Health Physics Society Journal

December 2007, Volume 93, Number 6

Activities associated with the disposal of mixed low-level waste (MLLW) in the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site Pit 3 (Mixed Waste Disposal Unit) generated by the demolition of the X-770 building at the Portsmouth site in southern Ohio. See article by Julianne J. Miller on page 645 for more information.

AWARDS

2007 Founders Award—Robert G. Gallaghar — Citation by Casper Sun

2007 Founders Award Memorial—Charles A. Willis, 1931-1999 — Citation by Allen Brodsky

2007 Elda E. Anderson Award—Ali A. Simpkins — Citation by Timothy Jannik

2007 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award—John Dunning Boice, Jr. — Citation by Jean St. Germain

2007 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award—Joseph K. Soldat — Citation by Richard Pierson

2007 Outstanding Science Teacher Award—Lawrence A. Scheckel — Citation by Daniel J. McGrane

2007 Health Physics Society Fellow Members and Student Awards

2007 William A. McAdams Outstanding Service Award—Kathryn H. Pryor — Citation by Jim Tarpinian

2007 National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists Arthur F. Humm, Jr., Award—Dave Biela — Citation by DeeDee McNeill

PAPERS

Q-Band EPR Biodosimetry in Tooth Enamel Microsamples: Feasibility Test and Comparison with X-Band — A. Romanyukha, C.A. Mitchell, D.A. Schauer, L. Romanyukha, and H.M. Swartz

Characterization of Internal Exposure to Enriched Uranium at a Former Gaseous Diffusion Plant — J.L. Anderson, H.B. Spitz, and J.H. Yiin

Characterizing Potential Exposure to the Public from Low-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation by Truck — Julianne J. Miller, David S. Shafer, Karen J. Gray, Bruce W. Church, Jeffrey J. Tappen, Scott A. Campbell, and Barbara A. Holz

Patient Parameters and Other Radiation Safety Issues in ¹³¹I Therapy for Thyroid Cancer Treatment — Abdalla N. Al-Haj, Charlie S. Lagarde, and Aida M. Lobriguito

Licensee Over-Reliance on Conservatisms in NRC Guidance Regarding the Release of Patients Treated with ¹³¹I — Jeffry A. Siegel, Carol S. Marcus, and Michael G. Stabin

Correction Factors for More Accurate Estimates of Exposure Rates near Radioactive Patients: Experimental, Point, and Line Source Models — J. Willegaignon, Maria I.C. Guimarães, Michael G. Stabin, Marcelo T. Sapienza, Luiz F. Malvestiti, Marília M.S. Marone, and Gian-Maria A.A. Sordi

Radioactivity in Atomic-Bomb Samples from Exposure to Environmental Neutrons — S. Endo, K. Shizuma, K. Tanaka, M. Ishikawa, W. Rühm, S.D. Egbert, and M. Hoshi

NOTES

The LLNL Voxel Phantom: Comparison with the Physical Phantom and Previous Virtual Phantoms — Gary H. Kramer, Kevin Capello, and Jeremy Sung

Estimating Radiation Dose from Time to Emesis and Lymphocyte Depletion — Denise D. Parker and Jack C. Parker

A Note on the Number of Survey Stations Required in a Mass Casualty Radiation Event — Ronald E. Goans

BOOK REVIEWS

A Series of Studies of the Health Effects and Its Protection Measures of the Miners' Inhaled Thorium Dusts — Reviewed by T. Edmond Hui

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