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The online program and registration form for the 52nd Midyear Meeting of the Health Physics Society (HPS), which will be held 17–20 February 2019 in San Diego, California, are now available. The program will include the following:

• Plenary Session
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Special Session: Military Health Physics
• Poster Session
• Dosimetry/Medical Physics
• Contemporary Health Physics Issues
• Special Session: Medical Health Physics
• International Radiation Protection Association Special Session on Radiation Safety Culture in Medicine

Abstracts for the Professional Enrichment Program (PEP) and the Continuing Education Lectures (CEL) are also available.

PEP (Sunday, 17 February)

• Evaluation or MARSSIM and MARSAME Surveys
• Harmony in Concepts and Units for Internal Dose Calculations for Nuclear Medicine Applications or for Protection of Radiation Workers
• Medical Laser Safety Program—What Health Physicists Need to Know
• Alpha Spectroscopy for the HP
• Thorium Molten Salt Reactors (TMSR): Key Radiation Protection Challenges
• Full-Range Risk Training for Health Physicists
• Gamma Spectroscopy for the Health Physicist
• Quick and Dirty Radiological Dose Assessment Following a Rad/Nuke Emergency
• Technical Basis and Operational Experience for Clearance of Personal Property From SLAC Accelerator Facilities

CEL (Monday, 18 February, and Tuesday, 19 February)

• The Case Against LNT
• Dosimetry Challenges of New Nuclear Medicine Theranostic Agents
• Fundamentals of Environmental Health Physics
• Personnel Contamination Monitoring the 411

More information, including meeting registration and hotel reservations, can be found on the midyear meeting web page.