Conference on Rapid Radioactivity Measurement Techniques

[SMJ1@NEWTON.NPL.CO.UK (Simon Jerome, Radioactivity Group, NPL : 0181 943 6204)]

Dear Colleagues,

I append the first announcement for this conference to this message and
I hope that it is of interest to you. It is also intended that there
will be a manufacterer's exhibition at the conference and those
interested should also contact me at the addresses given at the end.

IMPORTANT:

If you reply by Email, please reply to the conference Email address:

RAPID@NEWTON.NPL.CO.UK

Please do not reply to my Email address (smj1@newton.npl.co.uk) or via
the RADSAFE Email network (RADSAFE@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu)

I hope to hear from you soon.

Simon Jerome

First announcement : 

RAPID RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS IN EMERGENCY AND ROUTINE SITUATIONS
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CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
                                                                
This is neatly encapsulated in the title, although the emphasis is to
be placed on the rapidity of the techniques used in radiochemical 
analysis and radiometric measurement and how these differ from 
conventional (ie more time consuming) methods of analysis. 

CONFERENCE TOPICS

Instrumentation;
In situ measurements;
Rapid radiochemical methods (fission products and actinides);
Laboratory set up and environment;
Rapid measurement techniques;
Information networks, and
Dissemination of information.

VENUE

The National Physical Laboratory,
Queens Road,
Teddington,
Middlesex TW11 0LW,
UNITED KINGDOM

TIMETABLE (provisional)

First announcement/call for expressions of interest:	November 1996

Initial returns of expressions of interest:		17 January 1997

Second announcement and call for abstracts:		February 1997

Deadline for submission of abstracts:			1 April 1997

Issue of registration forms and notification of
acceptance or rejection of abstracts:			1 July 1997

Deadline for conference registration and submission of
papers:                             			1 September 1997

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* CONFERENCE					15-17 October 1997 *
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Final copy to publisher:				31 December 1997

Publication:						First quarter 1998


PUBLICATION

The conference papers will be published in 'Radioactivity and
Radiochemistry' early in 1998.

SUPPORT

The conference is being organised under the auspices of:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 
International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology (ICRM),
Radiochemical Methods Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RCMG-RSC),
and 
National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Dr E. Cooper                                              AECL, Canada
Dr P. Danesi                                              IAEA, Austria
Dr K.G.W. Inn                                             NIST, USA
Prof E. Holm                                              Lund, Sweden
S.M. Jerome                                               NPL,  UK
Dr R. Martincic                         Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Dr F. Schoenhofer       Federal Institute for Food Control and 
                        Research,                               Austria
Dr V. Valkovic                        Ruder Boskovic Institute, Croatia


To receive the next announcement, please return this form by 17 January 1997,
expressing your interest in this conference by sending your details (see
below) either by;


1)   facsimile to:	+44 (0) 181 943 6161


2)   post to:		Simon Jerome, National Physical Laboratory,
			Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW,
			UNITED KINGDOM

or

3)   to the conference E-mail address: RAPID@NEWTON.NPL.CO.UK

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