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Hi all

Here is the October 2002 Health Physics Journal Table of Contents.

Bruce Busby
For more on the HP Journal, see http://www.health-physics.com/

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Health Physics
The Radiation Safety Journal
October 2002, Volume 83, Number 4


On the cover: The RH-TRU 72-B training cask, a to-scale model of the actual road cask which will be used for transporting Remote Handled Transuranic Waste to the WIPP. See article by Robert Hayes on page 449 for more information. Photo courtesy of Alan Rostro.

Runner-up cover: A sampling procedure for depleted uranium in Kosovo, near the village Tafali Mak. See article by J. Uyttenhove et al. on page 543 for more information.


CONTENTS


TECHNOLOGY MONITOR      

Nuclear Cities Initiative
Ken Kasper      
Page - 447


PAPERS       

Dose Rate Prediction Methodology for Remote Handled Transuranic Waste Workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Robert Hayes     
Page - 449

239,240Pu and Inorganic Substances in Aerosols from the Vicinity of a Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: The Importance of Resuspension
R. Arimoto, T. Kirchner, J. Webb, M. Conley, B. Stewart, D. Schoep, and M. Walthall
Page - 456

Decay Data for Internal and External Dose Assessment
Michael G. Stabin and Lydia C.Q.P. da Luz   
Page - 471

The Bioaccessibility of Low Level Radionuclides from Two Savannah River Site Soils
K. M. Ellickson, C. J. Schopfer, and P. J. Lioy   
Page - 476

Experimental Verification of Overdispersion in Radioassay Data
Thomas M. Semkow     
Page - 485

The Probability of Finding a Localized Area with Elevated Contamination by Using a Mobile Detector
Michael J. Davis     
Page - 497

A Comparison of Transient Dose Model Predictions and Experimental Measurements
R. L. Steinman, R. F. Weiner, and K. J. Kearfott   
Page - 504

Using Exact Poisson Likelihood Functions in Bayesian Interpretation of Counting Measurements
Guthrie Miller, Harry F. Martz, Tom T. Little, and Ray Guilmette  
Page - 512

Access-Control and Interlock-Signal Systems for the LHD Experimental Hall
T. Kawano, N. Inoue, Y. Sakuma, S. Tanahashi, and O. Motojima   
Page - 519

Monte Carlo Simulation of a Scanning Detector Whole Body Counter and the Effect of BOMAB Phantom Size on the Calibration
Gary H. Kramer, Linda C. Burns, and Steven Guerriere    
Page - 526


NOTES            

Dental ESR Dosimetry of a Medical Physicist Who Received Occupational Radiation Exposure for Almost 40 Y
Midori Iwasaki, Chyuzo Miyazawa, Tooru Chida, Fumiaki Takahashi, and Yoshio Onai
Page - 534

CASTEAUR: A Simple Tool to Assess the Transfer of Radionuclides in Waterways
K. Beaugelin-Seiller, P. Boyer, J. Garnier-Laplace, and C. Adam   
Page - 539

Depleted Uranium in Kosovo: Results of a Survey by Gamma Spectrometry on Soil Samples
J. Uyttenhove, M. Lemmens, and M. Zizi      
Page - 543

Measurement of Alpha Particle Energy Using Windowless Electret Ion Chambers
S. K. Dua, P. Kotrappa, R. Srivastava, M. A. Ebadian, and L. R. Stieff   549

Measurements of Effective Doses of Natural Background Level of Neutrons with Etched-Track Detectors
Yoshikazu Kumamoto and Yutaka Noda      
Page - 553


OPERATIONAL TOPICS         

Predicted Responses for a Particulate Detection System in a Continuous Stack Monitor
Mark A. Tries, Ryan L. Holloman, and Leo M. Bobek    
Page - 558

The Potential Impact of Incomplete Radiography Histories in Epidemiologic Studies that Rely on Prepaid Health Plan Records
Janice M. Pogoda and Susan Preston-Martin      
Page - 567


BOOK REVIEWS     

Radiation Protection: A Guide for Scientists, Regulators and Physicians
Citation by Rose Marie Pratt    
Page - 571

Plutonium in the Environment
Citation by Larry W. Luckett    
Page - 571


OTHER CONTENT     

News and Notices    Page - 573
Health Physics Society Prospectus      
Health Physics Society Affiliate Members    
Author Guidelines    Appears at the back of this issue  
Advertisers Guide   Appears at the back of this issue
Advertisers Index   Appears at the back of this issue
Up and Coming    Appears at the back of this issue