Past Meetings

Northeastern New York Chapter of the Health Physics Society
www.hpschapters.org/neny


December 15, 2011
New York State Radiological Volunteer Program
Anthony DeAngelo, HPS NENY President

November 9, 2011
Grassroots Preparedness, a Radiation Risk Scale and Marketing of Health Physics
Dr. Armin Ansari, HPS President-Elect

May 4, 2011
USDOE-EM Separations Process Research Unit Decontamination & Decommissioning
Jim Willison, Dave Lowe and Steven Feinberg

November 17, 2010
Pit Disassembly and Conversion Project: Radiological Design Considerations
Kathy Pryor, HPS President-Elect

October 13, 2010
Methods to Assess Patient Organ Doses from Radiotherapy and Imaging Procedures
Dr. X. George Xu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

April 28, 2010
Separations Process Research Unit Cleanup (SPRU): Techniques and Approaches to Remove and Stabilize Residual Radioactive Materials Prior to Demolition
Steven Feinberg, DOE Federal Project Director
Doug Jamieson, WGI Senior Engineering Manager
Richard Hazard, WGI SPRU Radiological Controls Manager

March 2, 2010
Current Trends and Advances in Medical Radiation Technology
Brian M. Methe'
Health Physicist / Medical Physicist
St. Peter's Hospital

January 20, 2010
An Update on the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors Activities (CRCPD)
Dr. Adela Salame-Alfie, NYS Department of Health

December 17, 2009
#1 - Health Physicists Without Borders - - An Exciting Activity
#2 - Davis-Besse Reactor Vessel Head Degradation, A Lesson in Off-Normal Conditions

Presented by George Anastas, P.E., CHP, FHPS, DEE, FARPS
Past HPS President

November 5, 2009
New Concepts in Radiological Emergency Planning
Presented by Edward F. Maher, Sc.D., CHP
HPS President-Elect

September 25, 2009
Historical Development of the Periodic Table and the Chart of the Nuclides
Dr. Harold Knox, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

April 29, 2009
Detectors and Radiation: Intersections for the Security Field
Dr. J. Scott Price, GE Global Research Center

February 26, 2009
RADON - - The Health Threat with a Simple Solution
Nikolas Webster - Radiological Health Specialist Trainee II
Jerry Collins - Associate Radiological Health Specialist

Robert Snyder - Principal Radiological Health Specialist

January 6, 2009
Espionage Missions by U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarines During the Cold War
Ray Misiewicz - Retired Engineer, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

October 29, 2008
Will They Ever Learn? The Public Education Game

Howard Dickson - HPS President-Elect

September 18, 2008
Decontamination and Demolition of the Separations Process Research Unit
John Rampe - USDOE Site Manager Separations Process Research Unit
Steven Feinberg - USDOE Federal Project Director
Richard Bartowsik - Chief Engineer, Washington Group International, a Division of URS

June 4, 2008
An Analysis of Misadministrations in Radiation Therapy in NY
Dr. Janaki Krishnamoorthy, NYS Department of Health

February 19, 2008
Radiological Fire Disasters - Lessons Learned
Matt Norton, Vice President of Health Physics Operations for Philotecnics, Inc.

November 26, 2007
Current Research Projects in Health Physics
Dr. X. George Xu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

September 26, 2007
Why No One Believes Us: Cognitive Neuroscience and Radiation Risk
HPS President-Elect Richard Toohey, Ph.D., CHP

February 27, 2007
Medical Response to Radiation Incidents
HPS President-Elect Kevin Nelson

January 23, 2007
Handbook for Responding to a Radiological Dispersal Device – Dirty Bomb – The First 12 hours
Dr. Adela Salame-Alfie, Acting Director, NYSDOH Division of Environmental Health Investigations

May 9, 2006
Nuclear Fuels Fabrication Facility Remediation
Peter Collopy, Director - Environment, Safety and Health, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

November 2, 2005
New Regulations and Guidance for Dealing with Radioactivity in Solid Waste in Pennsylvania
Dave Allard, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Radiation Protection

October 19, 2005
IAEA and the Control of Radioactive Sources
Brian Dodd, President-Elect of the HPS

November 16, 2004
The Return of the Energy Crisis
Dr. Paul Swartz

September 24, 2004
Adventures in Nuclear and Radiological Safety During Thirty Years at a Major National Laboratory and Lessons Learned about Nuclear Power Advocacy and Public Information Outreach during Twenty Years of Retirement
Ted Schoenberg

April 21, 2004
New Instruments for the Same Old Challenges
Andrew Karam, Research Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

March 25, 2004
History of Low Level Radioactive Waste
Art Green, Radiac

January 15, 2004
Serendipitous Radiation Monitors
Dr. Robert L. Fleischer, Geology Department, Union College

A radon detector right in front of your eyes?

June 5, 2003
Health Physics Society Strategic Plan and Important Initiatives
Kenneth Kase, President-Elect of the HPS

December 5, 2002
Emergency Preparedness in Response to Terrorist Threats at Power Reactor Sites
Michael Slobodien, Director of Emergency Programs, Entergy - Northeast

October 8, 2002
Symposium - Management of Terrorist Events Involving Nuclear Reactors or Radioactive Materials

 

 


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