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George Tabatadze, General Chair
Greetings from the Columbia Chapter!
We are soliciting the interest of students and faculty from academic institutions with defined programs in nuclear or radiological sciences, early career health physicists, and anyone else who is interested in the latest trends in the radiation protection field in attending/participating in an upcoming Northwest regional health physics meeting.
The Columbia Chapter of the Health Physics Society (CCHPS), in conjunction with the Herbert M. Parker Foundation and American Nuclear Society Eastern Washington Section is planning to hold the first Herbert M. Parker Symposium in Richland, Washington, 7–9 April 2022 (contingent on local/state restrictions pertaining to COVID-19).
"Radiation Protection—The Next Generation" is a symposium designed to allow students and young professionals to hear from and interact with seasoned radiation protection professionals and prospective employers. We are inviting participants from a broad range of radiation protection disciplines including health physics, medical physics, nuclear engineering, and other related fields. A list of confirmed and invited speakers may be found on the symposium website.
The program for this symposium begins Thursday evening, 7 April, with the Spring 2022 Herbert M. Parker Lecture, followed by a series of topical plenary sessions (Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Medical Health Physics, Scientific & Regulatory, Applied Health Physics) on Friday, 8 April, and a conference banquet Friday evening. The morning of Saturday, 9 April, will be devoted primarily to a career fair with an opportunity for attendees to meet and interact with academic, research, and prospective employment organizations.
Need CEUs? The symposium organizers are applying for continuing education credits from the American Board of Health Physics and the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists.
Students will also be offered the opportunity to provide poster presentations on their current academic or research work. A session on Friday afternoon will be devoted specifically to viewing and interacting with these poster presentations. The Columbia Chapter will be offering several academic scholarships to students participating in the poster session. The organizers of the symposium will work closely with our partners to offer travel assistance to students.
A technical tour of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park's Hanford B-Reactor will be offered on Saturday afternoon. Additional, alternative technical tours that may be offered Saturday afternoon include the Hanford Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the IsoRay brachytherapy source production facility.
Preliminary Speaker List
Keynote: Michael Stabin (HMIS) - Parker Lecturer
Keynote: Tony Brooks (PNNL, retired) - Medical Health Physics
Keynote: Bruce Napier (PNNL) - Scientific & Regulatory
Keynote: Marianne Sowa (NASA) - Applied Health Physics
Keynote: James Conca (UFA Ventures) - Friday (after) Banquet Speaker
Calvin Manning (Framatome) - Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Michael Shymanski (Bechtel) - Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Jerry Kurtz (Hanford) - Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Kevin Doody (Hanford) - Nuclear Fuel Cycle
John Gough (Swedish Health Services) - Medical Health Physics
Michael Boyd (US EPA, retired) - Scientific & Regulatory
Earl Fordham (WA DOH) - Scientific & Regulatory
Caitlin Condon (PNNL) - Scientific & Regulatory
Nancy Kirner (Kirner Consulting, Inc) - Applied Health Physics
Linda Synoground (DOE/RAP) - Applied Health Physics
Important Dates
Student Poster Abstract Submission Closes – 10 December 2021
Student Poster Abstract Acceptance Notice – 7 January 2022
Early Registration Closes – 18 January 2022
Additional information may be found on the symposium website.
