NCCHPS Meeting 20Nov

["Jack H. Elliott" <elliottj@pacbell.net>]

*******  NOVEMBER 20 NCCHPS DINNER MEETING *******
     
The NCCHPS is pleased to announce its November 1997 dinner meeting.  
     
Ken Barat, Laser Safety Officer for Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory, will speak on the Advanced Light Source.  The ALS is a 
third generation synchrotron light source, located in a national
user facility for scientific research and  development at LBNL.  
     
Please bring a friend and join us for dinner and professional 
enrichment at Spenger's Fish Grotto in Berkeley.
     
DATE:  Thursday, November 20, 1997
     
DIRECTIONS:  Take I-80 to University Avenue heading East. Spenger's is
at 919 4th Street, north of the overpass. Parking is free at the
restaurant.
     
SCHEDULE:   6:00 - Cocktails (no host bar), 7:00 - Dinner, 8:00 - 
     Presentation by Ken Barat
     
     MENU:  Please indicate your meal choice when responding:
     A =Baked Cornish Hen,  B = Sirloin Tips, or C =Pacific Red Snapper 
     Almondine.  
     
     Each meal choice includes a French roll, salad,dessert and
     beverage.  
     
     Price of the meal including sales tax and service charge is $20.00,
     or $25.00 for late reservation or walk-ins.
     
     RESERVATIONS (mailed, phoned or e-mailed) must be made with Bev 
     DeOcampo by Monday, November 17.    Contact Bev at    
     mailto:deocampo1@llnl.gov   or     (510) 422-7956. 
     
PREVIEW OF KEN BARAT'S PRESENTATION:     The Advanced Light 
Source{ALS} is a third generation synchrotron light source, producing 
radiation in the UV and soft x-ray regions. The ALS is a  national 
user facility for scientific research and development located at 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. As a user facility it is 
available to researchers from industry, academia and laboratories
from all around the world. Subsequently, a wide range of safety concerns 
become involved. This talk will deal with procedures implemented at 
the ALS to provide laser safety in this atmosphere. One of 
accommodating users[who come from a broad spectrum of safety 
cultures], with  an effort to comply with the ANSI Z136.1 laser safety 
standard as called for by the Dept. of Energy .
     
Ken Barat, Laser Safety Officer for LBNL. Ken is a Fellow of the Laser 
Institute of America. Member of several laser ANSI committees, has 
published several laser safety articles in peer reviewed journals. 
Instructs laser safety courses for the LIA and private firms.
Founder of the Bay Area Laser Safety Officer Society. Formerly ran the 
non-ionizing program for the AZ Radiation Regulatory Agency.    


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Jack H. Elliott
Mailto:Jack@ElliottMail.com