Health Physics News Digest

November 2024

Highlights of the online Health Physics Society (HPS) November 2024 Health Physics News

  • From the President — Call for Volunteer for Scientific and Public Issues Committee
  • From the President-Elect — President-Elect Visits to Chapters
  • HPS Meetings
    • Save the Dates for the Third HPS Workshop! 
    • Free Fusion Health Physics Webinar and Roundtable 
    • Bring Your Family to the 70th HPS Annual Meeting
    • Upcoming HPS Meetings
  • Society News
    • HPAERC Needs Volunteers
    • Renew Your HPS Membership
    • 2025 HPS Election
  • Section News — Call for Nominations for Medical Health Physics Section Board of Directors
  • Chapter News
    • New England Chapter Recent Activities
    • Hoosier Chapter Holds Fall Meeting
  • Student Branch News — Colorado State University Hosts Fukushima University Students
  • HPS Meetings in Review
    • IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: Opening Ceremony and Monday Plenary
    • IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: Women in Radiation Protection Section Social
    • IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: US Delegation to IRPA 16
    • IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: IRPA 16 Young Professionals
    • IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: Publications Booth Book Drawing
    • IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting: Lessons Learned – Potential Changes for HPS Meetings Moving Forward
  • In Memoriam — Richard Allen Ratliff
  • Health Physics Journal/ORS NewsHealth Physics Editor's Note: A New Beginning
  • Health Physics Practice Questions and AnswersProblem 55: Alpha-Neutron Sources, Radiation Weighting Factor
  • Did You Know? — Upcoming Meetings on the HPS Website
  • HPS Members Forum — New Message on the HPS Members Forum
  • What's News?
    • NRC Publishes Proposed New Rule for 10 CFR Part 53
    • Microsoft and Three Mile Island
    • ICRP Announces Upcoming Nomination Process for 2025–2029 Term
    • New IAEA Report Climate Change and Nuclear Power Focuses on Financing
    • NRC Seeks Input on Streamlined Reactor Review Proposal 
    • Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks Launches Rad Lab Hub
    • ICRP Seeks Candidates for Assistant Scientific Secretary
  • Health Physics Job Openings — Current Job Listings on the HPS Website
  • Short Courses — November Short Course Listings

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