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The following NCRP publications address the key issues related to the events in Japan:

NCRP Report No. 165, Responding to a Radiological or Nuclear Terrorism Incident: A Guide for Decision Makers >

NCRP Report No. 161, Management of Persons Contaminated With Radionuclides

              Vol. I: Handbook >
              Vol II: Scientific and Technical Bases  >

NCRP Report No. 159, Risk to the Thyroid from Ionizing Radiation  >

NCRP Report No. 154, Cesium-137 in the Environment: Radioecology and Approaches to Assessment and Management  >

NCRP Report No. 116, Limitation of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation >

NCRP Report No. 109, Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Aquatic Organisms >

NCRP Report No. 52, Cesium-137 From the Environment to Man: Metabolism and Dose >

NCRP Publications and Current Activities Related to the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Accident >

NCRP’s Board of Directors held their December meeting at the Claremont in Berkeley, California >

NCRP Distinguished Emeritus Member, Dr. John Boice, testified before Congress on the radiation-related health effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor accident >

NCRP has published recommendations related to the effects of ionizing radiation on aquatic organisms >

The Heads of the European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities (HERCA) has become a Special Liaison organization >

S.Y. Chen and Thomas Tenforde have prepared a paper entitled Issues Associated with Decision Making in Long-Term Recovery Following a Nuclear or Radiological Terrorism Incident, which has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the WM11 Conference, February 2011, Phoenix  >

NCRP Annual Report, 2010 Year in Review >  

NCRP Strategic Program Plan for 2008-2010 >

Two Council members, E. Stephen Amis, Jr. and James A. Brink, are co-chairs of the recently announced Image Wisely ^® Program >

The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) has become an NCRP Special Liaison Organization >

The Lauriston Sale Taylor papers have been made available for research through the Center for the History of Medicine at Countway Library >

NCRP announces two new scientific committees:

• Biological Effectiveness of Photons as a Function of Energy >

• Optimizing Decision Making for Late-Phase Recovery from Nuclear or Radiological Terrorism Incidents >

Elections

Council elections held during the NCRP Business Meeting, March 8, 2011 >

2011 Annual Meeting

Scientific and Policy Challenges of Particle Radiations in Medical Therapy and Space Missions, March 7-8, 2011 >

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	35th L.S. Taylor Lecturer, Eleanor A. Blakely, What Makes Particle Radiation so Effective? >                                                 Presentation >
	8th Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Speaker, Marco Durante, Heavy Ions in Therapy and Space: Benefits and Risks  >                                                Presentation >

NCRP Report No. 160 is in the news – Radiologists Call for National Strategy to Address Medical Imaging Overuse >

Read the review of NCRP Report No. 161 in the August issue of Medical Physics – “It will likely emerge as the ‘standard’ for management of radioactively contaminated individuals” >

Publications Press Releases

NCRP Report No. 166, Population Monitoring and Radionuclide Decorporation Following a Radiological or Nuclear Incident >

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NCRP Commentary No. 21, Radiation Protection in the Application of Active Detection Technologies >

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NCRP Report No. 164, Uncertainties in Internal Radiation Dose Assessment >

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NCRP Report No. 163, Radiation Dose Reconstruction: Principles and Practices >
                                                 
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NCRP Report No. 162, Self Assessment of Radiation-Safety Programs >                                               Press release >

NCRP Report No. 161, Management of Persons Contaminated With Radionuclides

                                  Vol. I: Handbook >

                                  Vol II: Scientific and Technical Bases  >

                                                Press release >

NCRP Report No. 160, Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the
Population of the United States >

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                                                Summary table >

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