NCHPS meeting

["Vaclav Vylet" <vylet001@mc.duke.edu>]

Dear colleagues,


This is a last-minute information about the upcoming meeting of the 

North Carolina HPS Chapter in Asheville. I hope to reach HPs in

adjacent states (VA, TN, SC) within short driving distance to

Asheville. We have a great program with nationally-known speakers,

including HPS Pres.-Elect Ken Kase. Please see below information

on our program, hotel reservations and registrations. Certified

HPs qualify for 16 credits by attending this meeting. A dinner

buffet is included in the very reasonable registration fee

($20 - $30 see details below).

Additional info is also available at the NCHPS web site: 

http://www.nchps.org


I hope to see some of you in Asheville!

Best regards


Vashek Vylet

NCHPS President-Elect


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Vaclav "Vashek" Vylet, Ph.D.            Phone: 919-668-3189

OESO/DUMC Box 3155                        Fax: 919-668-2783

Duke University               e-mail: vashek.vylet@duke.edu

Durham, NC 27710, USA



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PROGRAM - NCHPS Fall Meeting 

Asheville, September 26-27, 2002


Thursday


1:00 - 1:10  Vashek Vylet: Welcome

1:10 - 1:30  Brueckner & Taylor: Liquid Brachytherapy - Radiation Safety

                                 Considerations

1:30 - 2:15  Shawn Googins: Informed Consent and Ethics for the Health

                            Physicists

2:15 - 3:00  Dan Sprau: Too Cheap To Meter: Resurgence of Nuclear Power

3:00 - 3:15  Bill Fitzgerald: Vendor introduction

3:15 - 3:30  Break with Refreshments

3:30 - 4:15  Tom Bell: WBC at Remote Enewetak Atoll - Construction Challenges

                       and Involvement of the Local Enewetak Community

4:15 - 5:00  Bob Gilliam: Radiological Waste Treatment Using Reverse Osmosis,

                          Evaporation and Solidification from Russian

                          Submarines.

5:00 - 6:00  Todd Baker: Executive Committee Meeting

6:15 - 8:00: Buffet Dinner



Friday


8:00 - 9:00  Ken Kase: Health Physics Society Strategic Plan and Important

                       Initiatives

9:00 - 9:45  Dade Moeller: 50 Years in Health Physics

9:45- 10:15  Alen Mabry: Internal Dosimetry: Using the Most Current ICRP

                         Dosimetric Quantities and Biokenetic Models

10:15 - 10:30  Break with Refreshments

10:30 - 11:00  Ken Kase: Challenges in Medical Health Physics

11:00 - 11:15  Giao Nguyen: Review of Radiation Safety Training Programs

                            at a University Medical Center

11:15 - 12:00  John Smalling:  Homeland Security

12:00 - 12:05  Vashek Vylet: Good-bye


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               NCHPS 2002 Fall Meeting Registration Form

Name:         ________________________________________

Company:         ________________________________________

Address:         ________________________________________

         ________________________________________

Phone:         ________________________________________

Email:         ________________________________________


NCHPS Member Registration        $20        

Non-Member Registration        $25        

Companion Dinner        $15        


You can also register upon arrival: members $25, non-members $30.


Make checks payable to: NCHPS                

Mail to:        Barbara Aaron

        NCSU Radiation Safety

        Campus Box 8007 

        Raleigh, NC 27695-8007


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RESERVATIONS: Uou may still be able to get the group rate of $79.95 + tax, which includes continental breakfast. Please use the group code CGHPS to obtain the discounted price. 


Best Western Asheville Biltmore 

22 Woodfin Street

Asheville, NC 28801

(888) 854-6897

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