HP PROGRAM DIRECTORS ORGANIZATION Monday, July 13, 2009 Noon-2:00 pm Marquette V (H) NOMINATING COMMITTEE PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMITTEE Noon-5:00 pm M100 F Noon-2:00 pm M100 H (CC) CHAPTER COUNCIL MEETING SOCIETY SUPPORT SUBCOMMITTEE 1:00-2:00 pm L100A 1:00-3:00 pm Conrad A (H) HISTORY COMMITTEE GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY RELATIONS 1:00-3:00 pm Conrad A (H) COMMITTEE HPS WEB EDITORS 1:30-3:30 pm M100 I (CC) 1:00-5:00 pm Conrad C (H) CSU RECEPTION - ALL ARE WELCOME RULES COMMITTEE 5:30-7:00 pm Duluth Room (H) 2:00-3:00 pm M100 H (CC) Wednesday, July 15, 2009 AEC SUBCOMMITTEE OF ACCREDITATION 2:00-4:00 pm M100 I (CC) ANSI N42.320 9:00-11:00 am M100 F (CC) ABHP PART I PANEL OF EXAMINERS PASSING POINT WORKSHOP SCIENCE SUPPORT COMMITTEE 2:00-5:00 pm M100 G (CC) Noon-1:00 pm M100 G (CC) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS COMMITTEE Noon-2:00 pm Conrad D (H) 6 STUDENT BRANCH MEETING Noon-2:00 pm M100 F (CC) MILITARY HP SECTION EXECUTIVE BOARD Noon-2:30 pm M100 J (CC) SOCIETY SUPPORT COMMITTEE Noon-3:00 pm M100 I (CC) MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 12:30-2:30 pm M100 H (CC) CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1:00-3:00 pm Conrad B (H) STANDARDS/HPSSC MEETING 1:00-4:00 pm Conrad C (H) ACADEMIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE 2:00-4:00 pm M100 G (CC) HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE 4:30-6:00 pm Conrad A (H)

Thursday, July 16, 2009 LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE 7:30-9:30 am L101 B (CC) HPS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 11:00 am-4:00 pm Marquette IV (H) HPS BOARD OF DIRECTORS LUNCH Noon-1:00 pm Marquette V (H) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Noon-2:00 pm Boardroom I (H)

7 Important Events Welcome Reception Sessions and Course Locations Please plan on stopping in at the Ballroom Courses on Saturday will take place in the of the Hilton Minneapolis Sunday, 12 July from Hilton Minneapolis . All courses and sessions 6:00-7:00 pm . There will be an opportunity to Sunday through Thursday will take place at the meet friends to start your evening in Minneapolis . Minneapolis Convention Center . Cash bar and light snacks will be available . AAHP Awards Luncheon Exhibits Minneapolis Convention Center Free Lunch! Free Lunch! – Noon, Monday, Tuesday 14 July 13 July . All registered attendees are invited to Noon-2:15 pm attend a complimentary lunch in the exhibit hall . HPS Awards Banquet Breaks Monday Afternoon-Wednesday An enjoyable evening spent with members Morning – Featuring morning continental break- of the Health Physics Society . This event will be fasts and afternoon refreshments such as fruit, held in the Hilton Minneapolis Ballroom on Tues- ice cream and cookies . Be sure to stop by and day, 14 July, and is an excellent opportunity to visit with the exhibitors while enjoying your re- show your support for the award recipients as freshments! well as the Society . The awards will be presented after the dinner and the event will last from 7:00- 10:00 pm .

Things to Remember! All Speakers are required to check in at the Speaker Ready Room at least one session prior to their assigned session. All posters up Monday–Wednesday in Exhibit Hall Poster Session featured Monday, 1:00-3:00 pm – No other sessions at that time PEP Refund Policy – See page 40 Registration Policy: Unless payment accompanies your form, you will NOT be considered preregistered .

Sign up early for tours! If tours are not full by the deadline of 10 June, there is a chance that they will be cancelled. Don’t get to the meeting and find that the tour you kept meaning to sign up for is now cancelled due to undersubscription.

Meeting Refund Policy: Request for refunds will be honored if received in writing by 10 June . All refunds will be issued AFTER the meeting and will be subject to a $50 .00 processing fee . NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED AT THE MEETING . Refunds will not be issued to no-shows .

8 54TH Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota 12-16 July 2009

WELCOME The North Central Chapter of the Health Physics Society cordially invites you to attend this year’s annual meeting in beautiful Minneapolis, also known as the “City of Lakes .” The 54th Annual meeting will be held in the stunning Minneapolis Convention Center, located in downtown Minneapolis, from 12-16th July 2009 . MINNEAPOLIS A city of amazing contrasts and combinations, the “City of Lakes” is where down-home people meet uptown style and modern glass architecture meets outdoor green adventure . With beautiful surroundings and plenty to do, Minneapolis is an exhilarating place to spend a few days, a few weeks or a lifetime . The one-of-a- kind theater scene sells more theater tickets per capita than any U .S . city, while the city’s 22 lakes provide an abundance of year-round activities . A lush green environment combined with contemporary architecture makes the city a unique combination of natural beauty and sophistication . Upscale shopping and sidewalk dining paired with cultural and family activities make the City of Lakes a wonderful place to visit or live . The Minneapolis skyway system links hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, office buildings, performance venues and other attractions via glass-enclosed walkways one to two floors above street level. Eight miles long, the Minneapolis skyway system was the first and is the most extensive network of enclosed skyways in the country, connecting almost every building in the downtown area . The system connects more than 80 blocks, 1,000 businesses, 2,000 condos, 4,000 hotel rooms and accommodates 200,000 pedestrians every day . Downtown Minneapolis is a glittering metropolis, which overlooks the scenic Mississippi River, is easy to get to, easy to get around in, and easily one of the most vibrant, engaging cities in America . Hot restaurants, cool shops, festive events and diverse entertainment ranging from professional sports to Broadway shows keep downtown constantly buzzing . Safe, friendly and compact, downtown is a destination and a community in one . The city’s glimmering steel and glass core spans more than 50 square blocks, encompassing financial, retail and theater districts. Sidewalk cafes, window displays and outdoor concerts have people flocking to the streets, while the city’s second-story skyway system links restaurants, stores, theaters, hotels and the Minneapolis Con- vention Center . Minneapolis is home to the Hennepin Avenue Theatre District, Hubert H . Humphrey Metrodome, IDS Building, Nicollet Mall, Foshay Tower, Target Center, Guthrie Theater, Mill City Museum, St . Anthony Falls, Stone Arch Bridge, MacPhail Center for Music, Basilica of St . Mary, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis Convention Center, Orchestra Hall, ACME Comedy Club, and the Fine Line Music Café . The list could go on and on. Please visit Meet Minneapolis at http://www.minneapolis.org the official visitor Web- site for the city of Minneapolis, or the Local Arrangements Committee Website for more information . Weather In July, the temperature in Minneapolis can sizzle with daytime highs reaching into the low 90’s . When the temperature climbs it’s also likely the dew points will rise making it feel quite humid . Luckily, these spells of heat and humidity don’t last very long and are usually interrupted by a good old fashioned thunderstorm which clears out the hot, sticky air and replaces it with our average July temperature of 83° F and beautiful clear blue skies . It’s the perfect season to hang out at one of our 10,000 lakes! Many downtown restaurants have sidewalk seating and the city is alive with bikers, joggers, sunbathers and festivals . Shorts and sandals are the standard uniform and the abundance of lakes makes bathing suits and beach towels a must . HEADQUARTERS HOTEL - Hilton Minneapolis Located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, the upscale Hilton Minneapolis hotel is a perfect headquarters hotel . An elegant Victorian brick building rising 25 stories above one of America’s top cities, the hotel offers a range of in-house amenities and is ideally situated to access the city’s top attractions . The 821 hotel guest rooms and suites offer all the conveniences of a four-star hotel . Guests will enjoy the signature Hilton Se- renity® Bed package . The hotel recently completed at $22 .8 million renovation giving the hotel public areas and guest rooms a new look. Additionally all the hotel rooms are fitted with large windows providing expansive views of the city . The Hilton Minneapolis is also a short six-block walk from the light-rail Nicollet Mall Station . Lastly, if the weather is too hot for you or a rain shower moves in all you need to do is head into the skyway system to get to the convention center, shopping, eating and entertainment . 9 For reservations go to http://www .hilton .com/en/hi/groups/personalized/MSPMHHH-HPS-20090710/in- dex .jhtml or call 1-800-HILTONS and tell them your reservation is for the Health Physics Society Annual Meeting . The group rate for the HPS meeting is $158 .00 single/double . Transportation - Getting Around Minneapolis To and From the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport’s Two Terminals Light-Rail Transit Light-rail service to and from the airport to downtown Minneapolis and the Hilton Minneapolis is fast and efficient. Trains stop at both the Lindbergh (main) and Humphrey (charter) Terminals and connect travelers to 15 other destinations, including downtown Minneapolis to the north and the Mall of America to the south . The light-rail stations are ADA compliant . Meeting attendees will want to exit at the Nicollet Mall Station which is the station closest to the Minneapolis Hilton . Be prepared to walk six blocks to the hotel . Airport Terminal Locations The Lindbergh Terminal light-rail station is located below the Transit Center, between the Blue and Red Parking ramps . From the Tram Level (one level below bag claim), take the automated tram to the Transit Center . When you exit the tram, follow the signs to the light-rail station, located 70 feet underground . The Humphrey Terminal light-rail station is located on the north side of the Orange parking ramp . From the Humphrey Terminal, take the skyway from Level 2 across to the parking ramp . Follow the overhead signs through both parking ramps . Take the escalators or elevators down one level to the station platform . Frequency Light-rail trains run every 7 or 8 minutes during peak hours and every 10 to 15 minutes at other times of the day . From the airport, trains can take you to the Mall of America in about 11 minutes and to the Nicollet Mall Station in downtown Minneapolis in about 20 minutes . Fares Light-rail fares for adults are $2 .25 during rush hours (Monday through Friday, 6 to 9 a .m . and 3 to 6:30 p .m .) and $1 .75 at other times . Tickets are sold at vending kiosks at the rail stations . Discounts are available to senior citizens and persons with disabilities . Taxis and Buses Travelers wishing to take a taxi, limo, bus or van can gain access to those services through Lindbergh Ter- minal’s Ground Transportation Atrium or the Humphrey Terminal’s Ground Transport Center . Metro Transit bus service to downtown Minneapolis is accessible at the Lindbergh Terminal’s Transit Center . You can reach the Transit Center from the Red and Blue parking ramps or by taking the Hub Tram from the Lindbergh Terminal’s Tram Level . The Tram Level information booth is staffed seven days a week from 7 a .m . - 11:30 p m. . Staff provides information, directions and other assistance to travelers . Travelers may also obtain wheelchairs from the information booth . SuperShuttle Discount Available to meeting attendees is a SuperShuttle van service at a discounted price if you register on its Website in advance of your arrival . Using the link provided, the online form will be prepopulated with the discount code for HPS meeting attendees . Here is the link: http://www .supershuttle .com/default . aspx?GC=S4CPW Driving from the Airport to the Minneapolis Hilton Stay left as you head out of the airport . Take Hwy 55 E/Hwy 5 W ramp . Move right one lane and follow signs for Hwy 55 W-Minneapolis . Stay left following Hwy 55 until you see Hwy 62 (Crosstown) signs . Stay left on Hwy 62 and continue on Hwy 62 for 4 .0 miles to I-35W northbound . Warning! This is a construction zone . Slow down and follow signage . Continue north on I-35W for 4 .8 miles using one of two left lanes designated to Downtown Minneapolis . As you near downtown, move right and take the 11th Street ramp (a right exit) . Fol- low 11th Street three blocks to Marquette Ave . Turn right into the Hilton Minneapolis main entrance . Driving to the Minneapolis Hilton by Car From the South via I-35 Enter the metropolitan Twin Cities area on I-35 . At the I-35W/I-35E junction, follow I-35W for 17 .5 miles . Warning! This is a construction zone . Slow down and follow signage . Veer to the two left lanes designated to

10 Downtown Minneapolis . As you near downtown, move right and take the 11th Street ramp (a right exit) . Fol- low 11th Street three blocks to Marquette Ave . Turn right into the Hilton Minneapolis main entrance . From the East via I-94 Enter the metropolitan Twin Cities area on I-94 Westbound . Stay on I-94 through St . Paul to exit 233A for 11th Street/Downtown Minneapolis . Follow 11th Street for three blocks to Marquette Ave . Turn right into the Hilton Minneapolis main entrance . From the West via I-94 Enter the metropolitan Twin Cities area on I-94 Eastbound . Stay on I-94 to exit 231A-B for Lyndale Ave/ Hennepin Ave . Turn left at Dunwoody Blvd . Take a slight left at Hennepin Ave . Turn right at 12th Street and travel four blocks then turn left on Marquette . Travel one block and turn into the Hilton Minneapolis main entrance . Driving to the Minneapolis Hilton from the Amtrak Station Head south on Pierce Butler to University Ave . Turn right on University, travel three blocks to Vandalia and turn left on Vandalia . Turn right at I-94 westbound to Minneapolis . Follow exit 233A for 11th Street/Down- town Minneapolis . Follow 11th Street for three blocks to Marquette Ave . Turn right into the Hilton Minneapolis main entrance . Hospitality Suite Hilton Minneapolis – Directors Row 2 (located on the third level above the hotel lobby) Registered companions are welcome to the 54th Annual Meeting Hospitality Suite on the third level of the Hilton Minneapolis . The hospitality suite is just to the right of the elevators as you enter the third level . Local chapter members, knowledgeable in Minneapolis fact, history and orientation, will be present to assist you with any questions you have as you venture out “On Your Own” . Maps, restaurant information, newspapers, informational brochures, the tours schedule and just plain chat will be available . A Monday morning welcome is scheduled from 8:00 to 8:30 AM with a guest speaker from the Minneapolis Police Department – Community Outreach Program . Continental breakfast will be available Sunday through Wednesday morning for registered companions only .

Hospitality Suite Hours Directors Row 2, Hilton Minneapolis Monday Welcome ...... 8:00 – 8:30 am Days/Hours Sunday ...... 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Monday ...... 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Tuesday ...... 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Wednesday ...... 8:00 am – 12:00 Noon

11 Tours...Events...Tours...Events...Tours...Events...Tours...Events SOCIAL EVENTS Sunday 12 July 2009 Twin Cities Highlights Bus Tour 9:00 AM - 12:00 noon Preregistration: $28/On site: $35 Enjoy a three-hour deluxe motorcoach tour showing highlights of Minneapolis, St . Paul, and surrounding areas with a professional tour guide . Glimpse the Minneapolis skyline, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the television home of Mary Tyler Moore, St . Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River (the birthplace of Minneapolis), and more . Stop along Minnehaha Creek at the 53 foot Minnehaha Falls (immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Song of Hiawatha”) where the creek dives over the falls into the Mississippi River . In St . Paul, view the Minnesota State Capitol, the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Summit Avenue with its many homes of Victorian architecture, the James J . Hill House, the home of F . Scott Fitzgerald, and the Governor’s Mansion . The last site on the tour is the Mall of America, where passengers can choose to depart the tour to shop and return on their own to downtown Minneapolis by the convenient Light-rail system . Passengers remaining with the coach will return to the starting point – the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis . Minnesota Twins versus Chicago White Sox Baseball Game 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Preregistration: $26 before June 19th A block of tickets has been reserved for the Minnesota Twins versus Chicago White Sox baseball game, which will be played in the Hubert H . Humphrey Metrodome . Game start time is 1:10 PM . Transportation is not included . It’s a 3/4-mile walk (directions will be provided) or taxi ride from the Hilton Hotel to the Metrodome . Monday 13 July 2009 Morning Guided Walk Tour #1: 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Preregistration: $7.50/On site: $10 Tour #2: 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Enjoy a guided walking tour of downtown Minneapolis . Each morning, Monday - Thursday, a professional guide will meet the tour group in the Hilton Hotel lobby and lead a vigorous walking tour showing the highlights of Minneapolis on foot . Each day the walk will travel a different route from the hotel and show highlights that make Minneapolis unique . Some of the tour highlights will include: Loring Park (with its bike and walking paths that wind around the lake and gardens), the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (highlighted by a giant spoon and cherry fountain), skyway system (a second story walkway) and Nicollet Mall (the “hub” of Minneapolis commerce) . In the event of rain, the walk will take place inside using the skyway system . Twin Cities Highlights Bus Tour 9:00 AM - 12:00 noon Preregistration: $28/On site: $35 Enjoy a three-hour deluxe motorcoach tour showing highlights of Minneapolis, St . Paul, and surrounding areas with a professional tour guide . For more information, see the description of the Sunday Twin Cities tour . Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM Preregistration: $35/On site: $45 We will tour the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, which is an exquisite setting for any visitor who enjoys beauty, the outdoors, peace and tranquility . The Arboretum spans more than 905 acres of rolling hills, native woods, and formal display gardens featuring 15,000 flowers and plants and 5,000 varieties of trees and shrubs. At the Arboretum, we will take a narrated tram tour on Three-Mile Drive, which winds through lovely collections of shrubs, pines, firs, balsams, miniature trees for smaller yards, flowering and fruit trees, and hardy Northern Lights azaleas developed especially for northern climates . Visitors may walk paths through rose gardens, herb gardens, a Japanese garden and many others . Hikers will discover trails through woods, restored prairie, and marshes . Also take the time to explore the gift shop or have a bite to eat in the Arboretum Restaurant (food not included in registration) . 12 4th Annual Radioactive Open Mic Night 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM FREE Join our vendor sponsored event as they host the Fourth Annual Radioactive Open Mic Night on Monday evening in the Brit’s Pub “Club House” room . A one block walk is worth the enjoyment of classic rock n roll music provided by a good local band . Your invited to participate in the fun by joining the band onstage to play an instrument or sing a song . Cash bar . Stand by for more information in the near future Tuesday 14 July 2009 Annual HPS 5K Run/2K Walk 6:00 AM - 9:30 AM Preregistration: $30/On site: $35 The site for this year’s race/walk is the lovely Normandale Lake Park in Bloomington, which is south of downtown Minneapolis and home to the Mall of America . The race course is a level, paved path around a lake . Awards will be presented . Registration fee includes a T-shirt, transportation, refreshments, race timing, and awards . All participants must sign a waiver on race day, obtain a race number and pick up the official T-shirt before the race at the race location . Register early and get the T-shirt size you want . Limited to 30 participants . Morning Guided Walk Tour #3: 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Preregistration: $7.50/On site: $10 Tour #4: 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Enjoy a guided walking tour of downtown Minneapolis . For more information, see the description of the Monday Guided Walks . Stone Arch Bridge, Guthrie Theater, and Mill City Museum 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Preregistration: $41/On site: $50 We’ll enjoy a walking tour across the historic Stone Arch Bridge made of native granite and limestone, and measuring 2,100-feet long by 28-feet wide . The bridge spans the Mississippi River below St . Anthony Falls in Minneapolis . The bridge was built by railroad baron James J . Hill in 1883 to allow increased move- ment of people and goods across the river . It served as a railroad bridge until 1965, after which it was renovated and is now used by pedestrians and bicyclists . Next, we’ll tour the new Guthrie Theater, a 250,000-square-foot theater center designed by French architect Jean Nouvel . You will have the opportunity to learn about the unique building highlights and key architectural elements . We will visit rehearsal rooms, stage prop and costume workshops, dressing rooms, backstage, and the “underworld” of stage elevators and trap doors . Last, we’ll tour the Mill City Museum . For 50 years, beginning around 1880, Minneapolis was the “Flour Mill- ing Capital of the World” and the Washburn A . Mill that the museum is built upon was the most technologically advanced and the largest flour mill in the world. At peak production, it ground enough flour to make 12 million loaves of bread a day . The museum is an attraction for all ages . It provides a multisensory, interactive experience of the flour milling industry and its historical impact on Minneapolis and the nation. Winery Tour, St. Croix River, and Stillwater 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Preregistration: $50/On site: $60 The first tour stop will be the St. Croix Vineyards, founded in 1992, and one of Minnesota’s largest and best known wineries . We will look behind-the- scenes at the vineyards and wine production facilities . The winery tour will include wine tasting with cheese, crackers, and fruit . Continuing the tour, our guide will provide history and description as we drive around the city of Stillwater, an enchanting old river town . Anecdotes and incidents from bygone years will illuminate the lives of immigrants and entrepreneurs as we view mansions built by wealthy lumber barons, beautiful old churches on the “Street of Spires,” landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places, and the beautiful St . Croix River . Stillwater lays claim as Minnesota’s oldest town and birthplace of the Minnesota Territory in 1849 .

13 Last, we will stop and spend time in downtown Stillwater, to lunch on your own in any one of many restaurants, to meander along the St . Croix River, and to enjoy strolling and shopping on Stillwater’s historic streets, which offer an abundance of boutiques, specialty shops, antiques stores, and art galleries . Wednesday 15 July 2009 Morning Guided Walk Tour #5: 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Preregistration: $7.50/On site: $10 Tour #6: 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Enjoy a guided walking tour of downtown Minneapolis . For more information, see the description of the Monday Guided Walks . Gangster Tour of St. Paul’s Notorious Past 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Preregistration: $35/On site: $45 Baby Face Nelson, Machine Gun Kelly, Creepy Karpis and Ma Barker are names from America’s Prohibition era . St . Paul was a favorite hang-out for these criminals and more, thanks to the O’Connor System . The brothers Richard O’Connor (head of the Democratic Party in Saint Paul) and John O’Connor (Chief of Police in Saint Paul) “invited” criminals to St . Paul . The brothers had three rules: (1) check in with “The Fixer” when they arrive into town, (2) payment made to the O’Connor brothers through “The Fixer,” and (3) agree not to commit any crimes in Saint Paul . In exchange for these three simple rules, the criminals could live, shop and go to the best restaurants in St . Paul without being bothered by the St . Paul police department . It was said, if you were looking for a criminal, either look in jail or in the city of St . Paul . This tour will show you the historic gangster side of St . Paul . Stops will be made along the route at the Landmark Center and Wabasha Street Caves . The Landmark Center was once the site of famous trials (J . Edgar Hoover personally escorted public enemy #1, Al Karpis, through the doors for his trial) . In the 1930’s, a nightclub and restaurant were opened in the Wabasha Street Caves; and if you listen carefully, you can still hear bands such as the Dorsey Brothers and Cab Calloway playing in the stage area with the adjoining dance floor. There is a fireplace with bullet holes in the marble mantle to remind us of a rowdier era. Saint Paul served as a cooling-off area for criminals, and you’ll even see a “Gallery” to show off some of the Caves’ more notorious past visitors . Historic Homes and Cathedral Tour 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Preregistration: $38/On site: $48 This tour begins with a drive along St . Paul’s Summit Avenue, one of the longest stretches of virtually uninterrupted Victorian architecture in the United States . This monumental boulevard of homes, churches, synagogues and schools attracts tour- ists and natives alike who stroll past its architectural curiosities and landmarks . Some homes to note along Summit Avenue are the James J . Hill House, the home of F . Scott Fitzgerald, and the Governor’s Mansion . Along our way we will visit the Alexander Ramsey House . Alexander Ramsey was Minnesota’s first territorial governor and second state governor. This Victorian home has been carefully restored and furnished with original family pieces . Tours of the house are conducted by guides dressed in period costumes . The next stop is the James J . Hill House . This red sandstone house, completed in 1891, symbolized Hill’s success as the man behind the Great Northern Railway . He also pursued a broad range of other business interests: coal and iron ore mining, Great Lakes and Pacific Ocean shipping, banking and finance, agriculture and milling . Hill oversaw the planning, construction and furnishing of the house . Upon completion, the home contained 36,000 square feet on five floors including 13 bathrooms, 22 fireplaces, 16 crystal chandeliers and a 100 foot reception hall . Our final stop will be the Cathedral of St. Paul, which was modeled after St. Peter’s in Rome. It is one of the largest church buildings in North America . Among its many points of interest are the 175-foot-high copper dome;

14 the baldachin (canopy) over the altar with its six black-and-gold Portora marble columns; the bronze grille at the rear of the sanctuary; and the six chapels called the Shrine of Nations, in which stand statues of the patron saints of the nations whose people settled St . Paul . Annual Pub Crawl 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM Preregistration: $20/On site $25 Start the evening by meeting at Brit’s Pub and then let the fun begin! This walking pub crawl will include an eclectic mix of seven bars . We’ve got a British pub, a Scottish blue-collar bar, a fancy Spanish tapas restaurant/ bar, a micro-brewery, a nautical-themed bar, a Mexican tequila bar, and lastly, finishing with Minneapolis’ famous Irish pub - The Local . Total walking distance of approximately 0 7. miles and ending near the Hilton Hotel . Go at your own pace or follow along with a member of the local arrangements committee with 30-45 min at each location. A map will be provided. Games, prizes, and special discounts are a definite possibility! HPS Night Out Paradise Lady Cruise Yacht on the Mississippi 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM Preregistration: $60.00/On Site $70 Join us and unwind on a warm summer evening as the Paradise Lady cruises along the Mississippi River . Along your journey you’ll see sights of the Minneapolis Skyline, Historic Stone Arch Bridge, Upper and Lower St . Anthony Falls, Guthrie Theater, Nicollet Island, the new 35 W Bridge, University of Minnesota Campus, Ford Lock and Dam #1, and Fort Snelling! Experience the thrill of dropping and rising through the deepest lock on the Mis- sissippi River as we pass through the Upper Lock . Per person registration includes transportation, dinner and a three hour cruise . Cash bar will be available .

Thursday 16 July 2009 Morning Guided Walk Tour #7: 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Preregistration: $7.50/On site: $10 Tour #8: 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Enjoy a guided walking tour of downtown Minneapolis . For more information, see the description of the Monday Morning Guided Walks .

On Your Own! Fun in Minneapolis * Walk to Loring Greenway, a spectacular two to three block tree-lined walk leading to beautiful Loring Park . The urban beauty of Berger fountain, Loring Lake and the Arts and Recreation Center will soothe your senses . After strolling through the park, take the Whitney Bridge to the Minneapolis Sculpture Gardens . There are more than 40 permanent works with additional installations rotated in on a regular basis . The “Spoonbridge and Cherry” is the Sculpture Garden’s signature icon . * Take in the rollicking Basilica Block Party held Friday, July 10th through Sunday, July 12th on the grounds of the Basilica of St . Mary at Hennepin Ave & 17th Street . Single night tickets are $35 .00; two-night passes $60 .00 . Listen to Augustana, Ziggy Marley, Need to Breathe, the Gin Blossoms and more . A toe-tapping fun- fest . * An approximate eight-minute, $10 .00 cab ride delivers you to the Uptown and Lyn-Lake neighborhoods . An eclectic collection of ethnic eateries, urban entertainment, edgy theater, bohemian coffee shops, trendy stores and galleries that will surely delight . * An approximate ten-minute, $13 .00 cab ride places you at one of the Chain of Lakes . Lake Harriet is part of our Grand Rounds Byway . It hosts the venerable band shell on its northwest shore where free nightly summer concerts bring delight . Across from the band shell is the historic Lake Harriet Streetcar, Linden Hills Station . Open every weeknight and weekends till dusk . A round trip takes 20 minutes and cost $2 .00 per adult and children 5 and over. At the northeast corner of Lake Harriet lies the Rose Gardens, a peaceful, reflective space that will delight the eye . * Rent and ride a bike around the Chain of Lakes, Brownie, Cedar, Isles, Calhoun and Harriet . A 13-mile segment of the 50-mile Grand Rounds Byway . * Stroll around the warehouse district and take in the theaters and nightlife on Hennepin Avenue . See Broad- way shows at the State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres . Hit the First Avenue & 7th Street Eatery featured in “Purple Rain” or stop into the Fine Line Music Café for a national and regional collection of music . 15 * Walk to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, a great facility with over 80,000 objects gathered from all over the world. MIA focuses on art education, and as an example of its commitment to bring the fine arts to the public, has a free general admission policy . A cab ride will be about $6 .00 . * Visit the Museum of Russian Art, located at 5500 Stevens Avenue South. It’s presently the only nonprofit museum in North America dedicated solely to the preservation and presentation of educational exhibitions and related events pertaining to Russian art and artifacts . Admission is $5 .00 and a cab ride would be about $13 .00 . * Walk to the Walker Art Center, an outstanding contemporary art museum and performing arts complex . Admission fees are $10 adults, $8 seniors (65+), $6 students/teens (with ID) . The free outdoor Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is a great green space in the midst of the city . * Listen to a free musical performance at Orchestra Hall or Peavey Plaza as part of the Minnesota Orches- tra’s Sommerfest . It begins July 10th and runs through August 3rd . * Power shop at Target’s flagship two-story retail store in the heart of downtown. A unique escalator for shopping carts is a must see . Also tour the skyway system to Macy’s, Neiman Marcus and hundreds of fascinating shops and boutiques’ . * The Cirque du Soleil will be performing “Kooza” in St . Paul, July 3rd through July 26th . Tickets range from $60 .00 - $100 .00 . * Visit the Science Museum of Minnesota, a superb hands-on facility with IMAX and 3D laser shows . Tickets are $7 50. to $16 .00 and cab fair to St . Paul is about $25 .00 . * Visit the Minnesota History Center and immerse yourself in the past 150 years of Minnesota history in interactive and traditional environments . Find out what the Greyhound Bus, cardiac pacemaker, and canned ham have to do with Minnesota . Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, and $5 children ages 6-17 . * Visit Como Park with its zoo, conservatory, amusement park rides, carousel, and picnic grounds . A great place for families to spend a few hours or the whole day . The zoo and conservatory are free but a donation of at least $2 .00 is appreciated . The carousel admission is $1 .50 and pays for upkeep . * Visit the Minnesota Zoo and IMAX . Tour the new Russian Coast exhibit (opened in 2008), it’s not to be missed . Admission prices range from $8 .00 to $21 .00 depending on your choice of activities . * Historic Fort Snelling is a short walk from the Light-Rail Line . The fort tells the story of settling and development of the upper Midwest . Learn how early settlers interacted with local Native Americans and how Minne- sota became a central turning point for the settlement of the entire upper Midwest (then called the Northwest Territory) . Admission is $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17 . * The Mall of America is a wonderful shopping attraction that also contains great entertainment for young and old alike . Visit the Underwater Adventures Aquarium and come nose to nose (via a glass tunnel through the tanks) with sharks and fish. For those who crave more action, hang out with Sponge Bob and get slimed at the Nickelodeon Universe amusement park . If that’s not enough shopping for you, head next door to IKEA . Use the Light-rail for an easy mode of transportation to the Mall of America . The closest light-rail station to the Hil- ton Hotel is the Nicollet Mall Station, about a six-block walk . One-way train fare varies by age of rider and time of day but the average fare is around $2 .00 . * Visit Valleyfair amusement park and enjoy the roller coasters and other thrill rides . There are a lot of suitable rides and attractions for smaller children, prices range from $38 .00 for adults and kids taller than 48” to $18 .00 for kids shorter that 48” . Daily parking is $10 .00 . * A day trip to the Hormel SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota, is a once in a lifetime experience . Learn about the canned meat product that has become a worldwide icon and has transformed our language, if not our cuisine . * A day trip to Minnesota’s north shore with a visit to the historic Split Rock Lighthouse and picturesque Duluth will fill you with the peaceful beauty that Minnesotan’s relish.

16 54th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society Minneapolis, MN, 12-16 July 2009, Preliminary Scientific Program Presenter’s name is asterisked (*) if other than first author. MONDAY 1:00 - 3:00 PM Exhibit Hall A 7:00-8:00 AM M100 A/B Poster Session CEL1 Uncertainty, Variability, Bias, Error, and Accelerator Blunder P.1 Detection Limit as a Function of Electron En- Daniel J. Strom ergy for Delayed Neutron Yields from Photofission of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory U-238 7:00-8:00 AM M100 D/E Ankrah, M., Chandler, K., Hunt, A. CEL2 Respiratory Protection Refresher for HPs Idaho State University, Pocatello Gary Kephart Biokinetics/Bioeffects Bechtel Jacobs P.2 The Evaluation of Symptom Ringing Disillusion Among Children and Adult Cellular Telephone Users 8:30 - 11:50 AM L100 B-I Kumar, N., Sharma, V.P., Mathur, N., Khan, M.Y., Plenary Khan, R.A. Chair: Richard Toohey Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India, In- 8:30 AM Opening Remarks dian Institute of Toxicology Research, India Richard Toohey P.3 Effects of Ionizing Radiation Exposure on Ara- HPS President bidopsis thaliana 8:40 AM PL.1 Kurimoto, T., Constable, J.V.H., Huda, A. It’s All About the Dose . What Dose? - a History of In- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), California ternal Dosimetry Research State University, Fresno Guilmette, R. (Morgan Lecturer) Decommissioning Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute P.4 Evaluation of Innovative Technology for Decon- 9:15 AM PL.2 tamination of Contaminated Surfaces The US Transuranium & Uranium Registries: Reap- Dua, S., Lagos, L., Calderin, D., Ngachin, M., Colon ing the Benefits of Lifetime Follow-up of Plutonium Mendoza, R. Worker Health and Internal α-Dose FIU James, A.C. (Landauer Lecturer) P.5 Popularization of Science in the Nuclear Area Washington State University Focusing on Stakeholders Living Nearby Decommis- 9:50 AM PL.3 sioned Uranium Mines Health Effects of Internally Deposited Radionuclides Dias, F., M.H.T., T., Edenil, M., Delcy, D. Raabe, O.G. Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, Brazilian Nu- University of California, Davis clear Industries 10:20 AM BREAK P.6 Radioecological Criteria and Norms During Re- 10:45 AM PL.4 mediation of Shore Infrastructure of Nuclear Fleet Medical Internal Dose Assessment: Progress on Shandala, N., Seregin, V.*, Sneve, M., Titov, A., Many Fronts Isaev, D. Stabin, M. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Centre, Mos- Vanderbilt University cow, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Oslo 11:20 AM PL.5 Environmental ICRP Radiation Protection Recommendations: Im- P.7 Review of Radon Assessment Studies in the pact on US Regulatory Framework City of Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia Eckerman, K. (Dade Moeller Lecturer) Pagava, S., Rusetski, V., Kutelia, G., Shubitidze, N., Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dunker, R., Farfan, E., Popp, J., Harris, J.*, Wells, D., Avtandilashvili, M. Noon-1:00 PM Exhibit Hall A Tbilisi State University, Idaho State University, Savan- nah River National Laboratory, York College of the Complimentary Lunch in Exhibit Hall for all City University of New York Registrants and Opening of Exhibits

17 P.8 Radiation Situation Nearby the Uranium Mining P.17 Monte Carlo Spectral Simulations as Microcal- Facility orimeter Gamma-Spectrometer Design Tool Shandala, N., Filonova, A.*, Titov, A., Isaev, D., Sere- Sassi, E., Johnson, T., Rabin, M., Ullom, J. gin, V., Semenova, M. Colorado State University, Los Alamos National Labo- Burnasyan Federal Medical Biological Centre, Mos- ratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology cow Emergency Planning and Response P.9 Effective Method for Simulation of the Radioac- P.18 Establishing the Mobile Environmental Survey tive Material Dispersion in Terrestrial Surface Water System for Radiological Emergency Bodies Fang, H. Wang, W., Wang, J.*, Chang, B., Chen, I. Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taiwan Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy P.19 The Fate of Cesium Resulting from a Radiolog- Council ical Dispersal Device (Rdd) in an Urban Environment P.10 A Study of Stronium 90 Analysis Method by Liq- and its Effect on Efficacy of a Gross Decontamination uid Scintillation Counting for the Environmental Sam- Method (Water Wash-Down) ples Snyder, E., Lee, S., Barzyk, J., Oudejans, L., Drake, Wang, J., Fang, H. J., McGee, J. Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy US EPA, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Educa- Council tion, Arcadis US, Inc. P.11 Development of the Environmental Gamma P.20 Interregional Training of Radiation Emergency Monitoring Network for Emergency Response Pur- Medical Assistance for Developing Countries - Ex- poses in Taiwan perience of Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysi- Horng, M.C., Huang, F.C., Kao, M.F., Liu, C.C., Tseng, cal Center H.H., Huang, C.C. Bushmanov, A.U., Kotenko, K.V., Kretov, A.S., Kras- Radiation Monitoring Center, AEC, Institute of Nuclear nuk, V.I. Research, AEC FMBC of FMBA of Russia External Dosimetry Internal Dosimetry and Bioassay P.12 Investigation of a Model for the Fading of Ther- P.21 USTUR Case 0102 CT Image Processing Tech- moluminescent Dosimeter Glow Curve Peak Areas in niques for Voxel Phantom Development the Presence of Chronic Irradiation Tabatadze, G., Brey, R., James, T., Theel, D., Todd, S. Harvey, J.A., Thomas, E.M., Kearfott, K.J. Idaho State University - Health Physics, United States University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Transuranium and Uranium Registries, Richland WA, P.13 Comparison of Peak-Determined Region of In- Portneuf Medical Center, Pocatello ID terest and Glow Curve Peak Fitting Analysis of Ther- P.22 Critical Evaluation of (Pu-239)O2 Wound and moluminescent Dosimeter Data Lymph Node Retention Predicted by NCRP 156’s Thomas, E.M., Harvey, J.A., Wu, B.M., Kearfott, K.J. Recommended Biokinetic Transfer Rates University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Chelidze, N., Brey, R., James, T. P.14 Reproducibility of Glow Peak Fading Charac- Idaho State University - Health Physics, United States teristics of Thermoluminescent Dosimeters Transuranium and Uranium Registries Wu, B.M., Harvey, J.A., Thomas, E.M., Bergen, R.J., P.23 Development of Calibration Phantoms for New- Carney, S.E., Newton, J.P., Kearfott, K.J. borns and Small Children University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Sinha, V., Harris, J. Homeland Security Idaho State University P.15 Wireless Encrypted Ionizing Radiation Monitor- P.24 An Updated Evaluation of Data from the 1980 ing in Cargo/Port Areas Statistical Analysis of Plutonium in US Autopsy Tis- Baumbaugh, J., Clement, R. sue SSC-Pacific Mecham, D.C, Brey, R.R., Shonka, J.J. Instrumentation Idaho State University, Shonka Research Associates P.16 Alpha 7L Alarm Set Points and Response P.24A Inhalation of Highly Insoluble Pu: Case Studies Times from the Rocky Flats Pu Fire Wannigman, D., Martinez, A. Avtandilashvili, M., Brey, R., James, T., Birchall, A. Los Alamos National Laboratory Idaho State University - Health Physics, United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries, Health Protec- tion Authority, United Kingdom 18 P.24B Measurement of Internal Exposure for Nuclear P.35 Photon Response of Savannah River Site In- Medicine Workers involved in I-131 Handling in Korea strumentation from 38 to 1300 keV Cho, W.K., Lim, K.J., Chung, K.H Wagoner, D.A. Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), Korea., Ko- Savannah River Site rea Radioisotope Association (KRA), Korea P.36 Dose and Dose Equivalent Rate Calcula- Medical tions from a Solar Energetic Particle Event using P.25 Bremsstrahlung Exposure for DNA, RNA and Earth-Moon-Mars Radiation Environment Module Retina (EMMREM) Bharadwai, H. PourArsalan, M., Towsend, L.W., Schwadron, N.A., Bangalore University Kozarev, K., Al-Dayeh, M. P.26 Site-Specific Skeleton Voxel Model Represent- University of Tennessee, Nuclear Engineering Depart- ing Chinese Reference Adult Man and its Absorbed ment, Boston University, Astronomy Dept, Southwest Dose for Idealized Photon Exposures Research Institute Liye, L., Zhi, Z., Junli, L., Binquan, Z., Rui, Q. P.37 A Review of Programmatic Upgrades Recently Tsinghua University, Fundamental Science for Nation- Implemented in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory al Defense, China Institute for Radiation Protection Bioassay Monitoring Program P.27 Organ Dose Estimation for Computed Tomog- McLaughlin, D.A., Gillespie, T.J., Perkins, D.E., Ben- raphy Examinations son, J.R. Kim, K. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Kyung Hee University P.38 Numerical Solutions for Confidence Intervals P.28 Minimization of Radiation Dose to Operators when the Sample is Counted an Integer Times Lon- Performing Cardiac Catheterization Procedures ger Than the Blank Kim, K., Miller, D. Potter, W., Strzelczyk, J. Kyung Hee University, Uniformed Services University Consultant, Sacramento, University of Colorado, Den- ver P.29 Fluoroscopic Event Notification: an Automated Follow-up System P.39 Classification of Radiation Devices for Indus- Miller, J., Sturchio, G., Fetterly, K., Schueler, B. trial Application and Measurement of Radiation Dose Mayo Clinic in Accident Conditions Cho, W.K., Seo, K.S., Koo, B.C., Kim, C.B. P.30 Early Medical Consequences of Radiation Inci- Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), Korea dents in the Former USSR Territory Ilyin, L., Soloviev, V., Kotenko, K., Bushmanov, A.* Power Reactor Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of P.40 Evaluation of Neutron Flux and Gamma Dose Federal Medical Biological Agency Rates at the Irradiation Cell of the Texas A&M Nuclear Science Center Reactor P.31 Small Doses of External Irradiation and Risk of Vasudevan, L., Newhouse, J., Remlinger, J., Reece, Brain Vascular Illnesses W.D Torubarov, F., Isaeva, N., Zvereva, Z., Dmitrieva, G. Texas A&M University Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency Waste Management P.41 Long-Term Performance of Transuranic Waste P.32 Abnormal Head Penetrating Irradiation by High Inadvertently Disposed in a Shallow Land Burial Energy Proton Beam Trench at the Nevada Test Site Torubarov, F., Zvereva, Z., Isaeva, N., Dmitrieva, G. Shott, G., Yucel, V. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of National Security Technologies, LLC Federal Medical Biological Agency P.33 Photochemical Delivery of Bleomycin in Malig- 3:00 - 4:15 PM L100 A nant Glioma Cells Blickenstaff, J., Vo, V., Hirschberg, H., Madsen, S. MPM-A1: Waste Management University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Cali- Co-Chairs: Donald Cool, Kathryn Brock fornia, Irvine 3:00 PM MPM-A1.1 Operational Safe Sampling and Analysis of Savannah River Site P.34 Use of a Database for Accurate Shipment La- (SRS) High Level Waste (HLW) beling and Generation of Shipment Forms Reboul, S.H., Pareizs, J.M., Fleming, K.N. Miller, J., Landsworth, R., Classic, K. Savannah River National Laboratory, WSRC Liquid Mayo Clinic Waste Organization 19 3:15 PM MPM-A1.2 3:00 - 5:30 PM L100 B/C Radioactive Waste Issues in South Carolina Peterson, D. MPM-B: Risk Analysis/Communication Francis Marion University Co-Chairs: Patricia Milligan, Stewart Schneider 3:00 PM MPM-B.1 3:30 PM MPM-A1.3 Increased Cancer Mortality Risk for NASA’s ISS As- Compliance for Hanford Waste Retrieval Radioactive tronauts: the Contribution of Diagnostic Radiological Air Emissions Examinations Simmons, F. Dodge, C., Gonzalez, S., Picco, C., Johnston, S., CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company Shavers, M., Van Baalen, M.* 3:45 PM MPM-A1.4 University of Houston, College of Health and Human Off-Site Source Recovery at the Customer Site Performance, National Aeronautics and Space Admin- Brown, D. istration (NASA) at Johnson Space Center Houston, Los Alamos National Laboratory Wyle Integrated Science and Engineering Group 4:00 PM MPM-A1.5 3:15 PM MPM-B.2 International Atomic Energy Agency Efforts on Or- Comparing Predicted Cancer Risks Associated with phan Sources and Radioactively Contaminated Ma- Ingesting Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Drink- terial in the Metal Recycling Industry ing Water Supplies to Actual County Cancer Rates Reber, E., Friedrich, V., Jova Sed, L. Falta, D.A., DeVol, T.A., Fjeld, R.A. International Atomic Energy Agency Clemson University 3:30 PM MPM-B.3 4:30 - 5:30 PM L100 A Highlights of the Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosol MPM-A2: Biokinetics/Bioeffects Characterization and Risk Assessment Study Co-Chairs: Brant Ulsh, Matt McFee Parkhurst, M., Guilmette, R. 4:30 PM MPM-A2.1 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Lovelace Re- Upgrading the United States Transuranium and Ura- spiratory Research Laboratory nium Registries’ Pathology Database 3:45 PM MPM-B.4 McCord, S., James, A. Cancer Risk Due to Life-Long Exposure to High Back- United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries ground 4:45 PM MPM-A2.2 Kaye, W.R., Beauvais, Z.S., Kearfott, K.J. Lung and Systemic Retention of Al and W Nanopar- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ticles Following Inhalation Exposures 4:00 PM MPM-B.5 Sexton, J., Bolch, W., Jenkins, C. Becoming Radiation Myth Busters University of Florida, Air Force Research Laboratory Johnson, R.H. 5:00 PM MPM-A2.3 Dade Moeller & Associates Evaluation of Ionizing Radiation Dose Levels That Do 4:15 PM MPM-B.6 Not Cause Stochastic Effects According to Experi- Current Misconceptions of Radiation Effects in Vir- mental and Epidemiological Data ginia Related to Potential Uranium Mining Kalistratova, V., Buldakov, L., Nisimov, P. Wales, P.M., Mastilovic, M., Rautio, J. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center Virginia Uranium, Inc., Capital Results 5:15 PM MPM-A2.4 4:30 PM MPM-B.7 A Complex Study of Actinide Biokinetics for Mini- Po-210 in Cigarettes – a National Tragedy Pigs at Short Times after Intravenous Administration Moeller, D. 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20 5:00 PM MPM-B.9 4:45 PM MPM-C.8 Public Reaction to Uranium In-Situ Recovery in North- Radiation Dose Induced from Cigarette Smoking ern Colorado Papastefanou, C. Draine, A.E., Johnson, T.E. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Atomic and Nucle- Colorado State University ar Physics Laboratory, Greece 5:15 MPM-B.10 Hollywood’s Perception of Radiation Over the Years 3:00 - 5:00 PM L100 F/G Krieger, K.V. MPM-D: Decommissioning Radiation Technology Inc. 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DOE RSCS, Inc. 3:30 PM MPM-C.3 3:45 PM MPM-D.4 Recalibration of the Cameco Mobile Lung Counter History and Decommissioning of the US Commercial Kramer, G., Hauck, B., Allen, S. Vessel, NS Savannah Health Canada, Cameco Corp Tarzia, J., Litterer, F. 3:45 PM MPM-C.4 RSCS, Inc. Investigation of the Effect of Female Breast Size on 4:00 PM MPM-D.5 Lung Counting Efficiency using Virtual Deformable ORISE Experiences in Developing, Conducting and Phantoms Evaluating a Performance Test and Validation Plan Hegenbart, L., Mille, M., Na, Y.H., Zhang, J.Y., Ding, (PTVP) A.P., Urban, M., Xu, X.G. Buchholz, M.A., Bailey, E.N., Riley, W.P., Vitkus, T.J. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, Rensse- Oak Ridge Associated Universities laer Polytechnic Institute 4:15 MPM-D.6 4:00 PM MPM-C.5 Use of LaBr3 with the HMS4 (Hold-up Measurement Tissue Weighting Factors: Derivation and Parametric System 4) for Non-Destructive Assay Measurements Analysis of Low Enrichment Uranium Makinson, K.A., Hamby, D.M. 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Shandala, N., Isaev, D.*, Sneve, M., Titov, A., Seregin, C.J. Exec Consulting V., Filonova, A. 4:40 PM MPM-E.8 Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Centre, Mos- Summary and Future HPS Action cow, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Oslo Hamrick, B. 5:00 PM Decommissioning Section Business Dade Moeller & Associates Meeting 4:45 PM Open Discussion Moderated by B. 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22 TUESDAY 8:30 - 11:45 AM L100 B/C 7:00-8:00 AM M100 A/B TAM-B: Medical I CEL 3 The Characterization of Dose in Computed Co-Chairs: Ralph Lieto, Jean Saint Germain Tomography 8:30 AM TAM-B.1 Donovan Bakalyar Exposure to the US Population from Medical Sources Henry Ford Hospital in 2006 7:00-8:00 AM M100 D/E Thomadsen, B., Bhargavan, M., Gilley, D., Gray, J., CEL4 System of Radiation Safety Monitoring for Lipoti, J., Mahesh, M., McCrohan, J., Mettler, F., Yo- the Personnel Working at the Chernobyl Object Shel- shizumi, T. ter University of Wisconsin, American College of Radi- P. Aryasov, S. Nechaev, J. Hoyt, A.Dmitrienko ology, State of Florida, DIQUAD, LLC, State of New Radiation Protection Institute of Ukraine, Chornobyl Jersey, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Center for Devices Shelter Implementation Plan. Project Management and Radiological Health, New Mexico Veterans Health Unit, State Enterprise Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant Care System, Duke University 8:45 AM TAM-B.2 8:45 - 11:30 AM L100 A Effects of Lead Shielding on the Fetal Dose During TAM-A: Environmental Special Session: 25 External-Beam Radiation Treatment of Pregnant Pa- Years and Counting: Indoor tients Radon Since Watras Han, B., Xu, X. Co-Chairs: Kenneth Weaver, Jim Cain Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 8:45 AM Introduction 9:00 AM TAM-B.3 Johnson, Jan Realistic Phantoms for Clinical and Preclinical Dose Tetra Tech Calculations 9:00 AM TAM-A.1 Stabin, M., Emmons, M., Xu, X.G., Segars, W., Fer- Work to Save Dose: Contrasting Effective Dose Rates nald, M., Marine, P., Clark, L. from Radon Exposure in Workplaces and Residenc- Vanderbilt University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- es against the Backdrop of Public and Occupational tute, Duke University Regulatory Limits 9:15 AM TAM-B.4 Whicker, J., McNaughton, M. Small Animal Dosimetry: Dose Comparison Between Los Alamos National Laboratory AAPM TG-61 and MOSFET-Based Phantom Dosim- 9:30 AM TAM-A.2 etry Residential Radon Epidemiology Abogunde, M., Toncheva, G., Anderson-Evans, C., Field, R. Craciunescu, O., Steffey, B., Dewhirst, M., University of Iowa Yoshizumi, T. Duke University 10:00 AM BREAK 9:30 AM TAM-B.5 10:30 AM TAM-A.3 Dose Assessments and Quality Assurance in Intensi- Contemporary Radon Measurement Techniques ty-Modulated Radiation Therapy Steck, D. Treas, J.B., Leslie, J.N.*, Fallahian, N. St. John’s University Geisinger Medical Center, Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg 11:00 AM TAM-A.4 University, Pennsylvania EPA and Indoor Radon 9:45 AM BREAK Conrath, S. US Environmental Protection Agency 10:15 AM TAM-B.6 Lens Dose Equivalent Assessment of an Intervention- 11:30 Environmental/Radon Section Business al Radiologist Meeting Sturchio, G., Schueler, B., Hindal, M., Landsworth, R., Magnuson, D. Mayo Clinic 10:30 AM TAM-B.7 Occupational Dose During Intraoperative Injections of Fluorine-18 Williamson, M., Dauer, L., Gollub, M., Akhurst, T. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 23 10:45 AM TAM-B.8 9:30 AM TAM-C.5 Dental Staff Doses for Hand-Held Dental Intraoral X- Dose Rate Comparisons Between National Council Ray Units on Radiation Protection - 144 and Monte Carlo N- Bailey, E., Gray, J. Particle Extended Methods for an Open Installation Consultant, DIQUAD, LLC Linear Accelerator up to 60 MeV 11:00 AM TAM-B.9 Sandvig, M.D., Sterbentz, J.W. Review: Photon and Neutron Activations to Medical Idaho National Laboratory Accelerators Using High Energy Photons 9:45 AM BREAK Han, B., Nath, R., Bateman, F., Islam, M., LaFrance, 10:15 AM TAM-C.6 T., Moore, M., Thomadsen, B., Xu, X. Basis for Elimination of the High Energy Neutron Do- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Yale University, Na- simetry Requirement at the LANSCE Proton Radiog- tional Institute Of Standards And Technology, Princess raphy Facility Margaret Hospital, Baystate Health Systems, Inc., Phil- Duran, M., Fanning, M., Gulley, M., Kelsey, C. adelphia VA Medical Center, University of Wisconsin Los Alamos National Laboratory 11:15 AM TAM-B.10 10:30 AM TAM-C.7 Having Problems with your New PET New ICRP Reference Phantoms and Recommenda- Williamson, M., Dauer, L., St Germain, J. tions: How Large a Difference? Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Hertel, N. 11:30 AM TAM-B.11 Georgia Institute of Technology Dosimetric Verification of the Radiotherapy Treatment 10:45 AM TAM-C.8 Planning System Based on the PENFAST Monte Car- Investigation of Shielding Requirements for Jefferson lo Code for Photon and Electron Dose Calculations Lab Free Electron Laser Upgrade Habib, B., Poumarüde, B., Barthe, J. Vylet, V., Neil, G. Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Gif-sur-Yvette, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility France 11:00 AM TAM-C.9 12:00 PM Medical Section Business Meeting Accelerator Beam Line Quartz Window as a Brems- strahlung Radiation Source 8:30 - 11:15 AM L100 D/E Butala, S.W., Pardo, R.C., Vondrasek, R.C. TAM-C: Accelerator Section Special Session Argonne Co-Chairs: Henry Kahnhauser, Linnea Wahl 11:15 AM Accelerator Section Business Meeting 8:30 AM TAM-C.1 Measurements of High Energy Photon Dose from an 8:30 AM - Noon L100 F/G Outdoor Accelerator-Based Source Shannon, M.P., Hertel, N.E. TAM-D: Power Reactor Special Session Georgia Institute of Technology Co-Chairs: Roger Shaw, Larry Haynes 8:30 AM TAM-D.1 8:45 AM TAM-C.2 New Nuclear Build and Evolving Radiation Protection A Low Cost High Energy Neutron Spectrometer Ex- Challenges - An International Perspective tension to a Bonner Sphere Spectrometer Lazo, E. Burgett, E., Hertel, N., Howell, R. OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Georgia Institute of Technology, M.D. Anderson Can- cer Center 9:00 AM TAM-D.2 New Nuclear Build and Evolving Radiation Protection 9:00 AM TAM-C.3 Challenges - the US Perspective Continuous Monitoring and On-line Analysis of Oper- Andersen, R. ational Dose Rates: Tools to Further Mitigate Radia- Nuclear Energy Institute tion Risks Degtiarenko, P. 9:30 AM TAM-D.3 Jefferson Lab Nuclear Power as Part of our Energy & Economic Surety Future 9:15 AM TAM-C.4 Miller, M. Prediction of Doses From Uncontrolled Beam Losses Sandia National Laboratories in Heavy Ion Linacs Ronningen, R., Bollen, G., Remec, I. 10:00 AM BREAK Michigan State University, Oak Ridge National Labo- ratory 24 10:30 AM TAM-D.4 9:30 AM BREAK Options to Revise Radiation Protection Regulations 10:00 AM TAM-E.4 Cool, D., Morgan-Butler, K. Challenges in Deploying Radiation Detection Sys- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission tems Internationally 11:00 AM TAM-D.5 Ekman, M.E. Incorporation of Advanced Technologies, Operating Sandia National Laboratories Experiences, and Lessons Learned into New Plant 10:30 AM TAM-E.5 Radiation Protection Design and Operation Nuclear Critical Infrastructure Protection Kim, K. Conklin, W.C. Electric Power Research Institute Department of Homeland Security 11:15 AM TAM-D.6 11:00 AM TAM-E.6 EPRI Radiation Source Term Reduction Program for United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Initia- BWR and PWR Power Reactors tives to Enhance Security of Radioactive Material Hussey, D. Shaffer, M. Electric Power Research Institute US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11:30 AM TAM-D.7 11:30 AM TAM-E.7 World Class RP Performance to Enhance the Global Reevaluation of the List of Radioactive Sources Suf- Nuclear Renaissance ficient to Create a Significant Radiological Dispersal Miller, D., Doty, D. Device or Radiation Exposure Device American Electric Power, Susquehanna Steam Elec- Sturz, F. tric Station US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11:45 AM TAM-D.8 INPO: Radiation Protection Department Focus Areas 8:30 AM - Noon L100 J Williams, D. Institute of Nuclear Power Operations TAM-F: AAHP Special Session Co-Chairs: Nancy Kirner, Thomas S.Tenforde Noon M100 J 8:30 AM TAM-F.1 Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the US Population Power Reactor Business Meeting Kase, K., Miller, K., Strom, D., Suleiman, O., Thomad- sen, B., Quinn, D., Rosenstein, M. 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Erhardt, L., Sparkes, S., Quayle, D., Ellaschuk, B., Northwestern University Kenny, P., Morris, R., Chaput, J. 9:45 AM TAM-F.4 Defence R&D Canada, Ottawa, Defence R&D Cana- Gene Expression and Network Activation following da - Centre for Security Science, International Safety Bystander and Low Dose Radiation Exposures Research Inc. Amundson, S. 9:00 AM TAM-E.3 Columbia University Medical Center International Efforts to Address the “Dirty Bomb” 10:15 AM BREAK Threat Cutler, K. US Department of State 25 10:45 AM TAM-F.5 4:30 PM TPM-A.7 Sensitivity of Human Lymphocytes to Low-Dose Ra- The Tritium Exit Sign Dilemma diation Kay, S.E., Hampton, S.D., Baker, J.P. Livingston, G. Eli Lilly and Company Oak Ridge Associated Universities 4:45 PM TPM-A.8 11:15 AM TAM-F.6 Update on the US Strategy for the Security and Use Applicability of Annual Limit on Intake/Derived Air of Cesium-137 Chloride Sources - Friend or Foe? Concentration for High Dose Deterministic Effects Jones, C. Sorcic, J. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Colorado State University 5:00 PM TPM-A.9 11:30 AM TAM-F.7 Yucca Mountain Repository - Planning for the Future Prophylaxis of Damage from Ionizing and Ultraviolet Moeller, M. Radiation by the Natural Folate 5-Methyltetrahydro- Dade Moeller & Associates folic Acid Bailey, S.W. 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 B/C University of South Alabama TPM-B: Medical II Co-Chairs: Mary E. Moore, Matt Williamson 2:30 - 5:15 PM L100 A 2:30 PM TPM-B.1 TPM-A: Regulatory/Legal Comparison of CT Organ Doses Calculated from Styl- Co-Chairs: Cynthia Jones, Andrew Mauer ized and Realistic Phantoms 2:30 PM TPM-A.1 Liu, H., Gu, J., Caracappa, P.*, Xu, X.G. Maturity of FIU Radiation Program from Infancy to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Adulthood 2:45 PM TPM-B.2 Dua, S., Mwaisela-Rose, J. A Monte Carlo Dose Estimation Method using a Vox- FIU elized Phantom for Pediatric CBCT 2:45 PM TPM-A.2 Kim, S., Yoshizumi, T., Toncheva, G., Yin, F., Frush, D. Conversion of Generally Licensed Devices to Exempt Duke University Devices 3:00 PM TPM-B.3 Brandon, T. The Design of a New PC Software for Estimating Pa- International Radiation Safety Consulting, Inc. tient Doses from CT Scans 3:00 PM TPM-A.3 Ding, A., Gu, J.*, Liu, H., Caracappa, P., Xu, X.G. Common Misconceptions Concerning US Nuclear Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Institute of Plasma Regulatory Commission Exempt Quantity and Con- Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan Uni- centration Regulations versity Chapel, S. 3:15 PM TPM-B.4 IRSC Inc. 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26 4:15 PM TPM-B.6 3:30 PM TPM-C1.5 Evaluation of Radiation Dosing Utilizing Coronary Predictive Modeling of Activation Decay Rates at the Dual-Source Computed Tomography Angiography in Spallation Neutron Source a Community Clinical Setting Schwahn, S.O., Gregory, D.C., Reaves, K.L., Craft, McHugh, V., Jafari, M.*, Kallies, K., Gundrum, J., Ail- D.A. iani, R., Patel, U. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, Gundersen 3:45 PM BREAK Lutheran Health System 4:30 PM TPM-B.7 4:15 - 5:15 PM L100 D/E Patient Organ Doses from the Varian On-Board Im- ager: a Monte Carlo Study using a CT Scanner Model TPM-C2: Accelerator Co-Chairs: Henry Kahnhauser, Linnea Wahl and Adult Patient Phantoms Gu, J., Xu, X.G. 4:15 PM TPM-C2.1 Monte Carlo Simulation of Laser Compton Scattered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute X-rays and its Imaging Applicability 4:45 PM TPM-B.8 Naeem, S.F., Chouffani, K., Wells, D.P., Forest, T. Assessment of Quality Assurance Compliance in the Idaho State University, Idaho Accelerator Center Use of Computed Tomography Machines in Kenyan Hospitals 4:30 PM TPM-C2.2 Using EGS4 to Assess the Maximum Credible Syn- Korir, G.K., Wambani, J.S., Mustapha, A.O., Maina, chrotron X-ray Dose in APS Beamline 7ID D-Hutch D.M. Dooling, J. University of Massachusetts Lowell, Kenyatta Nation- Argonne National Laboratory al Hospital, University of Nairobi 4:45 PM TPM-C2.3 2:30 - 3:45 PM L100 D/E Limitations of Bremsstrahlung Radiation for Micro- beam Radiation Therapy TPM-C1: Accelerator Section Neba, N.R., Wells, D., Dimitrov, V., Hunt, A., Harmon, Special Session F., Beezhold, W. Co-Chairs: Henry Kahnhauser, Linnea Wahl Idaho State University, Idaho Accelerator Center 2:30 PM TPM-C1.1 5:00 PM TPM-C2.4 Lujan Center Health Physics Experiment Proposal Preliminary Production of Mo-99/Tc-99m and Cu-67 Reviews and Experiment Design at the Idaho Accelerator Center Walker, L.S., Aull, F., Conradson, L., Wiemann, P., Llo- Sinha, V., Tchelidze, L., Harris, J.*, Wells, D. bet, A., Lewis, P. Idaho State University Los Alamos National Laboratory, Misole 2:45 PM TPM-C1.2 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 F/G Experiences from First Top-Off Injection at the Stan- ford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource TPM-D: Power Reactor Special Session Bauer, J.M., Prinz, A.A., Liu, J.C., Rokni, S.H. Co-Chairs: Roger Shaw, Larry Haynes SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 2:30 PM TPM-D.1 Radioactive Waste and Combined License Applica- 3:00 PM TPM-C1.3 tion Experience Authorized Limits for Clearance of Neutron Scattering Maisler, J.J. 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Nuclear Renascence and/ Industry-Government-Ac- Tetra Tech ademic/Cooperation to Enhance Workforce Devel- 3:15 PM BREAK opment in Health Physics (HP)/Case of Alcorn State University(ASU) in Mississippi 3:45 PM TPM-F.3 IAEA New Laboratories Facilities for Assessing Oc- Aceil, S.M. cupational Exposure Alcorn State University Cruz Suarez, R., Gann, E., Heiss, J., Capote-Cuellar, A., Villarreal, C., Deboodt, P., Czarwinski, R. 2:15 - 5:15 PM L100 H/I International Atomic Energy Agency TPM-E: Special Session: Homeland Security, 4:00 PM TPM-F.4 Radioactive Material Monitoring and Security Current Situation and Future Challenges on Occupa- Co-Chairs: Bill Rhodes, Carson Riland tional Radiation Protection in Latin-America 2:15 PM TPM-E.1 Cruz Suarez, R., Deboodt, P., Ramirez, R. Overview of Global Threat Reduction Initiative Do- International Atomic Energy Agency mestic Threat Reduction Efforts 4:15 PM TPM-F.5 Iliopulos, I. The IAEA Pu-240 Incident, Clean-Up and Lessons National Nuclear Security Administration Learnt 2:45 PM TPM-E.2 Hunt, J.G., Schmitzer, C., Hochmann, R., Eisenwag- Increased Security Requirements on State Radiation ner, H., Benesch, T., Deboodt, P., Cruz-Suarez, R. Control Regulatory Programs International Atomic Energy Agency Gilley, D., Vause, P., Hamilton, C., Passetti, W. Florida Bureau of Radiation Control 4:30 - 5:30 PM L100 J 3:15 PM TPM-E.3 AAHP Open Meeting Cesium Irradiators In-Device Delay Security En- hancements Tensmeyer, P., Bodnaruk, E., Brooks, S. National Nuclear Security Administration, Sandia Na- tional Laboratory

28 WEDNESDAY 9:30 AM BREAK 7:00-8:00 AM M100 A/B 10:00 AM WAM-A.6 CEL5 Single Integrated Emergency Response Radiation Doses to Hanford Workers from Natural Plan for Hospitals Potassium-40 Tom Morgan Lynch, T., Strom, D., Weier, D. University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 7:00-8:00 AM M100 D/E 10:15 AM WAM-A.7 CEL 6 Update on Medical Internal Radiation Do- External Photon Dose Rates in US Counties Based simetry: 2009 MIRD Committee Recommendations on Airborne Gamma Spectrometry for Unifying MIRD and ICRP Formulas, Quantities, Ngachin, M., Strom, D., Napier, B., Seiple, T. and Units Florida International University, Pacific Northwest Na- Darrell R. Fisher, Wesley E. Bolch tional Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of 10:30 AM WAM-A.8 Florida Variability and Uncertainty in Effective Doses to the US Population from Internal Radionuclides 8:15 AM - Noon L100 A Watson, D., Strom, D., Stabin, M. WAM-A: Environmental Washington State University, Pacific Northwest Na- Co-Chairs: Matthew Barnett, Kathryn A. Higley tional Laboratory, Vanderbilt University 8:15 AM WAM-A.1 10:45 AM WAM-A.9 International Atomic Energy Agency - Environmen- Uncertainty and Variability in Ubiquitous Background tal Modelling for Radiation Safety Working Group on Radiation Doses to the US Population Reference Methodologies for Controlled Discharges Strom, D., Birchall, A., Borak, T., Gesell, T., Goldha- Stocki, T. gen, P., James, A., O’Brien III, K., Puskin, J. Health Canada Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.K. Health 8:30 AM WAM-A.2 Protection Agency, Colorado State University, Idaho Modeling of Instantaneous and Latent Doses Due to State University, US Department of Homeland Secu- Hypothetical Atmospheric Dispersals of Radioactive rity, US Transuranium and Uranium Registries, North- Material at an in Situ Leach Mine ern Arizona University, US Environmental Protection Beauvais, Z.S., Fariz, H.G., Thompson, K.H., Kearfott, Agency K.J. 11:00 AM WAM-A.10 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Polonium Transfer and its Dose to the Land Snail Tra- 8:45 AM WAM-A.3 chia vittata Update and Review of the MILDOS-AREA Software Ross, E.M., Wesley, S.G. for Radiological Dose Estimation of Uranium Mining 11:15 AM WAM-A.11 Activities Radioactive and Non-radioactive Contaminants in Chen, S.Y., Kamboj, S., LePoire, D., Klett, T., Arnish, Aquifers Post In-Situ Recovery Uranium Mining J., Watson, B., Schwartzman, A. Coler, A., Johnson, T. Argonne National Laboratory, US Nuclear Regulatory Colorado State University Commission 11:30 AM WAM-A.12 9:00 AM WAM-A.4 Trace Element Analysis: An Alternative Approach to Application of Multivariate Statistics and Unique Dose Developing Environmental Transfer Factors Models in the Characterization and Remediation of Higley, K., Bytwerk, D., Fasth, B., Hay, T., Knapp, N., Properties Contaminated with NORM Waste Minc, L. Adams, S., Carson, J. Oregon State University Shaw E&I 11:45 AM WAM-A.13 9:15 AM WAM-A.5 Chlorine-36: An Understudied Nuclide Comparison of Commercial Cosmic Ray Dose Equiv- Higley, K., Bytwerk, D.*, Shaw, C. alent Codes to Measured Radiation Exposure of Na- Oregon State University val Avaitors and Civilian Air Travelers Dobisesky, J.P., Nelson, M.E., Nicholson, J.W., Pi- sacane, V.L. US Naval Academy

29 8:15 AM - Noon L100 B/C 8:45 AM WAM-C.2 Measurement of X-Ray Spectra at NIST as Part of WAM-B: Special Session: Current Topics in a Program to Establish Facility Specific Air-Kerma to Medical Health Physics Dose Equivalent Conversion Coefficients Co-Chairs: Ralph Lieto, Terry Yoshizumi Soares, C.G., O’Brien, C.M., Minniti, R. 8:15 AM WAM-B.1 National Institute of Standards and Technology Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the US Population - Patients and Medical Staff 9:00 AM WAM-C.3 Study of the Linearity, Accuracy, and Precision of Kase, K., Thomadsen, B., Miller, K., Strom, D., Sulei- Pocket Ionization Chambers man, O., Quinn, D., Rosenstein, M. Bergen, R.J., Harvey, J.A., Kearfott, K.J. National Council on Radiation Protection and Mea- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor surements, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Penn- sylvania State University, Pacific Northwest National 9:15 AM WAM-C.4 Laboratory, US Food and Drug Administration, DAC, Measurements of Radiation Detectors Made on a Tis- Inc. sue Equivalent Phantom and Free in Air Minniti, R., Pibida, L.S., Soares, C.G. 9:00 AM WAM-B.2 National Institute of Standards and Technology CT Dose Assessments in Clinical Practice: What’s Typical, What’s Too Much? 9:30 AM WAM-C.5 McCollough, C., Kofler, J.* OSL Albedo Neutron Dosimeter Mayo Clinic Passmore, C., Yoder, D. Landauer, Inc. 9:30 AM WAM-B.3 Use of an Electronic Personal Dosimeter to Mea- 9:45 AM WAM-C.6 sure Patient-Specific Biological Removal Rates of Io- Monte Carlo Modeling of Workers Walking on Con- dine-123 and 131 and use in Compliance with Patient taminated Ground for Accurate Environmental Do- Release Criteria simetry Martel, C.B. Han, B., Zhang, J., Na, Y., Caracappa, P., Xu, X. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 10:00 AM BREAK 10:00 AM WAM-C.7 The Impact of the ICRP-103 Recommendations: a 10:30 AM WAM-B.4 Dosimetric Study of External Photon and Neutron Medical Material Events Beams Lieto, R. Caracappa, P., Zhang, J., Xu, X.G. St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, MI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 11:00 AM WAM-B.5 Complying with Increased Control Requirements 10:15 AM BREAK Jacob, N. 10:45 AM WAM-C.8 Rhode Island Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical School Organ Doses from External Proton Beams Calculated of Brown University from a Pair of ICRP-89 50th-Percentile Adult Phan- toms 11:30 AM WAM-B.6 Zhang, J., Na, Y., Han, B.*, Caracappa, P., Xu, X.G. AAPM TG 124- Guide for Developing a Credentialing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Program for Fluoroscopy Users Moore, M.E. 11:00 AM WAM-C.9 Philadelphia VA Medical Center Organ Doses from External Neutron Beams for a Pair of ICRP-89 50th-Percentile Adult Phantoms 8:30 AM - Noon L100 D/E Zhang, J., Na, Y., Han, B., Caracappa, P.*, Xu, X.G. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute WAM-C: External Dosimetry 11:15 AM WAM-C.10 Co-Chairs: Chris Passmore, Peter Caracappa Dose Response Modeling for Critical Organs in Inten- 8:30 AM WAM-C.1 sity Modulation Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Treatments The new VARSKIN 4 Photon Dosimetry Model of the Pyakuryal, A. Skin Northwestern Memorial Hospital, University of Illinois Ryan, M., Lodwick, C.*, Hamby, D. at Chicago Oregon State University

30 11:30 AM WAM-C.11 10:00 AM BREAK Neutron and Gamma Measurements within a Mixed 10:30 AM WAM-D.5 Field at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Re- Sheltering and Evacuation Recommendations search Reactor Poeton, R.W., DeCair, S.D.*, Milligan, P.A., Radow, L. Talmadge, M.C., Kegel, G.H.R., Bobek, L. US Environmental Protection Agency, US Nuclear UMass Lowell Regulatory Commission, US Department of Transpor- 11:45 AM WAM-C.12 tation Radio Frequency (RF) Field Strength Fluctuation Due 11:00 AM WAM-D.6 to Digital Conversion of Television Signals: a Pilot Study Medical Response Planning Guidance for a Nuclear Lane, P., Johnson, T. Detonation Colorado State University Coleman, C.N., Hrdina, C., Mercier, J. Department of Health and Human Services, Depart- 8:30 AM - Noon L100 F/G ment of Defense WAM-D: Special Session: Federal Govern- 11:30 AM WAM-D.7 ment Nuclear Detonation Preparedness Population Monitoring and Decontamination Recom- Co-Chairs: John Lanza, Tammy Taylor mendations 8:30 AM WAM-D.1 Ansari, A., Dixon, J., Whitcomb, R., Miller, C. An Introduction to Planning Guidance for Response Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to a Nuclear Detonation 11:45 AM WAM-D.8 Taylor, T., Jackson, K., Ansari, A., Aponte, M., Bentz, A State and Local Community’s Perspective Regard- J., Bowman, D., Coleman, N., Daigler, D., DeCair, S., ing Federal Nuclear Detonation Planning Dixon, J. Kaufman, K., Day, J.* Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Los Angeles Public Health Office of the President, Homeland Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Centers for Disease 8:30 -11:30 AM L100 H/I Control and Prevention, Department of Defense, De- partment of Energy, Department of Health & Human WAM-E: Military Health Physics Session Services, Department of Homeland Security, Environ- Co-Chairs: Richard Rasmussen, Scott Nichelson mental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Con- 8:30 AM WAM-E.1 trol & Prevention The 101st Airborne Division and the Tuwaitha Nuclear Melanson, M., Geckle, L., Davidson, B. 8:45 AM WAM-D.2 Walter Reed Army Medical Center, US Army Center Nuclear Weapons Effects And Impacts in the Urban for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Environment MacKinney, J.A., Mercier, C., Buddemeier, B.R. 9:15 AM WAM-E.2 US Department of Homeland Security, Armed Forces The Combined Effects of a Nuclear Detonation on Radiobiology Research Institute, Lawrence Livermore Soldier Performance: an Overview of the Methodol- National Laboratory ogy Implemented in the Consolidated Human Re- sponse Nuclear Effects Model 9:15 AM WAM-D.3 Bergman, J.J., Millage, K.K., McClellan, G.E., Levin, Responding to the Aftermath of Nuclear Terrorism; S.G. Working with State & Local Communities Applied Research Associates, Inc., Technico South- Buddemeier, B. west, Inc. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 9:45 AM WAM-E.3 9:30 AM WAM-D.4 An Introduction to the Medical CBRN Battlebook A Zoned Approach to Nuclear Detonation Emergency (USACHPPM Technical Guide 244) Response Falo, G.A., Goodison, S.G. Taylor, T., Jackson, K., Ansari, A., Coleman, N., De- US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Cair, S., Dixon, J., Hrdina, C., MacKinney, J., Mercier, Medicine J., Milligan, P. Executive Office of the President, Centers for Dis- 10:00 AM BREAK ease Control and Prevention, Department of Health & Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Department of De- fense, Nuclear Regulatory Commission 31 10:30 AM WAM-E.4 3:15 PM WPM-A.2 Beyond the Army’s Capstone Depleted Uranium Re- Department of Energy Subpart H Summary Report port: Response to the National Academy of Sciences Vazquez, G. Committee on Toxicology Department of Energy Alberth, D.P., Szrom, F., Falo, G.A., Roszell, L.E., 3:45 PM BREAK Melanson, M.A. 4:15 PM WPM-A.3 US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Standards, Guides and Directives Relevant to Air- Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center borne Radioactive Emissions 11:00 AM WAM-E.6 Glissmeyer, J. Joint Publication 3-11: Department of Defense Guid- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ance for Radiological Composite Risk Management 4:45 PM WPM-A.4 Goodison, S., Falo, G.* NESHAP Rad Air Special Session - Technical Items USACHPPM Discussion Smith, L., Scofield, P., Wahl, L. 8:30 AM - Noon L100 J Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley WAM-F: Special Session: Case Studies in Laboratory Health Physics, Student Reports from the Masters in Health Physics Program at the 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 B/C Illinois Institute of Technology WPM-B: Movies Chair: Laurence Friedman WAM-F.1 Human Factors at Three Mile Island 2:30 - 3:30 PM L100 D/E Hanson, R. WPM-C1: External Dosimetry IIT Co-Chairs: Jack Fix, Robert Scherpelz WAM-F.2 Irradiator Source Jams 2:30 PM WPM-C1.1 Buzzell, J. External Dosimetry Studies of Mayak Workers IIT Scherpelz, R.I., Vasilenko, E.K., Gorelov, M.V., Strom, WAM-F.3 Operation Morning Light D.J., Smetanin, M.Y. Hull, S. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Mayak Produc- IIT tion Association WAM-F.4 TMI Vessel Investigation Project 2:45 PM WPM-C1.2 Keene, R. A Unified Approach to Uncertainty for Mayak Worker IIT Dosimetry Strom, D., Scherpelz, R.*, Napier, B. WAM-F.5 Broken Cobalt-60 Check Source Miller, W. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory IIT 3:00 PM WPM-C1.3 Neutron Dose Reconstruction Methods at Mound un- 2:30 - 5:15 PM L100 A der Part B of the Energy Employees Compensation Act WPM-A: NESHAPs - Radioactive Air Meeting Morris, R.L., Faust, L.G., Smith, B.P., Chew, M.H., Fix, Co-Chairs: Matthew Barnett, Gustavo Vazquez J.J., Ulsh, B.A. 2:30 PM Introduction M.H. Chew & Associates, Inc., Dade Moeller & Asso- Matthew Barnett ciates, National Institute for Occupational Safety and 2:45 PM WPM-A.1 Health EPA Overview 3:15 PM WPM-C1.4 Rosnick, R. Retrospective Evaluation of Hanford Plutonium Facil- EPA-HQ ity Occupational Neutron Dose Fix, J., Glover, S., Taulbee, T., Macievic, G. Dade Moeller & Associates, National Institute of Oc- cupational Safety and Health, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support 3:45 PM BREAK

32 4:00 - 5:00 PM L100 D/E 3:15 PM WPM-D.4 Update on the Development of American National WPM-C2: Internal Dosimetry and Bioassay B Standards Institute N43 .16, Radiation Safety for X Co-Chairs: Tim Kirkham, Wayne Gaul and Gamma Ray Cargo and Vehicle Security Screen- 4:00 PM WPM-C2.1 ing Systems (Up To 10 MeV) A Method to Correct Direct, in Vivo Measurement Re- Jones, C.R., Szrom, F., Kassiday, D.F.H., Cerra, F. sults of Am-241 in the Lungs for Interference Caused US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive by Activity Deposited in Other Organs Medicine, US Food and Drug Administration, Center Lobaugh, M., Glover, S., Spitz, H. for Devices and Radiological Health, National Institute University of Cincinnati of Standards and Technology (Retired) 4:15 PM WPM-C2.2 3:30 PM BREAK A Review of Wound Cases from the DOE Hanford Site Antonio, C., Carbaugh, E., McClellan, J. 4:00 PM WPM-D.5 Battelle-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Establishing an Operational Area Boundary around Cargo and Vehicle Inspection Systems 4:30 PM WPM-C2.3 Jones, C.R., Szrom, F., Kassiday, D.F.H., Cerra, F. Predicting Internal Dose from Air Sampling Results US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive from a Radiological or Nuclear Event Medicine, US Food and Drug Administration, Center Lohaus, J.H., Krieger, K.V.*, Semler, K.A. for Devices and Radiological Health, National Institute USAF, Texas A&M, NUEN Department, Dycor Tech- of Standards and Technology (Retired) nologies Ltd 4:15 PM WPM-D.6 4:45 PM WPM-C2.4 The Challenges of Radiological Scanning of Ship-to- Recent Study on the Metabolism of Po-210 in Rats - a Rail Intermodal Preliminary Report Stansbury, P., Reichmuth, B. Li, C., Sadi, B., Wyatt, H., Priest, N., Kramer, G. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Health Canada, Atomic Energy Canada Limited 4:30 PM WPM-D.7 ITTF/IDOT Radiation Detection Pilot Program Dunn, W., Korty, T. 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 F/G PROTECT-US, Inc., Illinois Department of Transporta- WPM-D: Homeland Security tion Co-Chairs: Paul Stansbury, Jim Barnes 4:45 PM WPM-D.8 2:30 PM WPM-D.1 Proposed Design for a Mobile Active Neutron Inter- Using the Inspector1000 and Falcon5000 for Dem- rogation System onstrating SNM Safeguards Measurements for the Whetstone, Z.D., Zak, T., Lehnert, A.L., Kearfott, K.J. Nuclear Science Merit Badge, Boy Scouts of America University of Michigan Chapman, J. Canberra Industries 2:30 - 4:00 PM L100 H/I 2:45 PM WPM-D.2 WPM-E: Military Health Physics Session Cf-252 Characterization for Testing Instrumentation - Co-Chairs: Richard Rasmussen, Bob Cherry per Homeland Security Requirements 2:30 PM WPM-E.1 Hogue, M., Morgan, B.W. Overview of the US Army’s Depleted Uranium Bioas- Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Bartlett Nu- say Screening Program clear, Inc. Szrom, F., Falo, G.A., Alberth, D.P., Hamilton, D.S., 3:00 PM WPM-D.3 Melanson, M.A. Update on the Revision of ANSI/HPS N43 .17 Radia- US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive tion Safety for Personnel Security Screening Systems Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Using X-ray or Gamma Radiation 3:00 PM WPM-E.2 Kassiday, D. Ultra Low Level Quantitation and Ratio Determination US Food and Drug Administration of Uranium Isotopes in Human Urine Using Isotopic Di- lution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Kurk, D.N., Kurk, C., Spence, S.E., Swatski, R.J., Beegle, T.E. United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine 33 3:30 PM WPM-E.3 6:00 - 8:00 PM Minneapolis Hilton Overview of the DOD Laser System Safety Working Group (LSSWG) WPM-G: ADJUNCT TECHNICAL SESSION Mikulski, H.T., Komp, G. Aerosol Measurements US Army Safety Office Chair: Morgan Cox WPM-G.1 A Method for Optimizing the Perfor- 4:00 PM BREAK mance of an Alpha-7 Continuous Monitoring System 4:30 PM Military Health Physics Section Wannigman, D.L., Thompson, K.P. Business Meeting Los Alamos National Laboratory. WPM-G.2 Radiation Detection in the 21st Cen- 2:30 - 5:00 PM L100 J tury: Basics, Sources, Applications, Hazards and Chal- WPM-F: Special Session: Case Studies in lenges Health Physics, Student Reports from the Cox, M. Masters in Health Physics Program at the Il- Safety and Ecology Corporation linois Institute of Technology WPM-G.3 Final Progress Report on the Book Ra- Chair: Laurence Friedman dioactive Air Sampling Methods WPM-F.1 Chernobyl Maiello, M.L., Hoover, M.D. Kohut, T. Wyeth Labs, NIOSH-Morgantown Illinois Institute of Technology WPM-G.4 Radiation Research Needs for Direct- WPM-F.2 NASA Radiation Safety Program for Hu- Reading Exposure Assessment Methods: Update man Space Flight from the 2008 NIOSH Workshop Picco, C. Hoover, M.D. Illinois Institute of Technology National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health WPM-F.3 Health Physics Training Simulator WPM-G.5 Evaluation of Filter Media for Alpha Continuous Air Monitoring in the Ultrafine Particle Size Range Hoover, M.D., Baltz, D., Eimer, B.C., Rengasamy, S. 5:30 PM L100 D/E National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HPS Business Meeting WV and PA, Bladewerx LLC, EG&G Technical Ser- vices, Inc

34 THURSDAY 10:00 AM THAM-A.7 7:00-8:00 AM L100 A Evaluation of Skyshine from a Line Source CEL7 Radiation Safety Guidelines for Contra- Willison, J., Lonchar, S. band Detection Systems Washington Safety Management Solutions, Washing- Dr. Siraj M. Khan ton Safety Management Solutions US Department of Homeland Security 10:15 AM THAM-A.8 7:00-8:00 AM L100 J Future Directions in Air Monitoring at Los Alamos Na- CEL 8 Complexity Science and Radiation Risk tional Laboratory Communication Voss, J.T. Mark D Radonich Los Alamos National Laboratory Cultural Effect Consulting 10:30 AM THAM-A.9 Soil Concentration Guidelines for Use in Determining 8:15 AM - Noon L100 B/C Soil Contamination Areas at the Savannah River Site Jannik, G.T., Crase, K.W. THAM-A: Operational Savannah River National Laboratory, Savannah River Chair: Nick Bates Nuclear Solutions 8:15 AM THAM-A.1 10:45 AM THAM-A.10 Evaluation of the Neutron Dose Rates at LLNL in View Experience in the Control and Removal of Damaged of the Revised 10 CFR 835 Tritium Exit Signs Radev, R. Ikenberry, T., Barton, C., Stewart, D., Ellis, J., Her- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory rington III, W. 8:30 AM THAM-A.2 Dade Moeller & Associates Radiological Design Review of Cold Neutron Instru- 11:00 AM THAM-A.11 ments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High- A NORM Survey in an Oil and Gas Field Flux Isotope Reactor Scott, A.G. Mei, G.T. Arthur Scott and Associates, Missisauga Oak Ridge National Laboratory 11:15 AM THAM-A.12 8:45 AM THAM-A.3 A Method for Determining the Nominal Ocular Hazard Radiological Safety Enhancements During Stabiliza- Zone for Gaussian Beam Laser Rangers with a Firm- tion of the Chernobyl Shelter Object ware Controlled Variable Focal Length Hoyt, J., Andreev, V., Kulishenko, B., Kelly, D. Picco, C., Shavers, M., Victor, J., Duron, J., Bowers, Battelle Memorial Institute, State Specialized Enter- W., Gillis, D., Van Baalen, M.* prise Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant University of Houston, Wyle Integrated Science and 9:00 AM THAM-A.4 Engineering Group, Houston, Jacobs Technology, A Study of Operational Exposure at the Waste Iso- Houston, National Aeronautics and Space Administra- lation Pilot Plant Using Electronic Personnel Dosim- tion (NASA) at Johnson Space Center Houston, Uni- eters versity of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Goff, T., Hayes, R.* 11:30 AM THAM-A.13 Washington TRU Solutions, LLC Strengthening our Radiation Protection Paradigm 9:15 AM THAM-A.5 Gallaghar, R. Application of the Department of Energy’s Amended Applied Health Physics Radiation Protection Regulations to Facility Design 11:45 AM THAM-A.14 McConn Jr, R., Pryor, K., Strom, D. The Medical X-Ray Technologist: a Potential Source Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Health Physicists or Radiation Safety Officers? 9:30 AM THAM-A.6 Cunningham Beckfield, F., Johnson, T. Low Energy X-Ray Field Characterization Around a Colorado State University High Current Low Voltage Projectile Device Burgett, E., Hertel, N., Quintrell, B., Sheffield, S., Pear- son, M., Cowan, R. Georgia Institute of Technology 9:45 AM BREAK

35 8:15 AM - Noon L100 D/E 10:30 AM THAM-B.9 Using the Thermo IdentiFINDER Handheld Spec- THAM-B: Emergency Planning and trometer as a Internal Contamination Screening Tool Response Following an RDD Event Co-Chairs: Craig Marianno, Tom O’Connell Burgett, E., Hertel, N. 8:15 AM THAM-B.1 Georgia Institute of Technology Preparedness for Responding to the Aftermath of Ra- diological and Nuclear Terrorism: a Guide for Deci- 10:45 AM THAM-B.10 sion Makers (New NCRP Report) Evaluation of Internal Contamination Levels after a Groves, K., Poston, Sr., J. Radiological Dispersion Device Using Portal Monitors S2-Sevorg Services, LLC, Texas A&M University Manger, R.P., Palmer, R.C., Hertel, N.E. Georgia Institute of Technology 8:30 AM THAM-B.2 Risk Based Response-Development of a Manual for 11:00 AM THAM-B.11 First Responders Quantitative Triage Assessment Indicators and Risk O’Connell, T. Aversion Models for Radionuclide Intake and Incor- International Atomic Energy Agency poration Waller, E., Wilkinson, D. 8:45 AM THAM-B.3 University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Defence Operational Guidelines Developed for Use in Emer- R&D Canada - Ottawa gency Preparedness and Response to a Radiological Dispersal Device Incident 11:15 AM THAM-B.12 Domotor, S., Wallo, A., Yu, C. Nuclear Cleanup Triage: Planning Reoccupation and Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory Initial Cleanup after an Improvised Nuclear Device Explosion 9:00 AM THAM-B.4 Glines, W.M., McBaugh, D., Poeton, R.W. RESRAD-RDD - A Computer Code for Use in Emer- US Department of Energy, Richland Operations Of- gency Preparedness and Response to a Radiological fice, Washington State Department of Health, Office Dispersal Device Incident of Radiation Protection, US Environmental Protection Cheng, J., Kamboj, S., Yu, C., Klett, T., Domotor, S., Agency, Region 10 Wallo, A. Argonne National Laboratory, US Department of En- 11:30 AM THAM-B.13 ergy Issues and Need for Developing Late-Phase Re- sponse to Terrorist Events Involving Radiological Ma- 9:15 AM THAM-B.5 terial Application, Testing, and Verification of RESRAD- Chen, S.Y., Tenforde, T.S. RDD Methodology and Software Argonne National Laboratory, National Council on Ra- Yu, C., Cheng, J.-J., Kamboj, S., Domotor, S., Wallo, diation Protection and Measurements A. Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy 11:45 AM THAM-B.14 Gap Analysis of Readiness to Respond to a Radio- 9:30 AM THAM-B.6 logical Terrorist Event: What Agency Should Take the A Coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics Monte Lead? Carlo Radiation Transport Approach To Radioactive Dibblee, M.G., Anastas, G., Sleeper, C.M. Particle Transport Problems Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, Past-President, Ali, F., Waller, E. System Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) University of Ontario Institute of Technology Contractor - US Department of Homeland Security 9:45 AM BREAK 10:00 AM THAM-B.7 8:30 - 11:45 AM L100 F/G Conveying Uncertainty in Map Products for Radio- logical Events THAM-C: Instrumentation Co-Chairs: Gary Kramer, Patrick Papin Marianno, C. 8:30 AM THAM-C.1 National Securities Technologies Self-Absorption Effects of H-3 and Ni-63 in Liquid 10:15 AM THAM-B.8 Scintillation Counting Evaluation of Radiation Instrumentation for Rapid Zhu, S., Sedgwick, C.W. Screening of Internal Contamination Following a Ra- US Army diological Event Juneja, B., Lee, C., Bolch, W. University of Florida 36 8:45 AM THAM-C.2 11:15 AM THAM-C.11 Use of BC-523a Liquid Scintillator for Simultaneous Using Log-Probability Plotting to Analyze Large Neutron Spectroscopy and Gamma Counting with the Amounts of Data Implementation of a Neutron History Reconstruction Miller, M. Algorithm Sandia National Labs Frey, W., Hamby, D. 11:30 AM THAM-C.12 Oregon State University Experimental Determination of Correction Factors for 9:00 AM THAM-C.3 Alpha Artificial Radioactivity in Filters; Simulating the Particle Detection - a New Mindset, MACTEC’s De- Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring tector Research and Testing Facility Geryes, T., Monsanglant-Louvet, C., Gehin, E. McDonald, M., Lopez, A., Marcial, M. Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, MACTEC Development Corp, Grand Junction, CO Université Paris-Est 9:15 AM THAM-C.4 Novel Beta/Gamma Dosimeter Design and Experi- 8:15 AM - Noon L100 H/I mental Results THAM-D: Environmental Cazalas, E.J., Hamby, D.M., Farsoni, A.T. Co-Chairs: Kimberlee Kearfott, Deborah A. Falta Oregon State University 8:15 AM THAM-D.1 9:30 AM THAM-C.5 Overview of the Low Dose-Rate Irradiation Facility at Development of a Photonic Device for Radiation De- the Savannah River Site: Past, Present, and Future tection Jannik, T., Farfan, E., Coughlin, D., Hinton, T. Reano, R.M., Blue, T.E.*, Ruege, A.C., Baas, L.B. Savannah River National Laboratory, Institute of Ra- The Ohio State University diation and Nuclear Safety 9:45 AM THAM-C.6 8:30 AM THAM-D.2 High Energy Resolution Gamma and Neutron Spec- US DOE Office of Environmental Management Col- troscopy Utilizing Superconducting Transition Edge laborative Work with the International Radioecology Sensors and the Hall Effect: a Monte Carlo Study Laboratory Papin, P., Nelson, R., DiMauro, A., Torikachvili, M. Jannik, T., Farfan, E., Marra, J. San Diego State University Savannah River National Laboratory 10:00 AM BREAK 8:45 AM THAM-D.3 10:15 AM THAM-C.7 Global Practices in C-14 Monitoring at NPPs Improved Wide Range Gamma Detector for Tele- Haque, M., Miller, D. scoping Poles University of Illinois Iwatschenko, M., Trost, N. 9:00 AM THAM-D.4 Thermo Fisher Scientific Plutonium Transport in Plants: Experimental Determi- 10:30 AM THAM-C.8 nation of Transport Velocity in Live Plants and Sorp- HML’s Whole Body Counter: Measuring Highly Radio- tion to Plant Xylem active Persons Thompson, S.W., Fjeld, R.A., Molz, F.J., Kaplan, D.I. Kramer, G., Capello, K., Chiang, A., Hauck, B. Clemson University, Savannah River National Labora- Health Canada tory 10:45 AM THAM-C.9 9:15 AM THAM-D.5 Using PHiTS to verify and calibrate the RAD instru- Quantative Analysis of Some Radioisotopes in Local ment Well-Water Samples Krieger, K.V., Guetersloh, S., Zeitlin, C., Hassler, D. Epps, J., Chang, Z. Texas A&M University, Southwest Research Institute, South Carolina State University Boulder, CO 9:30 AM THAM-D.6 11:00 AM THAM-C.10 A Case Study Where the Treatment of a Contaminate Management of Large Data Sets in a Ground Water Plume Could Have Resulted in the Frazier, R., Johnson, T. Introduction of New Radiological Contaminates and Colorado State University Increased the Total Risk Myers, J., Adams, S. Shaw E&I

37 9:45 AM THAM-D.7 11:00 AM THAM-D.11 Optimization of Microprecipitation as a Sample Prep- An Intercomparison Study of Two Separate, Simulta- aration Method for Alpha Spectroscopy neous Radon Screening Measurements Kelly, L., Faye, S., Sudowe, R. Zak, T., Ambers, S.D., Thompson, K.H., Newton, J.P., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carney, S.E., Fetterley, J.A.*, Lehnert, A.L., Harvey, 10:00 AM BREAK J.A., Miklos, J.A., Kearfott, K.J. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 10:15 AM THAM-D.8 Radiation from Granite: What is NORM doing in the 11:15 AM THAM-D.12 Kitchen? The Effects of Sealing and the Number of Canisters Steck, D., Harrison, D. Placed in a Small Radon Chamber Used for Educa- St. John’s University tional Purposes Thompson, K.H., Lehnert, A.L., Carney, S.E., Newton, 10:30 AM THAM-D.9 J.P., Harvey, J.A., Kearfott, K.J. Radon on the Reservation: a Novel Approach to Ra- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor don Screening Test Distribution Through Coupling to Lakota Educational Programs 11:30 AM THAM-D.13 Eastman, A., Carney, S.E.*, Newton, J.P., Thompson, Post-Measurement Buildup of Progeny in and Leak- K.H., Dickson, I.S., Fetterley, J.A., Lehnert, A.L., Har- age of Radon from Charcoal Canisters used for Home vey, J.A., Kearfott, K.J., White Face, C. Screening Oglala Lakota College, University of Michigan, Ann Ar- Newton, J.P., Thompson, K.H., Carney, S.E., Lehnert, bor, Defenders of the Black Hills A.L., Harvey, J.A., Kearfott, K.J. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 10:45 AM THAM-D.10 A Model for the Calibration of Radon Charcoal Canis- 11:45 AM THAM-D.14 ter Screening Measurements Uranium Mining and the Lakota People: Past, Pres- Lehnert, A.L., Thompson, K.H., Kearfott, K.J. ent, and Future University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Dickson, I.S., Thompson, K.H., Newton, J.P., Fetter- ley, J.A., Kearfott, K.J. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor JOB PLACEMENT INFORMATION Lets face it, everyone is looking for a job at one time For a résumé form, contact: or another . But during the Meeting, the job placement David Drupa, HPS Headquarters center might not be the best way to advertise your ré- 1313 Dolley Madison Blvd ., Suite 402, McLean VA, 22101 sumé, especially if your supervisor is attending the meet- Email: DDrupa@BurkInc .com ing . Also, not all members can make it to the meeting to These forms must be sent no later than 23 June post their résumé . Therefore, for those of you interested 2009 . Once these forms are received, a résumé number in seeking employment during the meeting, but not brave will be issued and inserted on side one and two . By 30 enough to post your résumé, this form is for you! You don’t June 2009, a résumé number will be assigned to all ré- even have to be present at the meeting to participate . sumé forms and a photocopy of side two (with the résumé Every attendee who is interested in seeking employ- number) will be sent back to you . Please remember what ment (and who doesn’t want to take advantage of the résumé number has been assigned to you . A photocopy prepared résumé form), is encouraged to bring his or her of side one will be posted at the meeting . The original ré- résumé to the Placement Center . If you are taking advan- sumé form will be kept in a book, strictly confidential, for tage of the prepared form, you should not also post your six months after the meeting and then destroyed . own résumé . All completed résumé forms (side one)will be posted If you cannot make it to Minneapolis, Minnesota, you at the same time and will be up for the duration of the can still use either your résumé form or your personal ré- meeting . If an interested company wants more informa- sumé, and we will post it for you . Your résumé form should tion, such as a more extensive résumé or an on-site inter- indicate that you are not at the meeting, so if a company is view, they will write a note on the message board in the interested in you, they will call or email David Drupa (see placement center room . An example would be: “Résumé contact information) and he will then contact you . If you Numbers 12, 17 and 56 please leave your résumé at the are interested in the company, it will be up to you to con- Hotel front desk to the attention of D . A . Smith, XYZ Com- tact the company . In addition to the résumé form, you can pany,” or “Company QRS would like to interview Résumé always place an advertisement in the Newsletter under Numbers 19 and 23, please call J .D . Jones to set up ap- the Health Physicists Seeking Employment section . pointment during meeting .”

38 AAHP Courses Saturday 11 July 2009 - 8 AM-5 PM AAHP 1 Time - Saving Spectroscopy Models AAHP2 8-hour HAZWOPER Refresher Course A. C. Lucas Wayne Gaul LNST, Inc. Chesapeake Nuclear Services, Inc. Methods for deconvolution of spectra having dis- The 8 hour HAZWOPER course will be designed tributed fingerprints will be presented in detail. Prin- to refresh the student in topics relevant to hazard- ciple methods apply to thick sample alpha spectrosco- ous waste operations in accordance with 29 CFR py, recursive gamma ray spectroscopy, and recursive 1910.120(e)(8). The course is designed to fulfill the beta ray spectroscopy . Emphasis will be placed on annual 8 hour training requirements and will include sensitive measurement of natural radionuclide chains a short exam and the student will receive a Course so as to minimize time and cost in widespread sam- Certificate upon successful completion of the course. pling in environmental decommissioning operations . Items covered will include, but not be limited to, review Thick sample alpha spectroscopy will be devel- of applicable regulations, health and safety plans, job oped from fundamental principles to operational pro- safety analysis, emergency response, personnel procedures . Models will be demonstrated which account tective equipment, hazard communication, TLV-PEL for infinite thickness with estimating methods for sam- updates, confined space, fundamentals of chemical ple thicknesses intermediate between infinite and thin. hazards, air sampling for chemicals, spill control, en- Examples of field results and lab intercomparisons will gineering controls and decontamination techniques . be presented . Additional topics may be covered to update the stu- The fundamentals of recursive gamma ray spec- dent on new or upcoming regulatory changes . troscopy will be presented . The nature of recursion and the importance of the several, both simple and advanced, recursion methods will be discussed . The importance of the method in reducing calibration assumptions and dependence on strict spectrometer performance will be discussed . Examples of deconvolution of spectra from natural radionuclide chains, enriched uranium, depleted uranium, and disequilib- rium will be presented . In a similar manner, deconvolution of mixed beta ray spectra will be discussed . Examples of both laboratory and field samplings will be presented. In particular, extraction for surveys involving both uranium and thorium daughters, technicium in the environment, and searches for strontium/ytrium in the environment will be presented .

39 Professional Enrichment Program (PEP) Sunday 12 July through Wednesday 15 July The Professional Enrichment Program (PEP) pro- Please Note!! vides a continuing education opportunity for those attend- Please be on time for your sessions . The lecturer will ing the Health Physics Society Annual Meeting . The two begin promptly at the scheduled time . Please allow time for hours allotted each course ensure that the subjects can be check-in . The HPS reserves the right to schedule a sub- discussed in greater depth than is possible in the shorter stitute speaker or cancel a session in case the scheduled programs offered elsewhere in the meeting . speaker is unavailable . On Sunday 12 July, a series of 24 courses will be of- Attendees not present at the starting time of the ses- fered between 8:00 am - 4:00 pm . sion cannot be guaranteed a space, as empty spaces will In addition to the above-mentioned sessions for Sun- be filled from the wait list at that time. Spaces left after the day, five PEP lectures are scheduled on Monday, Tuesday, wait list has been admitted may be filled with students. If and Wednesday afternoons from 12:15 - 2:15 pm . Regis- your duties at the meeting cause you to be late for your lec- tration for each two-hour course is $60 and is limited to 60 ture (e g. ,. chairing a session), contact the PEP registration attendees on a first-come, first-served basis. Those whose desk so that your name can be placed on the waiver list and registrations are received before the preregistration dead- your space held . line will be sent confirmation of their PEP course registra- Refund policy tion . Requests for PEP refunds will be honored if received Students with a current ID card will be admitted free in writing by 10 June . All refunds will be issued AFTER the of charge to any sessions which still have space available meeting . Exceptions will be handled on a case by case ba- after the waiting list has been admitted . Student admission sis . will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will only begin 15 minutes after the start of the session to allow for completion of ticket processing .

Sunday - 8:00-10:00 am Part 1 will address the “Basics of Fire & Life Safety” and “Risk Management & Insurance ”. Includ- PEP 1-A EH&S “Boot Camp” for University and ed in the fire & life safety segment will be a discussion Hospital Radiation Safety Professionals: A Unique on the basic elements of the life safety code and the 3 Part PEP Course Series fire detection and suppression systems. The require- Bob Emery ments for means of egress will also be discussed . The The University of Texas Health Science Center at risk management & insurance portion of the session Houston will address the issues of retrained risks (those which It is currently quite rare for organizations to main- are not covered by insurance) and transferred risks tain stand-alone radiation safety programs . Resource (those covered by a financial vehicle), and how these constraints and workplace complexities have served aspects impact EH&S operations . as a catalyst for the creation of comprehensive en- Each PEP segment is designed so that partici- vironmental health & safety (EH&S) programs, which pants can take any session individually, although the include among other health and safety aspects, radia- maximum educational benefit will be derived from the tion safety programs . Unfortunately, many of these participation in all three sessions . The particular top- consolidations were not accompanied by formal staff ics included in the PEP series have been consistently training efforts to instill an understanding of the areas identified as extraordinarily useful to participants in now aligned with the radiation safety function . This the highly successful week-long “University of Texas situation is unfortunate because when armed with a EH&S Academy ”. Ample time will be allotted for ques- basic understanding of the other safety programs, the tions answers and discussion, and each segment will radiation safety staff can provide improved customer be supplemented with key reference information . service and address many simple issues before they PEP 1-B Status of ANSI N42 Standards for Health become major problems . This unique Professional Physics Instrumentation Enrichment Program (PEP) series is designed to ad- Morgan Cox, CHP dress this shortcoming by providing an overview of a This presentation covers the current status of number of key aspects of EH&S programs, from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) N42 perspective of practicing radiation safety profession- standards for radiation protection instrumentation in als who now are involved in a broader set of health two distinct parts: and safety issues . The PEP series will consist of three 1) This portion includes the discussion of some 2 hour segments . See PEP 2-A and PEP 3-A for ad- seventeen ANSI N42 standards for Radiation Protec- ditional details . 40 tion Instrumentation (RPI) including those for portable routinely needed, especially in therapy calculations, radiation detectors, ANSI N42 17A. for normal envi- for marrow activity (based on measured blood param- ronmental conditions and ANSI N42 17C. for extreme eters), organ mass (based on volumes measured by environmental conditions; ANSI N42 323A. and B for ultrasound or Computed Tomography (CT)), and other test and calibration of portable instruments in the nor- variables . This program will give an overview of cur- mal range and for near background measurements; rent concepts, methods and tools in common prac- for alarming personnel monitors in ANSI N42 20;. for tice in internal dose assessment in nuclear medicine . airborne radioactivity monitors in ANSI N42 30,. ANSI Practical examples worked out in several important N42 17B,. ANSI N42 18,. and ANSI N323C; for instru- areas of application and use of important internet re- ment communication protocols in ANSI N42 36;. for sources and software tools will be demonstrated . Cur- in-plant plutonium monitoring in ANSI N317; for reac- rent issues in radiation biology that are pertinent to the tor emergency monitoring in ANSI N320; for carbon interpretation of calculated dose estimates will also be fiber personnel dosimeters in ANSI N322; for installed briefly discussed. radiation detectors in ANSI N323C; ANSI N42 26. for PEP 1-D Operational Accelerator Health Physics personnel warning devices; for radon progeny moni- I toring in ANSI N42 50;. and for radon monitoring in L. Scott Walker, Robert May ANSI N42 51. . Los Alamos National Laboratory, Thomas Jeffer- 2) This portion includes the discussion of seven- son National Accelerator Facility teen ANSI N42 standards recently developed or be- The Operational Accelerator Health Physics I ing developed for Homeland Security Instrumentation class covers an overview of medium and high ener- (HSI) including those for personal radiation detectors gy accelerators, Electron accelerators configuration, in ANSI N42 32;. portable radiation detectors in ANSI Electron Accelerator radiation production, electron N42.33; portable detection and identification of radio- accelerator shielding, electron accelerator radioactive nuclides in ANSI N42 34;. portal radiation monitors in material production, and Electron accelerator environ- ANSI N42 35;. for training requirements for homeland mental impacts . The class then begins to focus on security personnel in ANSI N42 37;. for spectroscopy- proton accelerator configuration, proton accelerator based portal monitors in ANSI N42 38;. performance radiation production, accelerator produced isotopes, criteria for neutron detectors in ANSI N42 39;. neutron accelerator interlock systems, general health physics detectors for detection of contraband in ANSI N42 40;. practices at accelerators, general accelerator health active interrogation systems in ANSI N42 41;. data physics rules of thumb, high energy radiation physics formatting in ANSI N42 42;. mobile portal monitors in for the health physicist, and useful references . ANSI N42 43;. checkpoint calibration of image-screening systems in ANSI N42 44;. criteria for evaluating x- PEP 1-E Laser Safety for Health Physicists. ray computer tomography security screening in ANSI Ben Edwards N42 45;. performance of imaging x- and gamma ray Duke University Medical Center systems for cargo and vehicles in ANSI N42 46;. spec- This course provides an overview of laser phys- troscopic personal detectors in ANSI N42 48;. and per- ics, biological effects, hazards, and control measures, sonal emergency radiation detectors (PERDs) in ANSI as well as a concise distillation of the requirements N42 49A. for alarming detectors and in ANSI N42 49B. in the ANSI Z136 1-2007. Standard for the Safe Use for non-alarming detectors . of Lasers . Non-beam hazards, emerging issues, and Audience participation in these courses is impor- accident histories with lessons learned will also be tant to the success of these . covered . Course attendees will learn practical laser safety principles to assist in developing and conduct- PEP 1-C Medical Internal Dose Calculations – ing laser safety training, performing safety evalua- Concepts, Methods, and Examples tions, completing hazard calculations, and effectively Mike Stabin managing an institutional laser safety program . While Vanderbilt University some knowledge of laser hazards will be helpful, both Internal dose calculations are routinely performed experienced and novice health physicists with laser for medical applications using input data from animal safety responsibilities will benefit from this course. or human studies . Calculation of these dose estimates Students will also find bringing their own copy of ANSI requires understanding of important principles and re- Z136 1-2007. a helpful reference . lationships in kinetic analysis and dose assessment, and knowledgeable use of available models and software tools . Adjustments to traditional dose calculations based on patient-specific measurements are 41 PEP 1-F Monitoring Strategies for Uranium Re- locations including Radon and TLD; soil sampling may covery Facilities be done annually as well as vegetation . A 24/7me- Jim Cain teorological station may be maintained . Groundwater Canon City Milling Facility and surface water sampling may be done at selected Regulatory guidance for occupational and envi- locations generally quarterly . Stack sampling may be ronmental monitoring programs is primarily provided done monthly or quarterly . Radon Flux may be done in Nuclear Regulatory Commission Guides 8 22,. 8 30,. on tailings beaches annually . Dose compliance may 8 31,. 4 14. and 4 15. . Practical experience over 30 be determined utilizing the MILDOS computer code years for an operating uranium mill as well as support- which uses stack emissions, area source emissions ing remedial programs and dismantling and decom- based on soil sampling and meteorological data . Es- missioning activities provides the basis for providing timated concentrations from this model may be com- flexible radiation protection program procedures to pared to measured air, soil and vegetation concentra- support these activities . The presentation will focus tions . on the interaction between Training, ALARA, Occu- PEP 1-G High Reliability Operations in Nuclear pational and Environmental Monitoring Programs . Settings These programs are designed to minimize dose to the Michael Ford individual worker, to the public and minimize impact B&W Pantex, LLC on the environment . The critical aspects of effective Systems failures can lead to catastrophe . Not all programs are management support, employee train- catastrophes involve explosions, or spectacular struc- ing, ALARA committee, laboratory support and quality tural collapses . Some catastrophes occur when an assurance . organization ceases to exist due to a loss of public Key elements confidence, trust and accountability, especially when Training Program: Initial and periodic training of the terms “radiation”, “radioactive”, “nuclear” or “pluto- personnel . Topics are Regulations, Hazard and Risks, nium” are involved . Protective Measures, ALARA Program, Occupational In today’s business climate, many businesses and Environmental Monitoring Programs and Worker involved with high hazard or high consequence op- habits erations realize the consequences of a mishap are ALARA Program: ALARA Review Committee so devastating that they employ a high reliability or- which consists of the RSO, Assistant RSO, Safety ganization (HRO) systems approach to minimize the Supervisor, Operational Foreman and workers from vulnerability of human error . To paraphrase Karlene operations, maintenance and utility . Functions are to Roberts (2003), a professor in the Haas School of do weekly inspections, monthly and quarterly reviews Business at the University of California at Berkeley with management, establish goals and be advocates and a pioneer of HRO theory: “An HRO is an orga- in the workplace . nization that conducts relatively error free operations Occupational Monitoring Program: Airborne par- over a long period of time, making consistently good ticulate monitoring and radon progeny may be done decisions that result in high quality and reliable opera- using fixed sampling locations as well as breathing tions ”. zone personnel monitoring . Mixtures of uranium and Many businesses throughout the world, because decay products as well as solubility can be quite vari- of their high hazard operations, have no choice but to able, for instance, uranium product areas generally strive to achieve high reliability in all aspects of their have soluble uranium with minimal decay products business . Striving to become a High Reliability Orga- whereas tailings areas may be dominated by Tho- nization (HRO) requires taking a systems approach to rium-230 . Bioassay for uranium in urine and chest avoiding catastrophic accidents, because we cannot counting may be used to verify the confinement of rely upon humans to have a perfect day, every day . particulates . External Dosimetry may be measured Becoming an HRO is not easy . It requires strong using TLDs and supplemented by periodic surveys . leadership in focusing an organization on the ultimate Contamination control may be verified by surveys es- goal for any high hazard operation – avoiding the sys- pecially for lunchrooms and or control rooms . Dose tems accident. It also requires a firm understanding estimation may be done using daily tracking of work and exercising of the four HRO practices that students locations in conjunction with air monitoring data and will be introduced to in this class: (1) Manage the Sys- TLD results. Doses are sometimes modified based on tem, Not the Parts, (2) Reduce System Variability, (3) bioassay results . Foster a Strong Culture of Reliability, and (4) Learn Environmental Program: Airborne particulate and Adapt as an Organization . monitoring (24/7) may be done using fixed sampling

42 High Reliability Operations may be applied to any PEP 2-C Neutrons- A Primer process large or small, from reactor control rooms to Jeff Chapman radioanalytical counting rooms, and from well-logging Canberra operations in the oil field to gamma knife operations in As a result of several comments received during the oncology clinic . the last few years of PEP sessions on neutrons, we have decided to offer a primer on neutrons . This PEP PEP 1-H Introduction to Monte Carlo Methods for will be very introductory in nature, for the HP who sim- the Health Physicist ply has not had the opportunity to work in operations Peter F. Caracappa involving neutrons . This Primer will identify all source Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute terms for neutrons, common methods of detection, as Monte Carlo techniques are extensively used in well as radiation protection regulations, detector cali- computer calculations of radiation transport in matter . bration, and dosimetry . Of interest to Health Physicists is the ability to determine values such as absorbed dose or dose equiv- PEP 2-D Operational Accelerator Health Physics alent distributions in a variety of applications . The II more complex the problem, the greater the need for L. Scott Walker, Robert May computer simulations, and it is desirable for the health Los Alamos National Laboratory, Thomas Jeffer- physicist to have some understanding of their basis . son National Accelerator Facility The purpose of this course is to provide the attendees Operational Accelerator Health Physics II focus- with a feel for what Monte Carlo techniques are, how es on specific medium and high energy accelerator they are applied in health physics work, and what their related design, control and health physics problems . reliability and limitations may be . The topics include: Spallation targets, handling high The course will begin with a theoretical overview dose rate targets, beam dump design, isotope produc- of radiation transport and methods for estimating the tion, cooling water systems, shutters, radiation detec- radiation flux or dose using Monte Carlo. We will walk tion instrumentation, personnel dosimetry, high dose through the steps of a Monte Carlo simulation history dosimetry (measuring radiation damage to equip- and discuss the needs in geometry, nuclear data, tal- ment), high energy neutron spectroscopy, skyshine, lies and variance reduction that are used . The appli- releases of airborne radionuclides accelerator related cation of Monte Carlo for analyzing a radiation shield- electrical hazards, and the accelerator health physics ing problem using MCNP will be presented . program . PEP 2-E Quality Implementation in Internal and Sunday - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm External Dosimetry Programs Gus Potter PEP 2-A EH&S “Boot Camp” for University and Sandia National Laboratory Hospital Radiation Safety Professionals: A Unique Of all data collected as part of a radiation protec- 3 Part PEP Course Series tion program, that with the highest expectation of qual- Bob Emery ity is personnel dosimetry data . Radiological workers, The University of Texas Health Science Center at companies, and regulators rely on the data and sub- Houston sequent calculations to be as accurate as possible Part 2 will examine the “Basics of Biological & and, as such, to be the result of a high quality pro- Chemical Safety” and “Security 101 for Radiation cess . Regulatory requirements and standards related Safety Professionals”. During the first part of this ses- to quality programs such as DOELAP and NVLAP de- sion, the classification of infectious agents and the fine quality requirements and recommendations that, various assigned biosafety levels will be discussed . if implemented, are expected to encourage or result in Aspects of chemical exposures, exposure limits, mon- a high quality environment . itoring and control strategies will also be discussed . Quality is more than this . It is a commitment to The second part of the session will focus on security excellence in each step of a process, whether admin- as it is applied in hospital and university settings . Vari- istrative or technical . A quality program begins with ous strategies employed to improve security controls an understanding of the difference between quality as- will also be presented . surance and quality control, how to implement quality PEP 2-B ANSI N42 Standards control in each process, and how to design and imple- Morgan Cox ment an overarching quality assurance program . See description 1-B In this class, we will describe quality assurance and quality control and discuss the elements of each . We will discuss how the elements are applied to inter- 43 nal and external dosimetry, how they are document- ventilation specialists). This system clarifies that the ed, and how metrics are developed . Examples will rotameter equation is only to be used for the correc- be used to show how quality programs are developed tion between calibration and the operation, and that and how poor quality can result in unexpected results . the ideal gas law is to be used for corrections among Some discussion of quality improvement processes all other combinations of the frames of reference . An will also be included . Excel spreadsheet with detailed examples and calculations will be demonstrated and provided to course PEP 2-F Filtration and Flow-Control Fundamen- participants . tals for Sampling Airborne Nanoparticles and Oth- er Ultrafine Aerosols PEP 2-G NORM and TENORM at drinking water Mark D. Hoover treatment facilitie National Institute for Occupational Safety and Philip Egidi Health, Morgantown, WV Colorado Department of Public Health and Envi- Sampling by filtration is an important method ronment for collecting and evaluating any type of airborne Drinking water is treated before distribution for material, including nanoparticles and other ultrafine a variety of potential biological and chemical insults aerosols such as radon decay products . Given the that can result in inadvertent concentrations of natu- considerable current interest in characterizing and ral radioactivity to build up in process equipment and controlling risks to worker health from potential ex- residuals . Uranium and radium (and its progeny) are posures to engineered nanoparticles, this course will the primary isotopes of concern (thorium is less of a present fundamentals of inertia (efficient collection problem in most areas) . There are a variety of regula- for large particles) and diffusion (efficient collection tory issues that cross over among water quality, solid for very small particles) that affect the efficiency and waste, and radiation regulations . Since this industry most penetrating particle size (MPPS) of filters; effi- did not plan on (or want radioactive materials), their ciency and MPPS for the various filter types that can programs usually do not meet the standard of care be used for collection of nanoparticles; and issues for licensed activities, nor do the facilities have the re- for selection of filters with appropriate collection effi- sources to implement comprehensive radiation man- ciency, MPPS, durability, pressure drop, and surface agement programs (nor are they necessary in most characteristics . A series of practical problems will also cases) . Disposal of residuals can be very problematic . be presented on how to avoid common errors in flow The course will present an overview of regulations calibration and control when rotameters are used to pertaining to drinking water treatment and disposal of monitor and control the sampling flow rate. Because residuals, treatment options and resulting residuals, rotameters are typically located downstream of a filter sampling and analysis methods and suggested paths or other sampling device, the internal rotameter pres- forward for dealing with these residuals . sure is lower than the ambient atmosphere from which PEP 2-H Introduction to Monte Carlo Methods the sample is being drawn . Depending on the pres- for the Health Physicist (Part II - Practical Applica- sure drop conditions (perhaps 1 psi for a filter and per- tions) haps several psi for other sampling instruments such Peter Caracappa as a cascade impactor) the errors can exceed the 5% Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute level recommended for making a correction . It will be See description 1-H . emphasized that both the rotameter equation and the ideal gas law must be used to determine the actual flow rate associated with a given scale reading in rela- Sunday - 2:00 - 4:00 pm tion to the calibrated flow rate for that scale reading. Course problems will demonstrate how confusion can PEP 3-A EH&S “Boot Camp” for University and be eliminated by defining and using a multiple-frame- Hospital Radiation Safety Professionals: A Unique of-reference scheme involving the following conditions 3 Part PEP Course Series of temperature and pressure: (1) calibration, (2) op- Bob Emery eration (inside the rotameter), and (3) ambient (typi- The University of Texas Health Science Center at cally the actual conditions where the worker is located Houston and the sample is being taken), as well as two types of Part 3 will focus on “Measuring and Displaying reference conditions (4) normal or standard ambient Radiation Protection Program Metrics That Matter (to (760 mm Hg and either 20 degrees Celsius or 25 Cel- Management)” . Radiation protection programs typical- sius), and (5) standard (760 mm Hg and either 0 de- ly accumulate data and documentation so that regula- grees Celsius for chemists or 25 degrees Celsius for tory officials can assess compliance with established 44 regulations . The implicit logic associated with this leave with a CD that contains the electronic versions activity is that compliance equates to an acceptable of all the documents used during the session . level of safety . But in this era of constricted resources, PEP 3-C Fundamentals of Neutron Detection and mere regulatory compliance is no longer sufficient to Detection Systems for Assay of Nuclear Material justify all necessary programmatic resources . Radia- Jeff Chapman tion protection programs are now expected to readily Canberra demonstrate how they add tangible value to the core In 1932, James Chadwick published a seminal missions of an organization . The demonstration of paper in the Proc . Roy . Society titled “The Existence this value is expected to be in the form of some sort of a Neutron ”. 73 years later we rely on a number of performance metrics, but this is an area in which of detection processes to provide neutron dosimetry many radiation safety professionals have not been for personnel, to confirm operational shielding design trained . The issue is further compounded by the need requirements, and to measure special nuclear materi- to display the metric information in manners that are als (SNM) . This PEP session will focus on the fun- but succinct and compelling, yet another area where damentals of neutron detection and an overview of formal training is often lacking. This session will first devices used to detect SNM . The following topics will describe a variety of possible radiation protection pro- be covered: fast neutron detectors; thermal neutron gram performance measures and metrics, and then detectors; neutron moderation and absorption; pas- will focus on the display of the information in ways that sive neutron counting with SNAP detectors; passive clearly convey the intended message . Actual before neutron coincidence and multiplicity counting; active and after data display “make-overs” will be presented, neutron interrogation; and portal monitors . and ample time will be provided for questions, answers, and discussion . PEP 3-D Fundamentals of Gamma Spectroscopy Doug Van Cleef PEP 3-B Field Application of the IAEA’s EPR-First ORTEC/Advanced Measurement Technology, Inc. Responders 2006 “Manual for First Responders to This course offers a fast-paced review of the ba- a Radiological Emergency” sic principles of gamma spectroscopic analysis . The Thomas F. O’Connell course includes a review of the nature and origins of Massachusetts Department of Fire Services gamma-emitting radioactivity, basic physics of gamma There are a number of excellent documents and interaction with matter, consequences of gamma inter- guides that have been published on the subject of ra- actions on gamma spectra, gamma spectroscopy sys- diological response, including the International Atomic tem components and calibrations, gamma spectros- Energy Agency’s EPR-First Responders 2006 Manual copy analysis methods, and interpretation of gamma for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency . spectroscopy data . The course is two hours in dura- However, most emergency response guidance tion and the American Academy of Health Physics will documents do not come with an owner’s manual to grant 4 Continuing Education Credits for completion . show you how to apply the guidance in the field nor Upon completion of this course, student will have the practical roles and duties that a person with health a working knowledge of radioactive decay schemes, physics expertise would perform . radiation emissions, gamma radiation detection, and The EPR-First Responders manual covers the the principles of the laboratory gamma spectroscopy initial and early phase response to a radiological emer- process . gency . This also includes the various health physics positions, from field radiological monitors to national PEP 3-E Health Physics at Commercial Nuclear radiological assessors, which would be needed during Power Reactors – Environmental and Occupation- radiological emergencies . The guidance contained al Issues within this manual is being used globally by Member Jason Harris States to develop response plans and to train respond- Idaho State University ers at the local and national levels . This course will present an overview of the cur- This session will cover the structure of the EPR- rent issues facing health physics professionals at com- First Responders 2006 manual and the practical ap- mercial nuclear power reactors . The presentation will plication of the guidance through a scenario based be divided into two succinct areas of radiation protec- workshop . Participants will use the action guides and tion found at these reactors – environmental (public) instructions contained within the manual, along with and occupational exposure . Topics of environmental the portable digital version of the manual for PDAs exposure will focus on radioactive effluent technical and smart phones, to apply the guidance to field a re- specifications and radiological environmental moni- sponse to a radiological emergency . Participants will toring programs (RETS-REMP) . In particular, ground 45 water monitoring and protection initiatives, tritium, and PEP 3-H Assessment of Internal Exposure For regulation updates and changes will be presented . Workers In Hospitals And Universities For the occupational and in-plant portion of the Tom Morgan lecture, radiation exposure management will be pre- University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital sented in the context of radiation protection prac- Exposure of occupational workers at hospitals tice and radiation field control. ALARA initiatives and and universities to internally deposited radioisotopes benchmarking will primarily be addressed for the for- is a rare event . This presentation will provide a step mer subject . Where applicable, comparisons will be by step approach designed to assist the Radiation made between plant type (BWR and PWR) . Radia- Safety Officer or physicist in developing an appropri- tion protection practices in different countries related ate program, setting investigational alert levels, and to these areas will also be discussed . developing procedures for estimating exposure . The focus will be on evaluating risks, maximizing the use PEP 3-F Heat Stress for Health Physicists of existing equipment and facilities, and knowing when Grant Ceffalo, Gary Kephart and how to seek outside assistance . Bechtel National, Bechtel Jacobs Work in radiological facilities often presents unique situations that limit the utilization of effective Monday - 12:15 - 2:15 pm engineering controls . This situation in turn can drive a heavy reliance on personnel protective equipment . As PEP M-1 A Systems-engineering Approach to Es- a consequence, well-conceived radiological contami- tablishing Quality Assurance nation control strategies can often contribute to heat Bruce Thomadsen stress concerns . This course will provide an interme- University of Wisconsin diate level review of heat stress including the symp- Quality assurance (QA) has been an important toms, physiology, the industrial hygiene measures, part of most health physics programs . Conventionally, confounding factors, and ACGIH and NIOSH-recom- QA has been determined by thinking of what could be mended controls . The presentation will include al- checked and defining ways of checking those things. ternative PPE fabrics and other innovations as well as This approach neither assures that everything that the special circumstance of the totally encapsulating should be checked is, nor that resources are allocated (level A) suit . Personal cooling and personal moni- in the most efficacious manner for providing protec- toring equipment will be reviewed with discussion of tion against things that could go wrong . Systems challenges and opportunities each presents for radio- engineering provides tools that help establish a QA logical applications . program that effectively provides depth in protection from errors . Some examples are failure modes and PEP 3-G OSL Applied Concepts Training effects analysis, fault trees and QA tools power analy- Chris Passmore sis . This presentation will demonstrate the tools in a Landauer walk through an example procedure . Bench top InLight and microStar analytical systems were designed for personal dosimetry using op- PEP M-2 Making Meaning of Health Physics: For tical stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques . In- Us and Them Light and microStar systems were designed to bring Mark D Radonich OSL technology to laboratories wanting to perform Cultural Effect Consulting their own dosimetry . These systems allow OSL mea- Developing a working knowledge from objective surements to be made with very little depletion of sig- data can be referred to as “second nature” for radiation nal from the radiation dosimeter . OSL leads to many science professionals . To develop a personal knowing fundamental shifts in external dosimetry paradigm . In relies on the experience, learning, and context within this course, students will explore fundamental proper- which each Health Physicist lives . It is incumbent on ties of OSL and how these concepts can change the each of us to stay aware of these subjective frame- way health physicist approach radiation dosimetry . works, in addition to the fact or objectified phenomena The training will be a mixture of lecture and laboratory we seek to understand in our professional work . The with a heavy focus on applied concepts . Health Physi- maturation of meaning for scientists can be described cists will perform hands on testing of OSL properties generally: Facts and observed phenomena build including re-readability, annealing, and depletion . In knowledge; knowledge builds collective wisdom, and addition, health physicists will perform reader inter- wisdom informs a personal truth about a matter . Shar- comparison testing and study OSL radiation response ing these truths may seem simple; evidence shows matrix to determine the radiation field used to dose the that it is difficult for us. Using a different communica- dosimeter . tions framework than our education and practices of- 46 ten model can help share the meaning that we spend the 1990 Recommendations, but some of the factors our professional lives gaining in a more productive that convert absorbed dose to equivalent dose and ef- way . This is a profound and important task that we fective dose, wR and wT, have changed, due to new can each be better prepared to execute . scientific evidence. Values of R w are unchanged for Without access or education to personally glean photons and alphas, but have changed for neutrons the facts or data, lay audiences can rely on our mean- (wR is now a continuous and not a discrete function vs ing making skills and practices to come to agreement energy), protons (which is now 2 instead of 5), and a and common understandings about phenomena . De- value (wR = 2) has been assigned to charged pions, veloping this desirable “common sense” among au- which had not been considered before . wT are differ- diences who are not radiation science professionals ent for the gonads (the value has decreased from 0 20. has proven to be much more elusive . In many cir- to 0 08),. the breast (it has increased from 0 05. to 0 12). cumstances, this wider sense-making or agreement is and the “remainder” (the treatment of which has also necessary to carry forward the resulting output of our changed); the number of tissues has increased to 14 . technical work . Since both equivalent dose and effective dose cannot be measured directly, to determine external exposure, PEP M-3 When Legacy Sources Become Front the ICRP relies on the operational quantities, defined and Center; How to Implement a Program after 40 by the International Commission on Radiation Units years and Measurements, Inc . (ICRU): ambient dose equiv- Greg Komp alent, H*(10), and directional dose equivalent, H’(0 07,. United States Army Ω), for area monitoring, and personal dose equivalent, In the 1960s, depleted uranium was commonly H (d), for individual monitoring . Any statement of per- used for added weight . The US Army used a 20 mil- p sonal dose equivalent should include a specification limeter spotting round containing depleted uranium of the reference depth, d, the depth below a specified to mimic the trajectory of the larger caliber round . At point, usually where the dosimeter is worn . For the as- the time the Atomic Energy Commission licensed the sessment of effective dose, this depth is taken as 10 Army to manufacture and distribute to field units for mm, H (10) . For the skin dose and for the dose to the use . No controls were placed on the rounds, and p extremities, the depth is 0 07. mm, H (0 07). . The dose their use was forgotten . Almost 40 years after the last p to the lens of the eye could be monitored with H (3), at round was fired, they were rediscovered during range p a depth of 3 mm, but no such dosimeter exists in prac- construction activities . tice . Compliance with dose limits can be ascertained This PEP will walk the student thorough the pro- with the use of dosimeters if properly worn . To link the cess the Army used in identifying the round, deter- protection and operational quantities to physical quan- mining the locations and quantities and establishing tities (such as tissue absorbed dose, air kerma free- appropriate controls as required by the Nuclear Regu- in-air and particle fluence) that characterize the radia- latory Commission . It will include how one site model tion field, the ICRU computed conversion coefficients. will be used to complete a risk assessment for other To assess internal exposure, the ICRP recommends Army sites . the use of activity quantities in combination with dose PEP M-4 Uses and Misuses of Dosimetric Terms coefficients based on physiological models and 4-D in Radiation Protection computations . The unit for all the ICRP and ICRU Cari Borrás quantities listed above is the sievert (Sv) . Effective Radiological Physics and Health Services Consul- dose should be used only for occupationally exposed tant, Washington DC workers and members of the public, where doses are In March 2007, the International Commission on assumed to be low, well below 100 mSv, where sto- Radiological Protection (ICRP) approved a new set of chastic effects are considered . At doses above about fundamental recommendations on radiological protec- 0 5-1. Sv, where tissue reactions (deterministic effects) tion1 to replace the Commission’s previous recommen- may occur, the dosimetric quantity to use is the ab- dations from 1990 . The dosimetric terms to be used for sorbed dose in the irradiated tissue modified by the radiological protection are equivalent dose, effective radiobiological effectiveness of the radiation for the dose, committed dose and collective effective dose, biological endpoint of concern . The unit is the gray all based on mean absorbed dose with its distributions (Gy) . Effective dose should not be used for retrospec- in time and in linear energy transfer (linear collision tive evaluation of exposed populations or to assess stopping power). Their definition is the same as in individual risks, as is the case in medical exposures, which are not subject to dose limitations . Exposures in 1 International Commission on Radiological Protection, ICRP Publication 103: Recommendations of the ICRP. Annals of the ICRP radiotherapy are clearly expressed in absorbed dose Volume 37/2-4 (2008). 47 to the irradiated tissue . Since both the irradiation con- ar medicine, cancer treatment, x-rays and CT, fertility, ditions and the exposed group of patients are known, effects on DNA, effects on children (genetic effects), exposures to individual patients from medical imaging, measurements, atomic bombs, WMDs, food irradia- even those at low levels, should also be expressed as tion, baggage x-ray scanning, concerns for individual absorbed doses to the irradiated organs, as the ICRU2 radionuclides (such as uranium, radium, plutonium), recommends . cell phones, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island . Ra- diation mythology and folklore about radiation have PEP M-5 Uranium Mining and Milling led to widespread beliefs that there is no safe level Thomas Johnson and every atom of radioactive material should be re- Colorado State University moved for safety . Opposition to nuclear technology Recently the price of uranium has gone up dra- and safe uses of radiation is typically built on radiation matically from approximately $10 per pound to well myths . Radiation myths may actually be harming pub- over $100 per pound, causing a resurgence in inter- lic health . People have not been told how to evaluate est in uranium mining . The purpose of this presenta- the risk of radiation (steps from cause to effect) and tion is to provide an overview of some of the radiation commonly assume that if it is there, it is automatically hazards as well as the mining and milling process as- bad for you . sociated with uranium . In situ leach (ISL) or in situ While countering the radiation myths and urban recovery (ISR) mines are the most common types of legends with better information can be helpful, a better uranium mines today, while open pit mines and under- way may be to educate people on how to make their ground mines are not currently operational in the Unit- own evaluations . ed States . There are currently six ISR mines operating We will review radiation myths in all of the areas in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Texas today . ISR mines above and strategies for countering these myths and typically operate at a lower cost because the require- urban legends . ment for milling and extensive processing of the ore upon removal is not required . After the uranium has PEP T-2 Radiation Science and Public Discourse: been removed from open pit or underground mines, it A Risk Communication Approach to Agreement requires milling to remove unwanted minerals and to and Understanding purify it for use in the nuclear fuel cycle . Milling also Mark Radonich results in tailings, which require additional radiological Cultural Effect Consulting controls and resources . This overview of the “front Professional Health Physicists are trained and end” of the fuel cycle will provide health physicists with committed to the highest level of technical prowess . the general information needed to begin to understand This professionalism calls upon the scientific pro- the radiation hazards associated with mining . cesses of the pursuit and verification of theories, best practices and innovation in supporting technologies, and the scientific method in applying knowledge into Tuesday - 12:15 - 2:15 pm what we believe to be true and correct. Objectified in- PEP T-1 How to Become a Radiation Myth Buster formation and replicable methodology are the content Ray Johnson and currency of our journals as we disseminate sci- Dade Moeller & Associates entific discoveries and discuss results among peers. Throughout our careers in health physics we It is from this body of knowledge that we, as profes- have all been confronted by workers, the public, sionals, make meaning for ourselves out of work – and the media reacting from their beliefs in radiation that we come to conclusions, agree on assumptions, myths . The media perpetuate radiation mythology accept certain findings, or we are asked to apply our by continuing to define radiation as “deadly radiation.” knowledge to the social or organizational challenge of People have heard these two words together for so safety or risk management. A difficult and confounding long (more than 60 years) that they are now accepted challenge is sharing our meaning with others who are as the basis for understanding radiation . With such not Health Physicists . The same information or argu- myths firmly ingrained, it is little wonder that people ment that helped develop our understanding does not so often react to radiation with fears that seem out of seem to create mutual understandings among lay au- proportion to the risks as we would know them . Ra- diences; if we’re unlucky it magnifies or solidifies -op diation myths abound in the areas of health effects, posing understandings among the lay audience on the what is safe, nuclear power, radioactive waste, nucle- personally-held risk/safety decision spectrum . Many professionals claim that a lack of scientific education 2 International Commission on Radiation U�nits and M�easure��- is the primary hurdle to achieving a consensus of un- ments. Patient dosimetry for x rays used in medical imaging. ICRU Re- port 74. (2005). 48 derstanding across the expert-lay “gap ”. While raising Advanced technical means of monitoring radioac- scientific literacy is a noble and useful enterprise, ap- tive materials at borders and other strategic locations preciable progress would take time, and may be dif- The course describes the details of state-of-the ficult to achieve. -art radiation detection technologies, technical re- In any case, a lack of scientific education should quirements and specifications for this kind of equip- not be considered the barrier to creating wider and ment, the different instrument categories and their better understandings . The barrier is: the limitations applications, solutions for the problem of “innocent of our own method of developing understandings as alarms”, and the practical operation of such monitor- is related to non-technical or lay individuals and au- ing systems in the field. diences by us, the professionals . Preparing technical PEP T-4 Nuclear Power as Part of Our Energy professionals (e g. . health physicists, researchers, nu- Surety & Economic Security Future clear engineers, from students to emeritus members) Mark Miller is tenable and immediately helpful to create more Sandia National Laboratory credible, trustworthy, and common understandings World energy demand (and competition for it) about their work . We must fundamentally improve on will continue to grow and nuclear power is poised for two professional development fronts: 1) understand- growth world-wide – energy security without green- ing others’ belief systems and 2) sharing our meaning house gas emission . The U S. . must help shape a with others’ using personal communication methods . global nuclear fuel services supply system that pro- We must discover, individually develop, and adapt our vides the benefits of nuclear energy to all nations work references/commentary to the landscapes of per- while discouraging production of materials having sonal belief systems . This preparation includes learn- nuclear proliferation concern, which addresses the ing how our own values and beliefs (scientific, social, national (and international) security imperative . We personal) are formed and how they influence personal must create partnerships among nuclear supply states decision-making where a health or environmental risk to improve the safety, reliability and security of these exists. Secondly, the relationship of objectified data to systems . Our own country’s survival (as well as the an individual’s intrinsically subjective communication entire world’s) may depend on the path we choose in practice must be better understood and applied . In- the near future . cluding personal beliefs in how we talk about our work and acknowledging the subjective nature of interper- PEP T-5 Training First Responders on Radiologi- sonal communication will prepare us better to create cal Dispersal Devices (RDDs) and Improvised Nu- a shared context for understanding among all audi- clear Devices (INDs) Events ences . K.L. “Ken” Groves President, S2-Sevorg Services, LLC PEP T-3 Introduction to HLS Radiation Detection This PEP will present an overview of the current K. E. Duftschmid training the author is presenting to First Responders Technical University Graz, Austria (firefighters, emergency medical technicians, law -en After September 11 nuclear terrorism is consid- forcement and others) who may encounter either a ered a “prime national security threat” in USA and now Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD or Dirty Bomb) or also world-wide . Nuclear weapons and other radioac- an Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) as a part of their tive materials, if used for „dirty bombs“ may create a Emergency Response activities . The emphasis of the nightmare of terror, panic and economic disaster . „Or- training is putting the radiological/nuclear material in phan sources“ entering the public domain are an ad- perspective as compared with other Weapons of Mass ditional growing concern . For these reasons nuclear Destruction (WMD) materials such as chemical and/ and other radioactive materials, illegally crossing bor- or biological weapon agents . A goal of the training is ders or showing up at strategic points or Major Public to help this First Responder Community understand Events, may create a radiological hazard, a prolifera- that under almost all conditions, they can perform tion hazard and a tremendous terrorist threat . To com- their primary mission of “putting out fires, rescuing bat the risk of nuclear terrorism we need: and treating injured persons, and chasing bad guys” Preventive measures, i e. . physical protection, ac- even in the presence of relatively large amount of ra- counting and control for nuclear and other radioactive diological/nuclear contamination . The rare cases of materials high activity unshielded sources will be reviewed and Efficient intelligence networks based on close explained . Current National/International guidance on cooperation between scientific, regulatory and law en- dose “limits” will be discussed . The use of information forcement organizations (Customs, Police, Intelligence contained in NCRP Commentary #19, “Key Elements Agencies etc ). 49 of Preparing Emergency Responder for Nuclear and alpha particle interaction with matter, considerations Radiological Terrorism” and the CRCPD “First Re- and consequences of sample preparation for alpha sponders Handbook” will be used extensively in the spectroscopy, alpha spectroscopy system compo- presentation . nents and calibrations, and a primer on interpretation A discussion of the use of Time, Distance and of alpha spectroscopy data . The course is two hours in Shielding as well as appropriate Personal Protective duration and the American Academy of Health Phys- Clothing and how it will provide the needed protection ics will grant 4 Continuing Education Credits for com- while immediate actions take place early in an RDD/ pletion . IND event will be reviewed . The use of appropriate ra- Upon completion of this course, student will have diation detection instrumentation, documented Stan- a working knowledge of radioactive decay schemes, dard Operating Procedures along with realistic train- radiation emissions, alpha radiation detection, and the ing, drills and exercises are the key to a successful principles of the laboratory alpha spectroscopy pro- response to an RDD/IND event for this community of cess . critical emergency responders . PEP W-3 47 CFR Part 15 RADIO FREQUENCY DE- VICES Wednesday - 12:15 - 2:15 pm Don Haes BAE Systems PEP W-1 8,000 Interactions and Counting - What This new millennium has seen an exponential We Learned and What You Can Learn About Public growth in science and technology, especially with the Communication from the HPS ATE Program” application of Radio Frequency (RF) in devices . It is Kelly Classic, Genevieve Roessler too easy for today’s HP to recognize safety conformity Mayo Clinic, HPS with cursory “evaluations” of low power RF device ex- For eight years, the Health Physics Society clusions, and overlook the increasingly arduous regu- has responded to public questions on radiation via latory compliance with the Federal Communications a section on our Web site called “Ask The Experts” Commission (FCC) rules . With RF devices, the role or ATE . During this time, over 8,000 questions have of the HP is to not only perform product safety evalu- been asked and answered by many volunteer experts ations, but provide information relative to device in- within the Society (and some outside the Society) . terference to decision and policy makers at all levels . What we have learned most is that people are very By the nature of our training, HPs frequently assume grateful to have someone “listen” to their concerns “radiation safety” ends the compliance quest . How- and answer their questions in a direct manner . Get- ever, this short-sightedness may put their company at ting to this point; however, was a large learning curve . a greater risk than realized . This talk focuses on the Many of those who answered questions initially felt growing challenges facing HPs in the domain of RF inclined to answer questions with in-depth, reference- device compliance, and examines 47 CFR Part 15 . laden, numbers-laden answers . Part of this is due to the nature of a health physicist (quantitative) and part PEP W-4 Health Physics Concerns of Neutron due to the fact that experts believed they needed to Exposures, Criticality Safety and Criticality Acci- offer some level of knowledge to the questioner so dents the questioner believed they were an expert . What we Dave Simpson have learned includes truly listening to the question Bloomsburg University For most Health Physicists, neutron exposure is, (reading, re-reading to gain knowledge of the real is- at most, only a minimal issue in their workplace . How- sue and the person’s knowledge of radiation), getting ever, with the potential terrorist threats of the use of them their answer in a brief first sentence (yes or no), nuclear materials, including weapons grade materials; and offering some level of detail in an understandable it is important that all Health Physicists have at least manner to support our answer . We will share various some understanding of neutron exposures, dosimetry experiences with you and offer tips you can use in and criticality safety . In this presentation, a brief intro- your communications . duction will be given describing sources of neutrons PEP W-2 Fundamentals of Alpha Spectroscopy and the biological effects of neutron exposures . Next, Doug Van Cleef a review of criticality safety will be given with special ORTEC/Advanced Measurement Technology, Inc. This course offers a fast-paced review of the basic principles of alpha spectroscopic analysis . The course includes a review of the nature and origins of alpha-particle emitting radioactivity, basic physics of 50 emphasis on areas where the Health Physicist may play a role, such as safely handling large quantities of special nuclear materials, spill control, etc . Final- ly, several criticality accidents will be reviewed and methods discussed on how neutron doses can be es- timated based on both biological and physical neutron activation of materials from the exposed individuals . PEP W-5 Future Directions In Air Monitoring At Los Alamos National Laboratory Tom Voss Los Alamos National Laboratory Three fields of investigation and evaluation have led to planned improvements in the air monitoring program at LANL . One of those fields is in the area of better air sampling flow control methods. The venturi flow control orifice (also known at the Critical Flow Venturi – CFV) has been investigated to the extent that we are able to specify the mechanical design of the venturi flow control orifice to meet the requirements of any air sampling system . A second field of evaluation has been in the area of air sample filter media. Our evaluation of many different types of filter media for several operational parameters has allowed us to be able to specify a filter type to meet individual requirements . Perhaps the most important field of evaluation has been in the area of a new Continuous Air Monitor (CAM) for monitoring radioactive aerosols . This area of evaluation involved side-by-side evaluation of several different manufacturers’ products . The evaluation covered more than 100 separate criteria . The use of all three of the items in these fields of investigation and evaluation are planned to be implemented .

51 Continuing Education Lectures (CEL) Monday 13 July through Thursday 16 July Monday 7:00-8:00 AM discusses these concepts, and speculates about their future in health physics . CEL1 Uncertainty, Variability, Bias, Error, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is oper- Blunder ated for the U S. . Department of Energy by Battelle un- Daniel J. Strom der Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830 . PNNL-SA-64767 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory There have been many advances and refine- CEL2 Respiratory Protection Refresher for ments in the definitions of uncertainty, variability, and HPs error, as well as substantial progress in computational Gary Kephart and inferential approaches to handling problems deal- Bechtel Jacobs ing with these concepts . The longer you have been This Continuing Education Lecture will review the out of school, the more surprised you are likely to fundamental spirometry parameters with their respec- be with the current state of affairs . The profession of tive inter-relationships and acronyms (e g. ,. forced vital health physics can be viewed as risk-informed actions capacity, FVC; Tidal volume, TV; etc ). . This review will to keep radiation exposures and releases of radioac- be interspersed with references to key findings from tive materials to the environment as low as reason- the industrial hygiene literature regarding how these ably achievable . Health physics incorporates methods lung functions are impacted by the use of respiratory or results of many scientific disciplines, in particular protection . The objective is to refresh experienced in measurements of radiation and radioactive materi- health physicists on the myriad physiological stresses als . Health physics uses estimates of health effects associated with use of respiratory protection in radio- of radiation derived from epidemiology, radiation biol- logical control . ogy, and dose assessment . In each of these areas, the concepts of uncertainty, variability, and error are Tuesday 7:00-8:00 AM crucial for understanding and correct inference . How CEL 3 The Characterization of Dose in Com- do uncertainty, variability, error, and blunder differ? puted Tomography The 1995 ISO Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty Donovan Bakalyar in Measurement decisively addressed metrology is- Henry Ford Hospital sues, but was silent on modeling issues and decisions Over the past few years there has been an in- based on metrology and modeling . The 2009 National creased awareness of radiation dose in Computed Research Council Report addresses modeling and Tomography (CT) resulting in efforts by manufactur- decision-making . Bayesian statistical inference has ers to improve design and by practitioners to more ef- replaced classical inference in more and more areas fectively tailor the study to the patient . Concurrently, of interest to health physicists, such as determining the methods used for specifying dose in CT have been whether activity is present in a sample, what a detec- reexamined with an eye toward not only correcting but tion system can be relied on to detect, and what can streamlining and possibly replacing standard dose in- be inferred about intake and committed dose from dicators such as CTDI and DLP . Though the basic bioassay data . The distinction between Berkson and principles underlying these indicators are fundamen- classical errors, and how to deal with the resulting un- tally sound, their implementation has sometimes tak- certainty has moved to the forefront of dose recon- en a circuitous route sometimes resulting in confusion struction for radiation epidemiology . The critical differ- and misinterpretation . ence between shared and unshared uncertainties has Part of the purpose of this presentation is to care- led, over the past two decades, to a state-of-the-art fully review the parameters used in determining pa- practice using two-stage Monte Carlo calculations tient dose and to clarify and simplify wherever pos- as pioneered by the Hanford Environmental Dose sible their meaning . Part of the challenge in tackling Reconstruction project . Autocorrelation over time of this problem is that the CT community is still struggling doses to individuals leads to a requirement to explic- over vocabulary . For example, the name “effective itly incorporate covariance into calculations, such as mAs” is used by two CT manufacturers to describe the those in NIOSH’s Interactive RadioEpidemiological mAs per rotation divided by the pitch . A third manu- Program (IREP) . Variability of quantities of interest to facturer calls this same parameter “mAs/slice” and a health physicists over time and space, over ages and fourth doesn’t use it at all . (Even the word “pitch” has between sexes, and with lifestyle factors continues to been ambiguous until recently ). Until the vocabulary require our attention . This presentation introduces and 52 is standardized, it is important that the words used in area monitoring, sanitary barriers and zoning of con- describing CT parameters are phrased so that their taminated areas, overall and so on. The efficiency of meaning is definite. the system at the whole, potential and technical possi- The dose delivered by a machine to a standard bilities and characteristics, separate technical problem phantom is ordinarily characterized by a parameter issues is presented and analyzed on the example of called CTDIvol which in turn can be multiplied by the SIP works . scan length to yield another standard parameter called the DLP which is often used as a crude indicator of pa- Wednesday 7:00-8:00 AM tient dose . The motivation, limitations and shortcom- ings of these parameters will be discussed along with CEL5 Single Integrated Emergency Response some of the proposed remedies for correcting them, Plan for Hospitals simplifying them and extending their range of validity . Tom Morgan Despite the aforementioned limitations, when University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital properly interpreted, these standard dose indicators Joint Commission Accreditation standards re- can be very helpful in streamlining the use of more quire hospitals to develop and deploy emergency re- sophisticated dose estimation techniques such as the sponse plans for a variety of natural or man-made di- ImPACT dose calculator . (ImPACT has its own limita- sasters . The University of Rochester/Strong Memorial tions, well understood and described by its develop- Hospital has developed a single integrated response ers ). CTDIvol and DLP, often given by the manufac- plan that is flexible and responsive to the needs of the turer for the specific study at hand, can be used as community in the event of a disaster . This plan will an aid in using the ImPACT dose calculator . This in discuss the details of the plan and how it can be easily turn can yield specific organ doses along with effective modified to accommodate various scenarios. dose. Though not be the final answer it may point in CEL 6 Update on Medical Internal Radiation the right direction . Dosimetry: 2009 MIRD Committee Recommenda- CEL4 System of Radiation Safety Monitoring tions for Unifying MIRD and ICRP Formulas, Quan- for the Personnel Working at the Object Shelter tities, and Units P. Aryasov, S. Nechaev, J. Hoyt, A.Dmitrienko Darrell R. Fisher and Wesley E. Bolch Radiation Protection Institute of Ukraine, Chor- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University nobyl Shelter Implementation Plan. Project Man- of Florida agement Unit, State Enterprise Chornobyl Nuclear The scientific foundations underlying the MIRD Power Plant schema for medical internal dosimetry and the general Shelter Implementation Plan (SIP) was initiated framework established by the International Commis- in 1997 . The main goal of SIP is transformation of sion on Radiological Protection (ICRP) for occupation- the destroyed 4-th unit of Chernobyl Nuclear Power al internal dosimetry are mathematically similar, even Plant (Object Shelter - OS) into ecologically safe sys- though they appear outwardly to be substantially dif- tem. The first stage of SIP v ?Stabilization stage¦ was ferent . The 2009 recommendations of the MIRD Com- completed in 2008 . At present time the ?Construction mittee (Pamphlet No . 21) provide a revised framework stage¦ v works regarding construction of the New Safe for unifying the ICRP and MIRD equations, models, Confinement (NSC) is in process. Most of the works and terminology . The result is a general schema for are carried out in the contaminated areas and rooms internal dosimetry, consistent for both nuclear medi- of the OS . The radioactive situation in work areas has cine and radiation protection, using standardized been formed during the accident and characterized by formulas, nomenclature, quantities, and units . The high dose rate levels and radioactive aerosol concen- 2009 MIRD recommendations clarify the application tration in the air . of absorbed dose for deterministic effects in patients Any activities at the OS (including all SIP activi- (organs, tissues, tumors, and the whole body) from ties) are supervised from the point of view of radiation medically administered radiopharmaceuticals . The protection by Radiation Safety Department according radiation protection quantities equivalent dose and to the corresponding instructions, guidance, and regu- effective dose are reserved for evaluating stochastic latory documents . risks in groups of patients and health care workers . A Given lecture/work presents the structure and new quantity and unit are proposed for comparing de- description of the operating at present time at the OS terministic effects (such as cell death, impaired organ radiation safety monitoring system and its main com- function, and tumor response) following high doses, ponents, namely: individual dose monitoring (IDM) of high dose-rates, and high-LET radiation qualities as- external and internal exposure of the personnel, work sociated with targeted radionuclide therapy (particu- 53 larly for alpha emitters and Auger-electron emitters) . execution . Understanding theories of complexity and Unifying the MIRD and ICRP structural framework all the dimensions of public communication can im- should help eliminate confusion and the mixing of prove efforts in every facet of our work, and beyond units such as quality factor (Q), relative biological ef- the simple static effects of the specific messages. fectiveness (RBE), and radiation weighting factor (wR) Using and recognizing uncertainty and agreement or for expressing the biologically relevant dose . This agreeability are the key factors in any given context course is relevant to health physicists who use in- to determine whether the organizing communication ternal dosimetry for retrospective dose assessment, framework should be simple, complicated, complex, prospective treatment planning, and risk analysis . In or even chaotic . In parallel, messages themselves are addition to practicing medical physicists, this course is often treated as the only qualitative entity . We know also recommended for regulators and administrators that message development is only one of the five di- responsible for radiation safety in medical centers and mensions of communication to address – the others for the safe use of radiopharmaceuticals . are perception/interpretation, psychological or cultural attributes, information flow, and communication processes . Health physicists and their organizations Thursday 7:00-8:00 AM often leave communication to “other” professionals – CEL7 Radiation Safety Guidelines for Contra- abdicating our position of expertise and encourage- band Detection Systems ment, and thereby leaving the effects of our work to be Dr. Siraj M. Khan managed and led by others . US Department of Homeland Security This CEL lecture presents guidelines for radiation safety of workers and members of the general public from contraband detection systems (in use or planned) for Homeland Security . In this context, contraband includes drugs, explosives and special nuclear materials (SNM) . These systems include radiographic imaging systems using radioisotopic sources such as Co-60 and electron linear accelerators (LINACS) producing bremsstrahlung with end-point energies of 6 and 9 MeV, and active interrogation systems using the Cf-252 radioisotopic source, neutron generators using (d,d) and (d,T) reactions and electron linear accelerators (LINACS) producing bramsstrahlung with energies from 6 to 15 MeV . These systems can be cat- egorized as “open” or “closed” based on the mode of deployment . Methods to determine the radiation safety exclusion zone for an “open” system and shielding calculations for a “closed” system will be presented . The issue of dose to an undocumented alien (stow- away) will also be discussed . Finally, work in this area by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) will be described . CEL 8 Complexity Science and Radiation Risk Communication Mark D Radonich Cultural Effect Consulting Risk communication is an interdisciplinary skill that we must each use more skillfully in our profession . Radiation Risk Communication is most often a complex endeavor in western and industrialized cul- tures . Perceived and actual failures in this activity often stem from an oversimplification or misunderstand- ing of all the issues in communication planning and 54 Health Physics Society’s 54th Annual Meeting

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