Operational Radiation Safety

Gundersen Lutheran Health System staff member surveys a patient outside the Trauma and Emergency Center to detect potential radioactive contamination from a transportation accident involving a radiopharmaceutical courier vehicle. See article by Mary Ellen Jafari on page S123.

Contents of Vol. 99, No. 2, August 2010

INTERVIEW
Interview with Rick Whitman
René Michel

ARTICLES
Radiological Incident Preparedness for Community Hospitals: A Demonstration Project
Mary Ellen Jafari

Removal Characteristics of Wipe Devices under Various Conditions
Miki Shoji, Takashi Kondo, Akihiro Kijima, Yukinobu Shibao, Tomoko Nakajima, Koichi Yamada, and Nobuo Nemoto

An Estimation Method of the Gross Beta Activity in Receiving River Water of a Nuclear Power Plant
LYan-Jun Huang, Yun-Liang Tao, Xiao-Feng Zhang, and Zhi-Hong Shang-Guan

Determination of Activity Concentration Levels of ²³⁸U, ²³²Th, and ⁴⁰K in Drinking Water in a Gold Mine in Ghana
A.R. Awudu, E.O. Darko, C. Schandorf, E.K. Hayford, M.K. Abekoe, and P.K. Ofori-Danson

An Equilibrium-Based Model for Measuring Environmental Radon Using Charcoal Canisters
A.L. Lehnert and K.J. Kearfott

Small Program, Big Needs
Susan Fisher