Accelerator Radiation Protection Course in Erice, Sicily
Vaclav "Vashek" Vylet
Graham Stevenson
The Accelerator Section, in collaboration with our European colleagues from CERN, has been attempting to revive a series of courses originally organized in Erice, Sicily, throughout the seventies and early eighties. We have the pleasure of announcing that the efforts finally succeeded, and the next course is scheduled for October 3-9, 2001. The host institution is the Ettore Majorana Center for Science and Culture. Located in an ancient monastery, it provides both teaching facilities and housing for course participants and faculty. There is no tuition fee for the course, and the fee for room and board (three meals a day) is very reasonable ($100/day). Participants will receive (free of charge) the proceedings of the course, published as a special issue of Radiation Protection Dosimetry. These courses were made possible thanks to the generosity of the sponsoring organizations: European Commission (Research Directorate) and the Ettore Majorana Center. We hope that the US Department of Energy will also join in this effort.
Please find below a preliminary program. Official announcements will be distributed in the very near future. We hope that many of you will seize this unique opportunity and attend the course. Please contact us (Vashek Vylet at Duke University and Graham Stevenson at CERN) if you need further information.
Preliminary Program
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
17:30-18:30A. Rindi: Welcome to the Course
Wednesday, October 3, 2001
08:30-10:15R. Thomas: History and Future of Accelerator Health Physics
10:15-10:45Coffee
10:45-12:30L. Moritz: Health Physics at Low-Energy Proton Accelerators
12:30-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:45A. Ferrari: Radiation Transport Codes I
15:45-16:15Tea
16:15-18:30Discussion
Thursday, October 4, 2001
08:30-10:15A. Ferrari: Radiation Transport Codes II
10:15-10:45Coffee
10:45-12:30D. Cossairt: Health Physics at High-Energy Proton Accelerators
12:30-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:45G. Stevenson: Accelerator Shielding
15:45-16:15Tea
16:15-17:00G. Stevenson: Accelerator Shielding (continued)
17:00-18:30Discussion
Friday, October 5, 2001
08:30-10:30G. Stevenson: Induced Activity in Accelerator Structures, Air, and Water
10:30-11:00Coffee
11:00-12:30V. Vylet: Health Physics at High-Energy Electron Accelerators I
12:30-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:15J. Liu: Health Physics at High-Energy Electron Accelerators II
15:15-15:45Tea
15:45-17:30S. Musolino: Health Physics at Heavy Ion Accelerators
17:30-19:30Moritz/Musolino: Discussion on Decommissioning
Saturday, October 6, 2001
08:30-10:15R. Thomas: Quantities and Units
10:15-10:45Coffee
10:45-12:30N. Hertel: Dose Conversion Coefficients
12:30-14:00Lunch
14:00-16:00Quo Vadis: Discussion on Physical Estimators of Risk
16:00-19:30Free time
20:00-21:30Special course dinner
21:30-??H. Menzel: Historical Perspective on Concerns for Exposure of Aircrews
Sunday, October 7, 2001
Free time
Monday, October 8, 2001
08:30-10:15M. Silari: Special Aspects of Medical Accelerators
10:15-10:45Coffee
10:45-12:30J. Liu: Accelerator Safety Systems
12:30-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:45V. Vylet: Radiation Monitoring
15:45-16:15Tea
16:15-18:30H. Menzel: Gas Detectors for Dose Equivalent
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
08:30-10:00G. Stevenson: Summing Up the Course
10:00-10:30Coffee
10:30-11:30V. Vylet: What Next?
11:30R. Thomas: Farewells