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STCHPS Annual Meeting
SOUTH TEXAS CHAPTER HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY MEETING
Texas A&M University, College Station
Friday, May 1, 1998
Executive Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Room 342, Zachry Engineering Center, Texas A&M University
Saturday, May 2, 1998
Annual Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
George Bush Library Conference Center Theater
Saturday Agenda
8:30 a.m. Call to Order President-Elect A. J. Teachout, in George
Bush Presidential Conference Center Theater
8:30-8:45 Conductivity Monitoring for Leak Detection in Double-
Walled Plutonium Containers, Mark Nelson, TAMU (G)
8:45-9:00 Use of Two Dosimeters for Better Estimation of
Effective Dose Equivalent, Chan-Hyeong Kim, TAMU (G)
9:00-9:15 Fault-tree Analysis of Reported-Dose Errors Associated
with Film Badge Readings, Janet McCrary, TAMU (U)
9:15-9:30 Survey of Education and Experience of Health Physicists
from Various Backgrounds, Larry Krisanits, TAMU (U)
9:30-9:45 Nuclear Power Generation in the Next Millennium,
Christopher Comfort, TAMU
9:45-10-15 Break
10:15-10:30 Status of Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Efforts, Susan Jablonski, Texas LLRWDA
10:30-10:45 A Field Method For Validating Estimated P-32
Activities in Solid Radioactive Waste, Richard Costello,
UTH-HSC (G)
10:45-11:00 Radon Concentration Measurements in South-Central
Texas Water Supplies, David Hearnsberger, TAMU (U)
11:00-11:15 Global Status of Nuclear Weapons, Ian Hamilton, TAMU
11:15-11:30 Environmental and Agricultural Impact of Accidents
Postulated for Missions Proposed for the USDOE Pantex
Plant, Kenneth Krieger, TAMU (G)
11:30-1:30 Luncheon with Invited Lecture: Public Health Aspects
of Health Physics. The Guest Speaker is Herman Cember,
Ph.D., Northwestern University
1:30-1:45 Monte Carlo Calculations of the Energy Deposition of
Correlated Electrons from 1 MeV Alpha Particles,
Russell DePriest, TAMU (G)
1:45-2:00 Metabolic Modeling for Deposition of Transuranic
Elements on Bone Surfaces, Donald Halter, TAMU (G)
2:00-2:15 Interleukin-1 Promoter Activation by Ionizing Radiation
is Mediated by Ionizing Radiation by Nuclear Factor-kB,
Raegan Hunt, TAMU (G)
2:15-2:30 Student Presentation, UTSA-HSC (G)
2:30-3:00 Tritium Exposures, Pete Myers, Texas BRC
3:00-5:00 Tour, George Bush Presidential Library
5:00-5:30 Business Meeting in George Bush Presidential
Conference Center Theater
5:30-7:30 Dinner with Invited Lecturer: Cassini Launch
Radiological Support. The Guest Speaker is Mr. George
Marmaro, Radiation Protection Manager, Kennedy Space
Center
(U) Denotes Undergraduate Student Status (G) Denotes Graduate Student
Status
Lunch: Baked Cajun Catfish and Roast Turkey Buffet
Dinner: Texas Barbecue
Hotel accommodations have been arranged through Super 8 in College
Station, 301 S. Texas Avenue, Bryan, 77803 (just north of the
University Drive/Texas Avenue intersection on the righthand side of
Texas Avenue). Call before April 15, 1998, to make reservations:
(409) 846-8800. Rooms being held under the group name "Health
Physics" are non-smoking rooms, but a smoking room may be requested
at the time of registration. Rates: $54/single occupancy,
$55/double occupancy. However, if you fill out an application for
their VIP program at the time you check-in (sign-up is free), then
the rate drops to $45/single occupancy, $49/double occupancy. Call
early because there are a limited number of rooms that are being held
for the Health Physics Society.
If driving directly to the George Bush Presidential Conference Center
travelling on Highway 21, take the 2818 exit (Bryan, South) to George
Bush Drive. The conference center is visible from the intersection
of 2818 and George Bush Drive.
Registration Fees:
STC MEMBER
Technical Session Only $10
Lunch or Dinner Only $16
Technical Session and Lunch $26
Technical Session and Dinner $26
Technical Session, Lunch and Dinner $40
NON-MEMBER
Technical Session Only $15
Lunch or Dinner Only $18
Technical Session and Lunch $32
Technical Session and Dinner $32
Technical Session, Lunch and Dinner $45
STC STUDENT MEMBER
Technical Session Only Free
Lunch or Dinner Only $5
Technical Session and Lunch $5
Technical Session and Dinner $5
Technical Session, Lunch and Dinner $10
Pre-Registrations should include Name, Mailing Address, E-mail
Address, Phone Number and Check; and should be mailed to:
Susan Jablonski
South Texas Chapter Health Physics Society
7701 N. Lamar, Suite 300
Austin, TX 78752
Note: Licensed Medical Physicists and Medical Radiological
Technologists attending the Technical Sessions will receive "at
least" 6.0 Continuing Education Credits.
Note: Registration, lunch and/or dinner fees will not be refunded
for any cancellations made after April 24, 1998. Registration at the
door, if room or meals are available, has a $10 added fee (to
encourage you to get your reservation in on time so we can plan the
number of meals needed and not waste a lot of the chapter's money).
Note: For maps of how to find the buildings in which meetings will
be held on the TAMU Campus, see the TAMU web site at
www.tamu.edu/map/building and select either Zachry Engineering Center
or Bush School of Government & Public Service Conference Center.
Pete Myers, Cf, Med & Acad Licensing
Bureau Rad Control, Texas Dept Hlth
Phone (512) 834-6688 (FAX 834-6690)
Pete.Myers@tdh.state.tx.us