What's New?
.	Hodes Award Nominations Request
.	Radiation Risks and Protective Actions
.	June Journal
.	IAEA Conference - Rad Protection in Medicine
.	HPS Mentoring Program Update
.	New Low-Level Waste Site Operational
.	May Newsletter
.	America's Nuclear Future Report

Upcoming Events
.	Canadian Radiation Protection Association Annual Meeting 27-30 May 2012 Halifax, Nova Scotia
.	ACS Undergrad Summer Schools 10 June - 20 July 2012
.	NRC Meeting Webcasts May-June 2012
.	57th Annual HPS Meeting 22-26 July 2012 Sacramento, CA
.	37th Annual Conference of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society (ARPS) 14-17 Oct 2012 Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
.	International Conference on Radiation Shielding 2-7 Nov 2012 Nara, Japan

23 May 2012

Reports and Articles of Interest

Defining, Explaining, and Detecting Dirty Bombs
Presented at the Midyear Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January 2003 J. L. Alvarez, Ph.D., CHP, Auxier & Associates

Fact Sheet: Explosive Dispersal of Radioactive Materials
J. L. Alvarez, Ph.D., CHP, Auxier & Associates, March 2003

The Effects of Nuclear Weapons
Presented at the Midyear Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January 2003 J. A. Auxier, Ph.D., CHP, Auxier & Associates

What Every Public Safety Officer Should Know About Radiation and Radioactive Materials
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center

Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse (HDER) Program EMail Bulletin No. 1 (3/03)
Office for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security

Emergency Department Management of Radiation Casualties
Prepared by the Radiological Emergency Medical Preparedness & Management Subcommittee of the National Health Physics Society Ad Hoc Committee on Homeland Security, Version 2.5a