BWC HPS Meeting on February 21

[BobCherry@aol.com]

Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Health Physics Society
February 21, 2001

Estimating Worker Doses in Nuclear Weapons Plants
Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.

Arjun Makhijani is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental 
Research in Takoma Park, Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. in engineering at the 
University of California, Berkeley, specializing in nuclear fusion. A 
recognized authority on energy issues and nuclear issues in particular, Dr. 
Makhijani is the author and co-author of numerous reports and books on topics 
such as radioactive waste storage and disposal, nuclear testing, disposition 
of fissile materials, energy efficiency and ozone depletion. He is the 
principal editor of Nuclear Wastelands: a Global Guide to Nuclear Weapons 
Production and Its Health and Environmental/ Effects, published by MIT Press 
in July 1995, and subsequently nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Dr. Makhijani has served as a consultant to numerous organizations including 
the Tennessee Valley Authority, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and several 
agencies of the United Nations.

Date: February 21
Location: NASA, Goddard Recreation Center Greenbelt, MD
Cost: $16.50

6:00 Social Hour
7:00 Prime Rib and Shrimp Dinner (drinks included)
7:45 Talk

For reservations, contact Tom Johnson at tjohnson@mxa.usuhs.mil or 
301-319-6953.

Please note that you must have your reservations in by February 16 at the 
latest so the that the gate guard will have your name.

Directions: From the Washington Beltway, exit onto the Baltimore-Washington 
parkway north towards Baltimore. Immediately exit onto Greenbelt Road heading 
east. Go past the NASA main gate, and turn left onto Soil Conservation Road. 
Turn right at the first gate. You will need to show ID to the guard. Continue 
on this road till you reach the recreation center on the right.


[Bob Cherry, bobcherry@aol.com]