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. 2010 Summer Professional Development School
Internal Dosimetry
23 - 26 June 2010
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
. International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine
1-3 September 2010
Varna, Bulgaria
. 2010 Meeting of the Air Monitoring Users Group
4-7 May 2010
Las Vegas, NV
20 March 2010

Recent Additions to ATE

The following "Ask the Experts" answers have been added or revised since 17 February 2010 (approximately the last 30 days).

Environmental and Background Radiation

Q8866: Risks from flying cargo in a jet (Posted 24 February 2010)

Instrumentation and Measurements

Q8813: Mock iodine-131 source (Posted 24 February 2010)
Q8895: How do I interpret energy dependence of this GM detector? (Posted 22 February 2010)
Q8910: Where should I set the alarm point on this Inspector GM? (Posted 26 February 2010)
Q8921: Why does CCD detect alpha, but not beta or gamma radiation? (Posted 18 March 2010)
Q8935: What are ion chamber guard rings made of? (Posted 18 March 2010)
Q8941: Will criticality monitors fail in high radiation field? (Posted 16 March 2010)
Q8948: How does this CsI detector measure dose? (Posted 16 March 2010)
Q8949: Relationship between absorbed dose and ambient dose equivalent (Posted 16 March 2010)

Medical and Dental Equipment/Shielding

Q8825: Hands in the fluoroscopy beam (Posted 26 February 2010)
Q8867: Scatter radiation dose to neonates (Posted 17 February 2010)

Nuclear Medicine Patient Issues

Q8847: Will my baby have birth defects if I got pregnant after a scan with radioiodine? (Posted 24 February 2010)
Q8879: Restrictions for children after an adult nuclear medicine study (Posted 17 February 2010)
Q8917: Will my radioiodine dose affect my cats? (Posted 19 March 2010)
Q8924: Are there any precautions with children after a stress test with thallium? (Posted 16 March 2010)
Q8936: Is the PET bathroom at a hospital a hazard? (Posted 19 March 2010)

Policy, Guidelines, and Regulations

Q8933: Gy, Sv, and RadEq distinctions (Posted 18 March 2010)
Q8943: Differences in weighting factors (Posted 17 March 2010)

Radiation Basics

Q8820: How can activity increase with radioactive decay? (Posted 24 February 2010)
Q8929: Depleted uranium as shielding (Posted 19 March 2010)

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