Greater New York Chapter of the Health Physics Society Symposium

[Kathleen McIntyre <mcintyre@mail.sep.bnl.gov>]

ANNOUNCEMENT:  	Greater New York Chapter of the Health Physics Society Symposium

MEETING DATE:	May 29, 1998

TOPIC:
	Brookhaven National Laboratory: Lessons Learned...
	The theme of the symposium is to review the BNL experience with respect to
the discovery of elevated tritium levels in the on-site groundwater.
Speakers representing different professional backgrounds will provide
insights as to how they responded to the issues that surrounded this event.  


PLANNED SPEAKER LIST:

	The history of BNL and the social dimension of science, Robert Crease,
University of NY at StonyBrook

	A technical discussion of the ground water issues, Doug Paquette,
hydrogeologist at BNL
	
	The public affairs perspective, Mona Rowe, Manager of media and external
publications at BNL	

	Environmental, Safety and Health issues, Robert Casey, Special Assistant
ESH and Quality at BNL

	The impact on DOE science and ESH programs, Charles Billups,  DOE Energy
Research 
				


LOCATION:			Brookhaven National Laboratory
				Upton, New York
				Brookhaven Center

TIME:				8:30 Registration
				4:30 Conclusion


Registration fee: $45.00 payable at the door - includes two breaks and luncheon

To register,  contact Kathleen McIntyre at:
phone:  	516-344-5868
FAX:            516-344-7497
email:          Mcintyre@bnl.gov 

Registration deadline: May 22, 1998			
Kathleen McIntyre
Brookhaven National Laboratory
129B
Upton, New York 11973-5000
516-344-5868
516-344-7497 (fax)

mcintyre@bnl.gov