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Accelerator Radiation
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An Official Publication of the Health Physics
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Third Quarter 2008 / |
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FROM THE OFFICERS The Past
President's Message After the spectacular Accelerator Section midyear we did not have quite the attendance of the previous years at the 2008 annual meeting. I will share some of the highlights of the meeting with you. Annual technical session The keynote speaker for our session was Nolan Hertel from Georgia Institute of Technology who gave the very timely talk “A Review of High-Energy Dose Conversion Coefficients”. This was followed by several other interesting presentations, including one on skyshine by the 2008 Wade H. Patterson award winner Deirdre Elder. The Editor's Message My name is Lawrence “Scott” Walker. I am currently a staff member in Operational Accelerator Health Physics at the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center (LANSCE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The LANSCE accelerator is an 800 MeV high current proton accelerator which uses protons to radiograph dynamic systems or create neutrons which are used for neutron scattering materials analysis and nuclear physics research. As the new editor of the International Accelerator Radiation Safety Newsletter (IARSN), I am pleased to have the opportunity to attempt further expansion the breadth of coverage, technical content, and extend the useful application to our daily jobs. The
President-Elect's Message Another annual meeting of the Health
Physics Society has come and gone, and you would think that it was time for
the HPS Accelerator Section officers to take a
break. Well, you’d need to think again, because now we’re gearing
up for next summer’s meeting in |
Also of
interest OFFICERS
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OTHER NEWS Lutz Moritz
Hospitalized Lutz Moritz (TRIUMF [retired]). Accelerator Section members may wish to know that one of our own is critically ill. In October 2006 Lutz was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He had surgery almost immediately and since that time he has had radiotherapy and increasingly more aggressive and experimental treatments. During most of the time he has been cared for at home by his wife, Vicki who has been a truly wonderful caregiver. Members will know of Lutz’s distinguished international career in accelerator radiological protection. Lutz was a founder member of the Accelerator Section of the Health Physics Society and served as one of its early Presidents. Lutz is now in hospice care in Postscript: Sadly,
Lutz passed away on October 16. Operational Health Physics
Course
We look forward to seeing you in
Erice, Notification of the
Next Phase of Waiver Terminations in the Implementation of NRC Regulatory
Authority for Certain Naturally Occurring and Accelerator-Produced
Radioactive Material The Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005 gave the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulatory authority over certain naturally occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive material (NARM). The NRC published its final rule implementing this authority in the Federal Register on October 1, 2007 (72 FR 55863). The final rule expanded the definition of “byproduct material” in NRC regulations and established requirements for licensing and regulating section 11e.(3) and 11e.(4) byproduct material, as required by Section 651(e) of the EPAct. These final regulations became effective on November 30, 2007. |
FROM THE CORRESPONDENTS News from Spallation
Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Lab The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
is pleased to welcome Scott Schwahn to our staff. Scott
comes to us from DOE, and will perform general Health Physicist duties with
emphasis on dosimetry and User services. As SNS User participation increases we expect to encounter a
large number of radiation-related issues that have to be solved in ways that
maintain safety in ways that are largely transparent to the Users. The
easiest way to do the right thing is if you do not even realize there is any
other option. News
from the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, Greetings from the Our facility was badly hit by Hurricane Gustav which
arrived on labor day. We lost a side
panel and had twisted metal hanging from the under-roof superstructure. We were closed for about 10 days. Most of us were without power for 8-14 days
- Quite uncomfortable in the hot and humid south. We maintained operation of some of our key
facilities by being on gasoline powered generators. Unfortunately, we had to quench our magnets
and there was no helium to be found.
Our normal supplier’s building was completely wiped off the face
of the earth and we had to request liquid helium from as far away as |
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