26th Annual International Dosimetry Symposium and National Dosimetry Records Conference
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June 3 - 9, 2007
Marriott Sable Oaks - Portland, Maine

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FINAL AGENDA

Sunday - June 3, 2007

  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Registration - outside Portland Room


Monday - June 4, 2007 - Salon A, B, C, D

Inid Denau, Moderator

6:30 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast - Casco Bay Room

7:00  AM

Registration continues

8:00 - 8:15 AM

Welcome - Symposium Overview - Ash Chabra

8:15 – 8:30 AM

Self-Introduction of Attendees

8:30 - 9:15 AM

RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS & MANAGEMENT:
 Practical Training & Persistent Problems - Jerry Bushberg

9:15 – 10:00 AM

Tips For Being The Worst Litigation Expert You Can Be - Part I, The Report  - Charles Rysavy

10:00 – 10:30 AM

BREAK - Exhibit Area (Salon E)

10:30 – 11:15

The Changing Climate for Nuclear Energy  - Ralph Andersen

11:15 - 12:00

Conservatism, Nonconservatism and Uncertainty in Dose Calculations - Mike Ryan

12:00 PM

GROUP PHOTOGRAPH (before lunch)

12:00 - 1:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 – 2:15 PM

Why No One Believes Us: Cognitive Neuroscience and Radiation Risk - Dick Toohey

2:15 – 3:00 PM

Reducing Total Cost of Ownership of Plant Radiation Instrumentation

 - Bud Sielaff

Sustainable Development -- Meeting the Global Energy Challenge - Mike McMurphy

3:00 – 3:30 PM

BREAK - Exhibit Area (Salon E)

3:30 – 4:15 PM

Health Physics Society Activities in Homeland Security - Kevin Nelson

4:15 – 5:00 PM

Homeland Security Standards Update within Various Organizations - Charlie Brannon

6:00 – 7:00 PM

AFFILIATES' RECEPTION - (Registrants Only) - Exhibit Area

7:00 - 11:00 PM

AFFILIATES' COCKTAILS AND DINNER - (All Registrants and families welcome) - Salons A, B, C, and D

9:00 - 11:55 PM

Hospitality Suite Opens - Portland Room


Tuesday - June 5, 2007  - Salon A, B, C, D

Sandy Perle, moderator

6:30 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast - Casco Bay Room

8:00 - 8:30 AM

ANSI/HPS N13.11:  Current Status of Update - Sandy Perle

8:30 - 9:00 AM Producing Traceable Irradiations for Calibration of Dosimeters or Instruments - Laird Bean
9:00 - 9:30 AM Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Studies - The Rocketdyne/Atomics International Study as a Model  - John Boice
9:30 - 10:00 AM US Army Deployable Dosimetry - Bill Harris

10:00 – 10:30 AM

BREAK - Exhibit Area - Salon E

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Emergency Response – Case Study Philadelphia - Capt. Joshua McGuoirk - HazMat 1 - Philadelphia Fire Department
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Nuclear  Biological & Chemical Terrorism  -The Threat &   Response 

 - Venkata Lanka  - Radiation Safety Services University of Medicine and Dentistry NJ

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 – 2:15 PM

Implications of the “Privacy Movement” on a Corporate Radiation Safety Program - Sarah Elizabeth Kay (Asst RSO - Eli Lilly)

2:15 - 3:00 PM

History and Current Realities of Privacy Protection in the U.S.: Implications for Employer and Employee  - Eddie Selden - PTI

3:00 – 3:30 PM

BREAK - Exhibit Area - Salon E

3:30 – 4:15 PM

 SIRAD® Technology: An Ultimate in Dosimetry - Gordhan Patel

4:15 - 5:00 PM

Design and Usability Testing of the RADView Detector for Emergency Responders
Arthur Desrosiers
5:00 - 5:30 PM Licensing and Compliance of Dosimetry Service Providers in Canada - Melanie Rickard
5:30 - 5:45 PM Introduction to Wednesday Hands On Sessions - Dante Wells

 

Dinner on own

6:00 - 11:55 PM

Hospitality Suite Opens - Portland Room


 

Wednesday - June 6, 2007

Dantè Wells, Moderator (Dosimetry Technology Track); Pam Heckman, Moderator (Records Track)

6:30 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast - Casco Bay Room Foyer

 

Panasonic

Salon A & B

Global Dosimetry Solutions

Casco Bay Room

Landauer

Portland Room

Records

Salon D

8:00 - 10:00 AM

UD-7900 Upgrade Program / Software Issues - Yoshi Tatsumi / Ash Chabra Introduction
Sandy Perle
InLight Technical/Operational Overview - Chris Passmore Benchmarking Discussions

Proposed Topics:

Internal Dosimetry

External Dosimetry

Contamination Control

Discrepancies

Neutron Dosimetry

Lifetime Exposure Records

Exposure Extensions

Security Issues

Privacy Issues

SRGP Projects

Software Upgrades

 

UD-7900 NEW Software - Demonstration - Doc Grossen & Matt Kwid

Direct Ion Storage Technology - Technical/Operational Overview, Calibration, QA/QC, Data Evaluation

Jim Kost

InLight Reader Cross Calibration Process - Chris Passmore

Newly Designed Dosimeter Holders, Technical Improvements, TLD and Film Dosimeters, Copper Doped TLD 7776H Technical/Operational Overview

Sandy Perle

InLight Hands On Session: -  Dosimeter Analysis and Reader Intercomparison - Calibration/QC Intercomparison - Chris Passmore, Inid Deneau, Reid Martin

10:00 - 10:30 AM

BREAK - Exhibit Area - Salon E

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Beta testers comments - Ralph Mapplebeck

Open Discussions - Q&A, Comments

System Configuration, Site Specific Account Set-Up, Client Flexibility, QA/QC, Data Analysis, Program Development and other Consulting Services, Enhanced Recordkeeping for NPP and DOE facilities

Kip Bennett and Sandy Perle

Data Analysis and Summary - Chris Passmore Benchmarking (continued)

 

12:00 - 12:30 AM

Lunch

R & R

12:30 - 5:30 PM  Afternoon Activities

Detailed Activity Schedule and Transportation Arrangements will be provided in the Registration Welcome Package

6:00  - 9:00 PM

Dinner on own

6:00 - 11:55 PM

Hospitality Suite Opens - Portland Room


 Thursday - June 7, 2007

"Back to Basics - Part I"

Rick Cadogan, Moderator (Dosimetry Technology Track)

Isabelle McCabe, Moderator (Records Track)

 

6:30 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast - Casco Bay Room

 

Dosimetry Technology Track

Salon A, B, C

Records track

Salon D

 

Speakers:

TLD & CR-39 Kip Bennett; FILM - Randy Cords; OSL - Chris Passmore

Topics:

System Optimization; Response, Sensitivity, LLD and MRD; Linearity; Reader Calibration, and Dose Validation

 
8:00 - 8:40 AM

8:00 - 8:15 - Introduction - Rick Cadogan

TLD & CR-39 - Kip Bennett

ANI Health Physics Criteria Update - Bob Oliveira

8:40 - 9:20 AM

Dosimetry Record-Keeping in the age of Privacy Protection  - Eddie Selden

9:20 - 10:00 AM

 Dose Reconstruction - Dick Toohey

10:00 - 10:30 AM

BREAK - Exhibit Area - Salon E

10:30 - 11:15 AM

Film - Randy Cords

OSL - Chris Passmore

Dosimetry Archives for Retired / Sold Facilities - Ira Seybold
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Evaluation of Effective Dose Equivalent Calculations on Multi-Badge Results for Steam Generator Jumpers - Matt Scannell

12:00 - 1:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 - 2:15 PM

Dose Validation - Anomalies, Glow Curves, etc.

2006 Occupational Exposure Data for DOE and NRC- Derek Hagemeyer (1:30 - 2:00)

Revisions to Reg Guide 8.4  -  Direct Reading & Indirect reading Pocket Dosimeters ,and Reg Guide 8.28 Audible Alarm Dosimeters - Harriet Karagiannis (2:00 - 2:30)

2:15 - 3:00 PM

Dose Algorithms - Neill Stanford & Doc Grossen

NRC REIRS Project Overview  - Sheryl Burows  (2:30 - 3:00)

3:00 - 3:30 PM

BREAK - Exhibit Area - Salon E

3:30 - 4:15 PM

Uncertainty - Neill Stanford; TLD/Film/CR-39 - Sandy Perle Internal Dose Challenges When Dealing with Transuranic Radionuclides  - Jay Tarzia
4:15 - 5:00 PM Dosimetry Service at the RPII – ISO17025 Accreditation Process - Leo McKittrick
Airborne Contaminations in Containment During Initial Cavity Flood Up
 - Ron Thurlow

6:30 PM - 11:00 PM

FAREWELL DINNER - BANZAI -  (All registrants and families are welcome) - Outdoor Tent (weather permitting)

9:00 - 11:55 PM

Hospitality Suite Opens - Portland Room

 


 Friday - June 8, 2007

 Bruce Dicey, Moderator (Dosimetry Technology Track)

Deb O'Connor, Moderator (Records Track)

6:30 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast - Casco Bay Room

 

Dosimetry Technology Track

Salons A, B, C

Records track

Salon D

8:00 - 8:40 AM

The Viewpoint Enterprise System - Joe Leon Health Physics Litigation Training - Bob Oliveira
8:40 - 9:20 AM The electronic dosimeter outside the NPP world - Sergio Lopez

Dose Reconstruction at Humboldt Bay  -  Iris Tsosie

9:20 - 10:00 AM SABS Quality System - DuToit Volschenk
Records Management Challenges, Post Closure, Rocky Flats - Andrea Wilson
 - Andrea Wilson

10:00 - 10:30 AM

BREAK - Exhibit Area - Salon E

10:30 - 11:15 AM

 Personnel Dosimetry Evaluation for Sentinel Lymph Node Scintigraphy (SLN) Procedures - Rene Michel Benchmarking
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Personal Dosimetry In Mexico - Marco Salazar

12:00 - 1:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 - 2:15 PM

Dawn of a New Era
Conversion of Military to Civilian
Radiation Safety Officer in Military Medical Treatment Facilities
- Charlie Brannon

PADS - Bob Kelm

2:15 - 3:00 PM

Update on in-vivo Dosimetry in Real Time - Sandy Perle

3:00 - 3:30 PM

BREAK - Exhibit Area - Salon E

3:30 - 4:15 PM

 Panel Discussion

Discussion Continues

4:15 - 5:00 PM

Wrap up - distribute certificates, Proceedings CDs, and Group Photographs

6:00 PM

Dinner on own

6:00 - 11:55 PM

Hospitality Suite Opens - Portland Room

 Saturday - June 9, 2007

Depart at your Leisure


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