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Society News Archive

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Date News Headline
20 October 2009  HPS and CRCPD Proclaim 8-14 November 2009 as National Radiation Protection Professionals Week
24 July 2009  Health Physics Society Laboratory Accreditation Program Gets National Recogition
6 May 2009  The HPS Web Site Will Be Unavailable 9 May 2009
5 March 2009  NCRP Reports on Increased Medical Exposure - HPS Comments
12 November 2008  HPS Web Site to Be Offline on 14 November 2008
8 October 2008  HPS and CRCPD Proclaim 2-8 November 2008 as National Radiation Protection Professionals Week
5 August 2008  Granite Countertops and Radiation - HPS Response and Information Sheet
29 May 2008  IAEA Creates Portable First Response Assistance Tool for Radiological Emergencies
12 May 2008  Senate Hearing on Nuclear Terrorrism and Medical Care Aftermath
18 April 2008  Nuclear Advocacy Network Created
12 September 2007  HPS and CRCPD Proclaim National Radiation Protection Professionals Week
23 August 2007  HPA Press Release - X-ray radiation doses continue to fall
20 June 2007  The Health Physics Society Revises Position Statement on Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel
29 May 2007  CRCPD Members Offered Special First Year Rate for Joining the HPS
23 April 2007  No Valid Health Concerns about Wi-Fi
4 April 2007  FDA Proposes Rule to Change Requirements for Labeling Irradiated Food Products
13 February 2007  An Invitation to State Radiation Control Employees to Join the HPS
2 February 2007  New ISO Standard #21482 - Ionizing-Radiation Warning—Supplementary Symbol To Be Published 15 February 2007
21 January 2007  Polonium-210 Contamination Information and Updates
26 July 2006  Skip Bowman Delivers the Landauer Memorial Lecture on Nuclear Renaissance
10 July 2006  Congressman Langevin Addresses the Plenary Session of the 51st Annual HPS Meeting
16 May 2006  HPS Web Site Unavailable Saturday, May 20, 2006
26 April 2006  Chernobyl Health Impact Estimates
8 March 2006  Registration for Annual Meeting
11 January 2006  HPS Issues New Position Statement on Radioactive Source Control and Security
31 December 2005  DoubleTree Paradise Valley Resort Room Block Is Sold Out
2 November 2005  HPS Standards Committee Has New Public Web Site
12 September 2005  Health Physics Society Calls for Complete Overhaul of Radioactive Waste Disposal
29 June 2005  BEIR VII Report Supports LNT Model
26 June 2005  Public Release of the National Academies' National Research Council Latest Report on the Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR VII)
21 June 2005  HPS Revises Position Statement on Human Capital Crisis
20 June 2005  HPS Issues New Fact Sheet on Depleted Uranium
5 May 2005  HPS 2005 Annual Meeting Preliminary Program Only Available Online
28 April 2005  The National Academies' National Research Council Calls for Scientific Approach to Radiation Compensation Act
4 February 2005  Booklet from HPS 2003 Session Honors J. Newell Stannard and the University of Rochester
14 January 2005  HPS & OAS Issue Joint Position on Radioactive Material Controls
30 December 2004  ICRP Releases Draft Low-Dose Report
26 December 2004  HPS Comments on Draft ICRP 2005 Recommendations
3 December 2004  No Hanford Thyroid Cancer Link Found
3 December 2004  Laboratory Accreditation Program Committee Invites Labs to Participate
29 November 2004  Laurie Taylor Dies at 102
29 September 2004  HPS Submits Public Testimony for Senate Hearing on Waste
28 September 2004  Senator Mike Crapo Helps Make EPA Fellowships Available to Health Physics
9 September 2004  Health Physics Society Revises Position Statement on Estimating Radiation Health Risks
9 September 2004  Presidential Candidate Positions Available in Legislative Action Center
17 August 2004  Annual Meeting Photos
3 August 2004  HPS Plenary Speaker Evaluates ICRP Proposed Recommendations
24 June 2004  ICRP Releases Draft 2005 Recommendations
26 May 2004  ICRP Releases Draft Report on Protection during a Radiological Attack
26 May 2004  Getting the Most Out of the 49th Annual Meeting
14 May 2004  Waste Management Award Nominations Due
14 May 2004  Health Physics Academic Program Education Reference Book Revised
28 April 2004  HPS Comments on EPA Waste Proposal
22 April 2004  Midyear Meeting Abstracts Now Available
16 April 2004  Annual Meeting Schedules Are Online!
6 April 2004  Dirty Bombs Conference at Johns Hopkins in April
1 March 2004  New House Bill Would Invest Millions in Health Physics Academic Programs
26 February 2004  OSHA Signs Alliance with Health Physics Society
8 February 2004  Protective Actions For a Radiological Terrorist Event
27 January 2004  Pregnancy Fact Sheet Now Available
13 January 2004  New Study Released on RDD Effects
13 January 2004  New NRC History of the Three Mile Island Accident
13 January 2004  Check Out the Oak Ridge Online Radiation Safety Museum
26 November 2003  EPA Creates New Science Inventory Web Site
5 September 2003  New Nuclear University Set Up
3 September 2003  Anastas Honored by Department of Homeland Security
3 July 2003  Background Document on X-Radiation, Gamma Radiation, and Neutrons Available Online
24 June 2003  HPS Revises Public Dose Position Statement
11 June 2003  The ORNL Network Will Experience Outages Beginning June 14, 2003
1 April 2003  President Bush Names Dr. Nils J. Diaz as Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
3 March 2003  EPA Drinking Water Standards Upheld
13 February 2003  Summer School on University Health Physics
12 February 2003  Radioactivity on Columbia - Not Much and Not Harmful
27 January 2003  USA Today.com Uses HPS Members to Answer Dirty Bomb Questions
20 January 2003  2002 HP Salary Survey
20 January 2003  Monterey Institute Releases "Dirty Bomb" Report
9 January 2003  Chapter Alert - Dept. of Justice Expands Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse (HDER) Program Nationwide
7 January 2003  International Conference on Security of Radioactive Sources
12 December 2002  Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Meserve to Leave NRC in Spring
5 November 2002  Normal Cancer Rate Found Near Three Mile Island Plant
28 October 2002  Fact Sheet on Radioactivity in Consumer Products
15 September 2002  Radiation Detectors Given to Fire Department
4 September 2002  HPS Director of Special Publications Position Open
27 August 2002  AAPM Comments on Total-Body CT Scans
26 August 2002  Health Physics Society Helps Federal Agencies in Homeland Security Initiative
16 August 2002  KI Fact Sheets
25 July 2002  Society Assists Department of Justice in Homeland Security
24 July 2002  HPS Member Michael T. Ryan Named to NRC's ACNW
26 June 2002  The Health Physics Society Issues a Press Release Supporting Radioactive Source Legislation
25 June 2002  No Thyroid Disease Increase in Hanford Study
6 June 2002  Sen. Pete Domenici Pays Tribute to Dr. Lauriston Taylor From Senate Floor
30 May 2002  The Ad Hoc Committee on Homeland Security Calls for an Open Committee Meeting in Tampa
28 May 2002  President Anastas Congratulates Officials in Georgia, Europe, on Source Recovery
7 May 2002  No Proven Link Between Radar and Cancer
1 May 2002  HHS Issues Final Rules to Assist Compensation of Nuclear Workers for Job-Related Cancers
26 April 2002  FDA Comments on Whole-Body Screening
24 April 2002  Society Releases New Position Statement and Background Information on Orphan Sources
22 April 2002  NRC to Hold Workshops on Guidance for Medical Use Licenses
16 April 2002  Poster, Overheads, and 35-mm Slides Guidelines for the 47th Annual Meeting Available
5 April 2002  Preliminary Program for 47th Annual Meeting Available
27 March 2002  NRC to hold Public Meetings on Yucca Mountain
14 March 2002  AIP Web Site Posts Article on "Dirty Bombs"
5 March 2002  Summer School on Internal Dosimetry
4 March 2002  Debate on Nuclear Tests
27 February 2002  HPS Salary Survey
19 February 2002  Radiation Safety Without Borders
7 February 2002  Anastas Sends Letter to President Bush
11 January 2002  DOE Notifies Nevada of Intent to Recommend Yucca Mountain as Repository
8 January 2002  Meet the "Ask the Expert" Editors
21 December 2001  Tenforde Nominated as NCRP President
7 December 2001  Announcement of an International Conference on Radioactivity in the Environment to be held in Monaco
15 November 2001  Panel on Homeland Security to be Conducted in Bethesda, Maryland
20 October 2001  President Bush Announces Intention to Appoint Two HPS Members to Advisory Board
11 October 2001  HHS Seeks Comments on Compensation Rules
4 October 2001  Diaz Begins Second NRC Term
14 September 2001  Reflections by HPS President Anastas
12 September 2001  DOE Seeks Comment on Nuclear Workers Program
16 August 2001  Society Issues New Position Statement Regarding the Shortage of Radiation Safety Professionals
25 June 2001  Commissioner Diaz Addresses ARSCE Plenary Session
18 June 2001  New Officers, Directors, and Committee Members Take Office
15 June 2001  Sen. Voinovich Addresses the Plenary Session at the ARSCE
4 June 2001  ORISE Releases HP Survey
10 May 2001  HPS Briefs Congress
19 April 2001  Instructions for Slides, Overheads, and Posters Available
6 March 2001  Cancer Risk of EMF Fields
16 February 2001  NCRP Biodosimetry Symposium
1 February 2001  CT Scans in Children
29 January 2001  HPS Fellowship Deadline Extended
14 January 2001  Health Effects of Depleted Uranium
9 January 2001  Risk of Hand-Held Cellular Telephones
2 January 2001  NCRP Annual Meeting
21 November 2000  NCRP Symposium on Biodosimetry
17 November 2000  Commissioner Dicus Elected to ICRP
6 November 2000  Revision of NRC's Medical Use Program
1 November 2000  IAEA Bulletin Features Radioactive Waste
18 October 2000  MARSSIM Revision 1 Available to the Public
12 October 2000  DOE Takes Action at Former K-25 Site
22 September 2000  History of Radiation
19 September 2000  Update on NRC Internet Meetings
4 September 2000  Cosmic Radiation Shield Bricks Developed
24 August 2000  Nuclear Sub Design Will Minimize Radiation Leaks
24 August 2000  NRC Meetings on Internet
7 August 2000  Are Mobile Phones Safe?
31 July 2000  NRC and EPA Issue Revised Draft Sewage Sludge Guidance
26 July 2000  NRC Revises Policy on Medical Uses
19 July 2000  NRC Issues Final NUREG-1628
14 July 2000  DOE Suspends Release of Recycled Metals
14 June 2000  Win HP Books!
13 June 2000  IRPA-10 Web Site
8 June 2000  UNSCEAR Estimates Chernobyl Health Effects
17 May 2000  Company Sells Electronic Treated Beef
11 May 2000  TMI Study Shows No Link to Radiation
10 April 2000  NCRP Undertakes Strategic Initiative
29 March 2000  NRC Public Document Room To Be Relocated
14 March 2000  HPS Releases Compensation Position Statement
9 March 2000  GAO Releases Veterans Report
6 March 2000  A-Bomb Neutron Dose Estimates Are Wrong
26 February 2000  Thailand Accident Report
26 February 2000  RERF Sends Doctors to Thailand
24 February 2000  NCRP 2000 Annual Meeting
21 February 2000  Thailand Scrapyard Workers Exposed
11 February 2000  Senate Passes Nuclear Waste Bill
1 February 2000  DOE to Fund Paducah and Portsmouth Cleanup
24 January 2000  Comments Due on EPA Rule
19 January 2000  NORM Deposition in the Pulp and Paper Industry
3 January 2000  IAEA Bulletin Features Radiation Safety
22 December 1999  Tokaimura Victim Dies
16 December 1999  USDA Approves Irradiation for Meat
15 December 1999  HTDS Had Shortcomings
14 December 1999  Conference Addresses Low-Level Radiation
6 December 1999  Senator Domenici Talks About LNT
1 December 1999  Radiation-Resistant Organism Decoded
17 November 1999  EPA's FGR-13 Now Available
16 November 1999  NRC Makes Documents Available to the Public on Its Web Site
1 November 1999  Midyear Meeting Opening Session Plans Complete
27 October 1999  1970s Radiation Accidents in Moscow Suburb
22 October 1999  Study Examines Radiation's Role in 'Atomic Vet' Deaths
18 October 1999  Richard Meserve to Chair NRC
13 October 1999  NRC To Study Japanese Accident
4 October 1999  Update on Japanese Accident
2 October 1999  IAEA Informed of Japanese Accident
1 October 1999  DOE Ready to Help Japanese
27 September 1999  DOE Team Seeks Health and Safety Help from Paducah Workers
24 September 1999  Paducah Plant Hearings
17 September 1999  Secretary of Energy Comments on Paducah Site
13 September 1999  Guidelines for Presenters at 2000 Midyear Topical Meeting Available
17 August 1999  2000 Summer School and Meeting Information
5 August 1999  Domenici Seeks Renewed Study of Radiation Protection
23 July 1999  Midyear Abstract Deadline Extended
22 July 1999  New Assistant Secretary for Office of Environmental Management at DOE
16 July 1999  New Federal Workers' Compensation Program
13 July 1999  HPS Annual Meeting Name is Changed
13 July 1999  Greta J. Dicus Named Chair of NRC
13 July 1999  Changes to Society Publications Leadership
21 June 1999  DOE Funds Molecular Research to Study Low-Dose Radiation
21 June 1999  NRPB Issues Advice on Exposure to Radiation During Pregnancy
21 June 1999  New Officers Elected for HPAPDO
15 June 1999  Food Safety Group Calls for Irradiation of Precooked Meats
8 June 1999  Dr. Karl Z. Morgan Passes Away
8 June 1999  HPS Government Section Revitalized
3 June 1999  Health Physics Enrollments and Degrees Decreased in 1998
3 June 1999  NRC to Make Public Records Available Electronically
21 May 1999  National Academy of Sciences Announces BEIR VII Project
18 May 1999  HPS and ANS Announce Agreement
17 May 1999  On-Line Membership Application Form Functional
4 May 1999  Call for Papers Issued for Midyear Meeting
13 April 1999  ANS Issues Position Paper on Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation
13 April 1999  Preliminary Program Available
1 April 1999  HPS Web Site Opens
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