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Welcome to the East Tennessee Chapter of the Health Physics Society (ETCHPS) Home Page.

The ETCHPS is a scientific and professional organization whose members specialize in occupational, environmental, and medical radiation safety. Our membership includes professionals involved in commercial, industrial, university, medical, and governmental radiation safety activities throughout eastern Tennessee. We are a regional affiliate of the Health Physics Society .

Our mailing address is:
East Tennessee Health Physics Society
PO Box 7006
Oak Ridge, TN 37831

Upcoming Events March 17, 2020 Chapter Meeting - CANCELLED K Town Tavern, 320 North Peters Road, Knoxville Logistics, Processing, and Disposal of Radioactive Waste Speaker: Joe Heckman, President of Energy Solutions, Processing, Disposal, and Logistics April 22, 2020 Chapter Meeting Location TBD NuVision Engineering Robotics for Waste Management, D&D, and Nuclear Industry Speaker: Joe Dixon May 19, 2020 Chapter Meeting Location TBD Commercial Waste Container & Liner Manufacturing Speaker: John Davis June 16, 2020 Chapter Meeting Location TBD NRC Branch Technical Position Paper on Concentration Averaging Speaker: Duane Quayle July 2020 National HPS Meeting National Harbors, MD August 18, 2020 Chapter Meeting Location TBD Speaker: John Cardarelli, National HPS President-elect September 2020 Chapter Picnic Location TBD December 2020 Vendors Meeting Rothchild Catering and Conference Center

Roger Cloutier's 50th anniversary history of the ETCHPS Congratulations to Dr. Scott Schwahn, who was named a Fellow of the Health Physics Society

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Richard Toohey.  Dr. Toohey has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 HPS Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, to be presented at the annual HPS meeting in July.   Congratulations!