Harvard Announces Radioactivity in the Environment Program

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Harvard School of Public Health Center for Continuing Professional

Education announces...


Radioactivity in the Environment: Risk, Assessment, and

Measurement

May 19-22, 2003

Boston, MA

Program Director: Keith H. Dinger, MS, CHP, 

Instructor in Environmental Science and Engineering

Department of Environmental Health 

Harvard School of Public Health 

Past President, Health Physics Society


SAVE THE DATES

If you want to be at the forefront of your organization's strategic

response to the latest regulations governing environmental measurement

and assessment of man-made radioactivity, mark your calendar for May

19-22, 2003.


That is when the Harvard School of Public Health Center for Continuing

Professional Education offers its annual program, Radioactivity in the

Environment: Risk, Assessment, and Measurement, which provides an

overview of three interrelated aspects of man-made radioactive materials

in the environment: risks to human health, transport through the

environment, and detection and measurement in the presence of natural

background.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This popular program helps those who represent both private and

public interests, including:

• environmental engineers/scientists
• federal, state, and local regulators
• health physicists
• industrial hygienists
• nuclear engineers

GAIN VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE

Over the course of four information-packed days, you will gain the

knowledge and skills you need to:

• Describe the development of radiation risk coefficients, including underlying assumptions and uncertainties
• Calculate potential health effects for a population exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation
• Detect and measure radiation and radioactive materials in the environment
• Select models of radioactive material dispersion and transport for your application
• Perform screening calculations to evaluate whether the potential release of radioactive material complies with regulations

OTHER BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Tour a state-of-the-art environmental lab to observe quality control and assurance methods
• Review latest reports and recommendations from national and international scientific committees
• Discuss EPA CD supplement to FGR-13 and other Federal Guidance Reports
• Learn the latest methods for radiation measurement, data analysis, and risk assessment
• Earn continuing education credit

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For details and to register, visit

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/RIE.shtml


OR Call 617-384-8692

Email contedu@hsph.harvard.edu

Fax 617-384-8690

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