Two meetings in the DC area: Speaker is Ted Rockwell

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

A friend asked me to pass this along.  Both meetings

are next week.  

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Dear Members of the UM Chapter of Sigma Xi:



 



      Two of our sister Sigma Xi chapters (the Food &

Drug Administration Chapter and the Army Research Lab

Chapter) are sponsoring separate talks featuring Dr.

Theodore Rockwell, Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer. 

They have invited our membership to take part in these

activities.  (The FDA Chapter also invites all

interested individuals -- especially undergraduate and

graduate students -- to attend, as their talk will be

held in a large auditorium.)



 



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Friday, 7 November 2003 (FDA Chapter)



 



Dr. Rockwell will give a lecture and interactive

discussion at the JIFSAN Building in College Park. The

title of his talk is "Facts and Myths about Ionizing

Radiation and Nuclear Technology."  Topics include:



 



 * What should you know about medical procedures that

use radiation?



 * What are the risks from food poisoning compared to

risks from food



      irradiation?



 * What are "dirty bombs" and how dangerous are they?



 * Does fear of radiation/radioactivity distort public

policy on energy



      choices, emergency and anti-terrorist planning?



 



The meeting and lecture be held in the Wiley Building

auditorium at the Center for Food Safety and Applied

Technology, College Park, Maryland from 3:30 p.m. to

5:00 p.m.  Light refreshments will be served. The

lecture is free. Just bring your questions and expect

to interact with the speaker.



 



Visitors should pre-register to facilitate entry into

the building and parking.  Please contact Paddy

Wiesenfeld at 301/827-8526 or at

pwiesenf@cfsan.fda.gov.



 



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Saturday, 8 November 2003 (ARL Chapter)



 



This will be a dinner meeting in Tyson's Corner.  Dr.

Rockwill will give a talk on "Facts and Myths about

Ionizing Radiation, or Fear as the Great Motivator." 

The talk will be geared towards a general audience.



 

The meeting will be held at Mr. Smith's of Georgetown,

8369 Leesburg Pike, Tyson's Corner, VA 22182,

703/893-5500.  Dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the

talk at 7:30 p.m.  The cost is $35 per person, and

reservations must be made by 3 November 2003.  For

more information, please contact Marc Litz

(301/394-5556 or litz@arl.army.mil) or Gary Wood

(301/394-0932 or gwood@arl.army.mil).

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Brief Bio: Dr. Theodore is an often requested Sigma Xi

Distinguished Lecturer. Fellow of the American Nuclear

Society, recipient of the first ANS Lifetime

Contribution Award, and a member of the National

Academy of Engineering, Ted has been awarded

Distinguished Service Medals from both the Navy and

the Atomic Energy Commission. He is author of several

books, technical papers and articles on radiation and

nuclear power, including the standard text Reactor

Shielding Design Manual. He was technical director of

Admiral Hyman Rickover's program to build the nuclear

Navy and the world's first commercial atomic power

station at Shippingport, PA.

 



Dr. Rockwell has been involved with nuclear power for

many years, ranging from working on the atomic bomb

project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to

developing designs for safe operation of nuclear

powered naval vessels, to developing the first

commercial central station nuclear power plant. He is

founding officer of the engineering firm MPR

Associates, Inc. and of Radiation, Science and Health

Inc., an international organization of independent

radiation experts committed to bringing radiation

policy in line with the best scientific data.

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"It had been understood by Cleon, who, in the fifth century B.C., had reminded the citizens of another imperial power, Athens, that 'a democracy is incapable of empire.'"

James Lawrence, during the War of 1812



-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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