2nd announcement for The 42nd Annual Bioassay Conference

["Donivan Porterfield, LANL CST-3" <dporterfield@lanl.gov>]

The second announcement of the the 42nd Annual Conference on Bioassay,
Analytical, and Environmental Radiochemistry is available at the Con-
ference Web site: http://mwanal.lanl.gov/bioassay/bioassay.html

The Conference dates are October 13-17, 1996 in San Fracisco, CA.  
Included with the second announcement is a registration form.  The
Conference fee will increase after July 1 so registration this month
is suggested.

There are five workshops/panel discussions on the schedule. These will be:
     Dose Reconstruction Workshop (L. Anspaugh/LLNL) 
     Quality Assurance/Quality Control Workshop (M. Khalil et al.) 
     Application of Detectable Limit & Critical Level Concepts, Practical
Application Workshop (T. Rucker/SAIC) 
     Environmental Radioactivity Workshop (C. F. Wu/Westinghouse) 
     Radiochemical Aspects of Actinides (M. Thein et al./ORNL) 

Important dates for presenters are:

        Preliminary Titles or Abstracts - August 1, 1996 

        Final Camera-Ready Abstracts - September 1, 1996

The Co-Chairs for this 42nd annual meeting, Dr. David P. Hickman and
Son Nguyen of Lawrance Livermore National Laboratory are busy planning
for an excellent Conference experience for all.

For those without Web access additional Conference information can be
obtained from Paula Foerschler (510) 423-1714, (510) 422-5176 (fax),
or foerschler1@llnl.gov.






Donivan Porterfield                     (505) 667-4710
Los Alamos National Laboratory          (505) 665-5982 fax
MS K484, CST-3 (Analytical Quality and Chemical Information Management)
Los Alamos, NM 87545                    dporterfield@lanl.gov