2008 News & Events Archive

President Tenforde presented a plenary lecture at the International Radiation Protection Association 12th Congress held in Buenos Aires from November 20-24 >

Mary Walchuk interviewed Dr. Tenforde for an article entitled The Status of NCRP, A Dialogue with President Tenforde for the September issue of Health Physics News >

At the IRPA 12 Congress, NCRP Senior Vice President, Dr. Kenneth R. Kase was elected as the next president of IRPA for the period 2008 to 2012

Dr. Tenforde, NCRP President, made a presentation to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security FY08 Standards Program Review on August 21, 2008 >

Executive Director, David S. Schauer, served as rapporteur for the WHO Global Initiative on “Radiation Safety in Health Care Settings” which was held in Geneva on June 26 and 27, 2008 >

David A. Schauer, Executive Director, made a presentation on “Medical Radiation Exposure of the U.S. Population: Preliminary Results from NCRP Scientific Committee 6-2 & Other Related Issues” at the 25th International Congress of Radiology in Marrakesh >

Dr Schauer made a presentation on “Current and Planned NCRP Activities” at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Health Physics Society >

“New Medicare Regulations for Medical Imaging Require Physician Qualification and Facility Certification” by Otha Linton, ISR Executive Director >

On May 29, 2008, NCRP President, Thomas S. Tenforde, made a presentation to the National Academy of Sciences Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board on "Current and Planned Reports and Conferences of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements" >

Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography becomes an NCRP Collaborating Organization >

Congressional resolution supports Image Gently™ Campaign >

2008 Council Members Elected>

Kenneth R. Kase & Paul L. Carson receive AAPM Awards >

NCRP President, Dr. Thomas S. Tenforde, cut the ribbon to officially open the L. S. Taylor Board Room at NCRP’s headquarters prior to the start of the 146th Board meeting on April 16, 2008 >

NCRP President, Dr. Thomas S. Tenforde, made a presentation and participated as a panelist in a workshop on Effects of Low Radiation Doses: Science and Policy, which was held by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials on April 8-9, 2008 >

The Federal Aviation Administration is the most recent organization to become an NCRP Collaborating Organization >

Dr. David A. Schauer, Executive Director, joined the leaders of more than two dozen radiology-related organizations to discuss common issues and concerns >

 Agenda >           

NCRP’s Board of Directors approved the Society for Pediatric Radiology as a Collaborating Organization and an agreement designating NCRP as an affiliate of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging >

NCRP Annual Report, 2007 Year in Review >

NCRP Strategic Program Plan for 2008-2010 >

2008 Annual Meeting, Low Dose and Low Dose-Rate Radiation Effects and Models
     April 14 – 15, 2008
     Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
     5701 Marinelli Road
     North Bethesda, MD 20852

 Press Release >

 Program >

Photographs >

Presentations from the 2008 Annual Meeting, Low Dose and Low Dose-Rate Radiation Effects and Models >

32st Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturer, Dade W. Moeller, "Radiation Standards, Dose/Risk Assessments, Public Interactions, and Yucca Mountain: Thinking Outside the Box" >

5th Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Speaker, Dudley T. Goodhead, "Issues in Quantifying the Effects of Low-Level Radiation" >

Publications Press Releases

NCRP Report No. 158, Uncertainties in the Measurement and Dosimetry of External Radiation >

NCRP Commentary No. 20, Radiation Protection and Measurement Issues Related to Cargo Scanning with Accelerator-Produced High-Energy X Rays >

NCRP Report No. 157, Radiation Protection in Educational Institutions >

NCRP Report No. 156, Development of a Biokinetic Model for Radionuclide-Contaminated Wounds and Procedures for Their Assessment, Dosimetry and Treatment >

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