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New President Nominated

NCRP is pleased to announce that Dr. John D. Boice, Jr. has been nominated to serve as the Council’s fifth President. Dr. Boice’s nomination will be considered by the full Council prior to the Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting, March 13, 2012 >

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2012 Annual Meeting, Emerging Issues in Radiation Protection in Medicine, Emergency Response, and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, March 12-13, 2012, Bethesda, Maryland. The registration fee for this meeting is $100 and $35 for students >

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Antone L. Brooks has been selected to give the 36th Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The lecture, entitled From the Field to the Laboratory and Back: The What Ifs, Wows and Who Cares of Radiation Biology >

Fred A. Mettler, Jr. selected to give the ninth Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Address at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The Address, entitled Childhood Exposure: An Issue from Computed Tomography Scans to Fukushima >

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NCRP Commentary No. 22, Radiological Health Protection Issues Associated With Use of Active Detection Technology Systems for Detection of Radioactive Threat Materials >

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NCRP Report No. 167, Potential Impact of Individual Genetic Susceptibility and Previous Radiation Exposure on Radiation Risk for Astronauts >

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NCRP Report No. 168, Radiation Dose Management for Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Medical Procedures >

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Available for Free Download

In response to requests for information related to the radiological aspects of the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Accident, NCRP has made Commentary No. 10, Advising the Public About Radiation Emergencies available for free download >

Scientific Committee 2-5 draft report, Investigation of Radiological Incidents >

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[deadline: February 1, 2012]

Executive Director, David A. Schauer, receives the 2011 Image Gently® Butterfly Award from The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging >

Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging and the Society for Nuclear Medicine kick off their "Go With the Guidelines Campaign" >

American Thyroid Association is now a Collaborating Organization >

Dr. David Schauer lectured to the Idaho State University Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics students about NCRP's scientific program >

NCRP presentations to the ICRP Symposium on the International System of Radiological Protection:

T.S. Tenforde >

J.T. Bushberg >

Tributes to Wesley L. Nyborg and Dade W. Moeller >

Executive Director, Dr. David Schauer, lectured in the 30th International Dosimetry Symposium in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho >

President Tenforde presented the keynote lecture at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute banquet celebrating its 50th anniversary on May 12, 2011 >

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