NIST Brachytherapy Initiative

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

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>To Medphys Brachytherapy Persons,
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>The following may be of particular interest in view
>of the recent threads on I/Pd souces:
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>Federal Register: November 13, 1997 (Volume 62, Number
>219, 60823).
>
>Section: Notices
>Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
>Title: Announcement of a Meeting To Discuss an Opportunity
>        To Join a Cooperative Research and Development
>        Consortium on Brachytherapy Manufacturing Technology
>Action: Notice of public meeting.
>
>...
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>SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and
>Technology (NIST) invites interested parties to attend a
>meeting on December 9, 1997 to discuss the possibility of
>setting up a cooperative research consortium on
>Brachytherapy Manufacturing Technology. The goal of the
>consortium is to identify critical industrial needs for NIST
>to be involved in source dosimety modeling, developing
>necessary standards and standard reference materials, and
>developing and disseminating systems for performing
>automated high accuracy dosimety measurements and
>calculations.
>
>DATES: The meeting will take place on December 9, 1997 at
>10:00 a.m. Interested parties should contact NIST to confirm
>their interest at the address, telephone number or FAX number
>shown below.
>
>ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place and inquiries should
>be sent to Room C301, Building 245, National Institute of
>Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001.
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Christopher Soares, 301-975-5589;
>FAX 301-869-7682.
>
>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any program undertaken will be
>within the scope and confines of The Federal Technology
>Transfer Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-502, 15 U.S.C. 3710a),
>which provides federal laboratories including NIST, with the
>authority to enter into cooperative research agreements with
>qualified parties. Under this law, NIST may provide "personnel,
>service, facilities, equipment, or other resources with or
>without reimbursement (but not funds to non-federal
>parties)"--to the cooperative research program.
>
>Members will be expected to make a contribution to the
>consortium's efforts in the form of personnel, data, and/or
>funds. This is not a grant program.
>
>The R&D staff of each industrial partner in the Consortium
>will be able to interact with NIST researchers on generic
>measurement needs in the industry for specific brachytherapy
>source designs. The industrial partners will also be able to
>schedule at NIST collaborative projects in which they could
>participate. All partners will receive a copy of all
>non-proprietary data on all materials measured. All partners
>will have a certain amount of NIST measurements made on
>materials they request. All partners have some influence as
>to the type and accuracy of the measurements and calculations
>pursued by the consortium. Development of standard reference
>materials suitable for use for the range of activities and
>radioisotopes and photon energies appropriate for use in
>brachytherapy in accordance with U.S. regulatory protocols and
>accepted standard protocols is an integral part of the mission
>of the NIST Brachytherapy Manufacturing Technology Consortium.
>
>Dated: November 6, 1997.
>Elaine Bunten-Mines,
>Director, Program Office.
>...
>