Baltimore-Washington, HPS Chapter Meeting Announcement

["Stuart.Altman" <Stuart.Altman@dp.doe.gov>]

  FELLOW RADSAFERS:
  
  If you work/reside in the Baltimore-Washington area or if you happen to 
  find yourself in the area on September 17, 1996, we would like to invite 
  you to our first Local HPS Chapter Meeting of the season:
  
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           BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CHAPTER, HPS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT:
  
DATE:      September 17, 1996 (Tuesday) 

LOCATION:  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
           Cafeteria and Auditorium, "B" Building
           National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
           (Across from the "Medical Center/NIH" Metro Station).

SPEAKERS:  Bob Zoon, Radiation Safety Officer, NIH
           Nancy Newman, Chief, Radiation Safety Operations Section, NIH
           Shawn Googins, Chief, Technical Services Section, RSB, NIH

SUBJECT:   HEALTH PHYSICS RESPONSE TO THE INTERNAL P-32 CONTAMINATION OF
           BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

           On June 29, 1995, the Radiation Safety Branch responded to a 
           request for assistance by a biomedical researcher who, while 
           monitoring his work area for contamination, discovered that his 
           wife, a researcher within the same laboratory, was contaminated.
           During the investigation, other persons within the same 
           laboratory building were discovered with detectable, but much
           lower, P-32 intake using urine bioassay.  Continued surveillance
           led to the discovery of a contaminated bottled water cooler in 
           an unrestricted corridor of the laboratory building.  The NIH 
           Radiation Safety Program was undergoing a routine inspection by
           the NRC at the time of the incident, and the report led to the 
           formation of an Augmented Inspection Team.

           The speakers will discuss their actions in response to the 
           incident, the health physics surveys and assessments that were 
           performed, variations in the calculated intake using different 
           dosimetry models (this was a significant finding), and the
           effects of this incident on the NIH radioisotope research 
           program.

TIME:      6:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Social Hour (Cash Bar)
           7:00 - 8:00 p.m   Mexican Buffet Dinner (Cost is $20.00)
                              (Mexican salad bar, Chicken tortilla crepes,
                               Enchilada style burrito, Spanish rice, corn,
                               Desert, Chips and Salsa)
           8:00 p.m.          Speakers

RESERVATIONS:  Call the Chapter telephone, (301) 949-4178 and leave your 
               name and telephone number.  Please speak slowly and 
               distinctly so that we can type the reservation list from the 
               recording.  Reservation cut-off is noon Monday, September 
               16th.  Cancellations must be received at least 24 hours
               prior to the dinner or you may be required to pay for the 
               meal.

For further information on this meeting or on future meetings, please 
contact Jack Patterson (President-Elect) at (301) 734-4948.

For a membership application to join the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of 
the HPS, please contact Stuart Altman (Membership Chair) at (301) 903-6407 
or via E-mail at stuart.altman@dp.doe.gov