Midwest Chapter of the Health Physics Society

Specialists in Radiation Safety  •  Chartered 1961  •  hpschapters.org/midwest

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Meetings • Membership • Affiliates

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Midwest Chapter HPS Meeting Archive
October 2011 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Ameriphysics, LLC	Frank Moore DOE Radiological Assistance Program, Region 5 “DOE Response to the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Accident”
May 2011 (Downers Grove, IL)	Annual Meeting/Social
April 2011 (Chicago, IL)	Fourth Annual Midwest Health Physics Technical Symposium
February 2011 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Chase Environmental	Sara DeCair Health Physicist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “EPA’s Protective Action Guides and Lessons from Liberty RadEx and the Gulf Oil Spill”
January 2011 (Batavia, IL) Sponsored by Ameriphysics, LLC	Fermilab and Neutron Therapy Facility Tour
November 2010 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Landauer, Inc.	Paul Ward Health Physicist, FEMA “Overview of Supplement 4 to NUREG-0654/FEMA REP-1, “Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants,” and the FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP) Manual”
May 2010 (Downers Grove, IL)	Annual Meeting and Picnic/Social
April 2010 (Argonne, IL)	Third Annual Midwest Health Physics Technical Symposium
March 2010 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Ameriphysics, LLC	Gary Lauten Deputy RSO, Accelerator Division, Fermilab “The Process of Repairing a Highly Activated NuMI Horn”
January 2010 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Landauer, Inc.	Tom Hansen, CHP President, Ameriphysics, LLC “A Breakdown in Communication: Degeneration of Applied MARSSIM Approaches to Decommissioning”
October 2009 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Mirion Technologies – Dosimetry Services	Steve Reynolds Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III “U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Response to Medical Events at Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities”
May 2009 (Argonne, IL)	Annual Meeting and Picnic/Social
April 2009 (Argonne, IL)	Second Annual Midwest Health Physics Technical Symposium
February 2009 (Lombard, IL)	Richard T. Whitman Test Engineer, Defense Threat Reduction Agency “Advances in Non-Intrusive Detection Systems”
September 2008 (Warrenville, IL)	Howard W. Dickson, CHP, CIH, CSP President-Elect, Health Physics Society “Will They Ever Learn? The Public Education Game”
May 2008 (Lombard, IL)	Dr. Kenneth L. Mossman Professor of Health Physics, Arizona State University Administrative Judge, NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board “The LNT Theory: Is It Time to Consider a Change in Regulatory Policy?”
April 2008 (Argonne, IL)	First Annual Midwest Health Physics Technical Symposium
March 2008 (Warrenville, IL)	Thomas S. O’Neill Vice President, New Plant Development, Exelon Nuclear “New Nuclear Plant Development at Exelon”
September 2007 (Westmont, IL)	Dr. Richard E. Toohey, CHP President-Elect, Health Physics Society Director, Dose Reconstruction Programs, Oak Ridge Associated Universities “Why No One Believes Us: Cognitive Neuroscience and Radiation Risk”
May 2007 (Lombard, IL)	Dr. Kevin L. Nelson President-Elect, Health Physics Society Radiation Safety Officer, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville “Medical Response to Radiation Incidents”
April 2007 (Argonne, IL) Sponsored by Protean Instrument Corp.	J. Murray Gibson Director, ANL Advanced Photon Source Harold J. Moe Health Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory Tour of the ANL Advanced Photon Source
February 2007 (Lombard, IL)	Allan Haeger Regulatory Licensing Lead, Exelon Nuclear “The Braidwood Tritium Problem” Michael Van Der Karr, CHP Internal Dosimetry Program Manager, Argonne National Laboratory “The Po-210 Poisoning”
October 2006 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Image Technology, Inc.	Burton G. Bennett Former Chair, Radiation Effects Research Foundation Former Secretary, UNSCEAR “The Chernobyl Accident 20 Years Afterward: Update of Health and Environmental Impacts”
May 2006 (Lombard, IL) Jointly sponsored by Canberra and Global Dosimetry Solutions	Annual Meeting “Town Hall Meeting on the Direction of the Chapter”
January 2006 (Lombard, IL)	Gary McCandless Manager, LLRW & Site Decommissioning Section Illinois Emergency Management Agency “Orphan Source Recovery in Illinois”
September 2005 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Image Technology, Inc.	Brian Dodd President-Elect, Health Physics Society President, BDConsulting “IAEA and the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources”
May 2005 (Lombard, IL) Sponsored by Image Technology, Inc.	Ruth E. McBurney, CHP President-Elect, Health Physics Society Manager, Radiation Safety Licensing Branch Texas Department of State Health Services “Medical Radiation Machines: Safety Considerations for workers, Patients, and the Public”
March 2005 (Lombard, IL)	Inid Deneau Director of Marketing, Landauer, Inc. “OSL: Optically Stimulated Luminescence”
January 2005 (Aurora, IL)	Rose M. Delo, CNMT, RT(N), NCT Consultant, Women’s Heart Center, Rush-Copley Heart Institute “Nuclear Cardiac Imaging”

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