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Multiple field-based radiation measurement systems used at remediation sites at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. See article by Christopher P. Oertel et al. on page 664 for more information.

Contents of December 2004, Volume 87, Number 6

AWARDS

2004 Founders Award-Kenneth L. Miller Citation by Richard J. Vetter

2004 Elda E. Anderson Award-Timothy A. DeVol Citation by Robert A. Fjeld

2004 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award-F. Ward Whicker — Citation by David D. Breshears

2004 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award-Ralph H. Thomas — Citation by David S. Myers

2004 Outstanding Science Teacher Award-John Schaefers — Citation by John W. Luetzelschwab

2004 Robley D. Evans Commemorative Medal-Geoffrey G. Eichholz — Citation by Michael T. Ryan

2004 Health Physics Society Fellow Members and Student Awards

2004 William A. McAdams Outstanding Service Award-Edward F. Maher — Citation by Mary L. Birch

2004 National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists Arthur F. Humm, Jr. Award — Citation by Don Marshall

PAPERS

Test of CAP88-PC's Predicted Concentrations of Tritium in Air at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — S-R Peterson

Characterization of Plutonium Aerosol Collected during an Accident — Yung Sung Cheng, Raymond A. Guilmette, Yue Zhou, Jun Gao, Thomas LaBone, Jeffrey J. Whicker, and Mark D. Hoover

Projecting the Time Trend of Thyroid Cancers: Its Impact on Assessment of Radiation-Induced Cancer Risks — Olivier Catelinois, Pierre Verger, Marc Colonna, Agnès Rogel, Denis Hemon, and Margot Tirmarche

Corneal Epithelial Injury Thresholds for Exposures to 1.54 μm Radiation-Dependence on Beam Diameter — Russell L. McCally, Jennifer Bonney-Ray, and C. Brent Bargeron

The Application of Retrospective Luminescence Dosimetry in Areas Affected by Fallout from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site: An Evaluation of Potential — I. K. Bailiff, V. F. Stepanenko, H. Y. Göksu, H. Jungner, S. B. Balmukhanov, T. S. Balmukhanov, L. G. Khamidova, V. I. Kisilev, I. B. Kolyado, T. V. Kolizshenkov, Y. N. Shoikhet, and A. F. Tsyb

Sample Bottle Design Improvements for Radon Emanation Analysis of Natural Waters — Christina E. Stringer and William C. Burnett

FORUM

Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer Risk: Commentary on Cohen's County-Based Study — C. W. Heath, Jr., P. D. Bond, D. G. Hoel, and C. B. Meinhold

Response to "Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer Risk: Commentary on Cohen's County-Based Study" — Bernard L. Cohen

NOTES

Uranium in Hot Water Tanks: A Source of TENORM — T. A. DeVol and R. L. Woodruff, Jr.

OPERATIONAL TOPICS

In Situ Depth Profiling of ¹³⁷Cs Contamination in Soils at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory — Christopher P. Oertel, John R. Giles, Kenneth C. Thompson, and Richard P. Wells

CORRESPONDENCE

Danger in Extrapolating Indoor Radon Risk from Underground Miner Data — Philippe Duport

Comment on "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Assessment of Risks from Indoor Radon" — Alfred J. Cavallo

Response to Duport and Cavallo — J. S. Puskin, A. C. James, and D. J. Pawel

BOOK REVIEWS

Physics in Nuclear Medicine, 3rd Edition — Reviewed by Lawrence T. Dauer

Radiation Protection and Radioactive Waste Management in the Operation of Nuclear Power Plants — Reviewed by Geoffrey G. Eichholz

Occupational Radiation Protection — Reviewed by Geoffrey G. Eichholz

Accidental Overexposure of Radiotherapy Patients in Bialystok — Reviewed by Geoffrey G. Eichholz

OTHER CONTENT

News and Notices

Health Physics Society Prospectus

Health Physics Society Affiliate Members

List of 2003-2004 Journal Reviewers

List of Contents for Volume 87

Author Index for Volume 87

Subject Index for Volume 87

ORS Author Index for Volume 86 and 87

ORS Subject Index for Volume 86 and 87

Author Guidelines

Advertisers Guide

Advertisers Index

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