PRELIMINARY PROGRAM American Radiation Safety Conference and Exposition (Health Physics Society's 47th Annual Meeting) June 16-20, 2002 Tampa Convention Center Tampa, Florida Health Physics Society Committee Meetings Friday, June 14, 2002 CHAPTER COUNCIL MEETING ABHP BOARD MEETING 1:00 - 2:00 pm 9:00 am - 5:00 pm SCIENTIFIC & PUBLIC ISSUES COMMITTEE Saturday, June 15, 2002 2:00 - 4:00 pm FINANCE COMMITTEE AAHP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 8:00 am - Noon COMMITTEE 2:00 - 4:00 pm ABHP BOARD MEETING 9:00 am - Noon LIAISON COMMITTEE/LEADERSHIP FORUM 2:00 - 5:00 pm CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE Noon - 6:00 pm STUDENT BRANCH OFFICERS 4:00 - 5:00 pm SYMPOSIA COMMITTEE 1:00 - 5:00 pm INTERSOCIETY SHARING RESOURCES WORKSHOP AAHP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 4:30 - 6:30 pm 1:00 - 5:00 pm Tuesday, June 18, 2002 HPS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1:00 - 5:00 pm ANSI N42.18 WORKING GROUP 8:30 -11:30 am Sunday, June 16, 2002 LABORATORY ACCREDITATION POLICY HPS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 9:00 am - Noon 8:00 am - 5:00 pm SCIENCE TEACHERS WORKSHOP COMMITTEE VENUES COMMITTEE Noon - 1:30 pm 8:30 am - 4:30 pm LABORATORY ACCRED. ASSESSMENT AAHP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Noon - 2:30 pm 9:00 am - Noon ANSI N13.32 WORKING GROUP SUMMER SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1:00 - 5:00 pm Noon - 3:00 pm ABET EVALUATORS AND AEC ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE ACCREDITATION SUBCOMMITTEE 1:00 - 3:00 pm 2:00 - 4:00 pm AAHP STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP Wednesday, June 19, 2002 2:00 - 5:00 pm AFFILIATES COMMITTEE MENTORING PROGRAM 7:30 - 9:30 am 3:00 - 4:00 pm HPS WEB SITE EDITORS Monday, June 17, 2002 Noon - 3:00 pm HISTORY COMMITTEE ACADEMIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE 11:30 am - 1:30 pm 2:00 - 4:00 pm MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Thursday, June 20, 2002 Noon - 1:00 pm LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE 7:30 - 9:30 am Noon - 2:00 pm HPSSC/N13/N43 MEETING HEALTH PHYSICS PROGRAM DIRECTORS 8:00 am - Noon ORGANIZATION Noon - 2:00 pm HPS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 8:00 am - Noon RESEARCH NEEDS COMMITTEE Noon - 2:00 pm ACADEMIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE SPONSORSHIP/ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE 9:00 - 11:00 am Noon - 3:00 pm PROGRAM COMMITTEE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE Noon - 3:30 pm 12:30 - 2:30 pm Table of Contents Schedule at a Glance .................................................................................................................... 2 Important Events ........................................................................................................................... 4 General Information ....................................................................................................................... 5 Tours and Events Information ........................................................................................................ 7 Technical Tour Information ........................................................................................................... 10 Discounted Tickets-Theme Parks, Attractions ............................................................................. 11 Airline/Car Rental Information ..................................................................................................... 14 Current Events/Works-in-Progress Information ........................................................................... 14 Scientific Program ....................................................................................................................... 15 AAHP Courses/Professional Enrichment Program ..................................................................... 30 Exhibitor Information.................................................................................................................... 45 Placement Information and Form ................................................................................................ 48 Hotel Reservation Form .............................................................................................................. 51 Summer School Announcement.................................................................................................. 52 Annual Meeting, Social Registration & PEP Form ...................................................................... 55 Discounted Tickets Form ..................................................................................... Inside back cover Key Dates Current Events/Works-In-Progress Deadline................................................................... May 3 Hotel Registration Deadline .......................................................................................... May 14 Social/Technical Preregistration Deadline .................................................................... May 14 HPS Annual Meeting Preregistration Deadline ............................................................. May 14 PEP Preregistration Deadline ....................................................................................... May 14 Summer School Registration Deadline ......................................................................... May 15 Summer School, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL ........................................... June 10-14 Professional Enrichment Program ........................................................................... June 16-20 ARSCE/HPS 47th Annual Meeting ......................................................................... June 16-20 American Board of Health Physics Written Exam ......................................................... June 17 Registration Hours Registration will take place at the Tampa Marriott and Tampa Convention Center. See Below. Registration at the Tampa Marriott: Saturday, June 15 ............................................................................................... 2:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday, June 16 ............................................................................................7:00 am - 7:00 pm Registration at the Tampa Convention Center: Monday, June 17 ...........................................................................................8:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday, June 18...........................................................................................8:00 am - 4:00 pm Wednesday, June 19 .....................................................................................8:00 am - 4:00 pm Thursday, June 20 .............................................................................................8:00 am - Noon 1 Saturday, June 15 Monday, June 17 Tuesday, June 18 AAHP 1 CEL-1 Backgrounds, Detection Limits, and CEL-3 Radiation Protection Quantities: A Radioactivity in Recycled Materials and Mu- Treatment of Uncertainties in Survey Data Critique nicipal and Residual Waste. Tony LaMastra, 7:15 - 8:15 AM Room: CC 18/19 7:15 - 8:15 AM Room: CC 18/19 Health Physics Associates, Inc. CEL-2 The Oklo Natural Nuclear Reactor CEL-4 Radiation Accident History 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Marriott 7:15 - 8:15 AM Room: CC 20/21 7:15 - 8:15 AM Room: CC 20/21 AAHP 2 TAM-A AAHP Special Session: Accidents in Food Irradiation Technology. Daniel L. ABHP Exam - Part I the Nuclear Industry; Impacts and Lessons Engeljohn, US Department of Agriculture, 8:00 - 11:00 am Marriott Florida Learned Washington, DC Ballroom V & VI 8:30 am - Noon CC 18/19 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Marriott MAM-A Plenary Session TAM-B Depleted Uranium Aerosol Char- AAHP 3 8:30 am - Noon CC Ballroom A/B acteriziation: Applicability to Soldier Exposure Application of ANSI/HPS N13.1-1999: Sam- Assessment pling and Monitoring Releases of Airborne Lunch in Exhibit Hall for all Registrants and 8:30 am - Noon CC 20/21 Radioactive Substances from the Stacks and Opening of Exhibits Ducts of Nuclear Facilities. John Glissmeyer, Noon - 1:30 pm West Exhibit Hall TAM-C Accelerator Section Session Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 8:30 am - Noon CC 22/23 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Marriott PEP Program TAM-D Medical HP Section Session: 21st 12:15-2:15 PM Century - The Century of Medical Science Sunday, June 16 M-1 Is Radiation an Essential Trace En- 8:30 - 10:00 am CC 24/25 ergy? Medical HP Section Meeting PEP 1-A thru 1-J M-2 Coronary Artery Radiation Therapy 10:30 am CC 24/25 8:00 - 10:00 am [CART]. Accelerator Section Meeting PEP 2-A thru 2-J M-3 ICRP 66 Respiratory Tract Model. Noon CC 22/23 10:30 am - 12:30 pm M-4 Public and Scholarly Perceptions of AAHP Awards Luncheon Radiation Risks. PEP 3-A thru 3-J Noon - 1:30 pm Convention Center 2:00 - 4:00 pm M-5 Role of the Health Physicist in Radia- tion Accident Management. PEP Program All Sunday PEPs will be held at the Tampa M-6 Technical Basis for an Internal 12:15-2:15 PM Marriott Dose Program. T- 1 Revisions in Internal Radiation Do- simetry; ICRP Publication 68 Welcome Reception ABHP Exam - Part II T- 2 Medical Management of Patients Vis- 6:00 - 7:30 pm Marriott 12:30 - 6:30 pm Marriott Florida a-Vis Radiological Terrorist Events Ballroom V & VI Monday and Wednesday Plenarys in Con- T- 3 Steering a Course Through the Regu- HPS Chapter Council vention Center Ballroom latory Maze 1:00 - 2:00 pm TBD T- 4 The Art and Science of “Selling” Your Monday - Thursday All Technical Sessions Poster Session Radiation Safety Program and PEPs will be held at the Convention Cen- 1:30 - 3:00 pm CC Exhibit Hall ter T- 5 Use of MARSSIM for Decommission- ing Medical Facilities MPM-A MPM-A: Medical HP and RSO Sec- tion Session: Doses from Medical Procedures- T- 6 Effective Communication Tools for Special Concerns for Women and Children Improved Radiation Safety Programs 3:00 - 5:00 pm CC Ballroom A/B TPM-A AAHP Special Session: Accidents in MPM-B External Dosimetry the Nuclear Industry; Impacts