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The Health Physics Society (HPS) Decommissioning Section is sponsoring a special session on decontamination and decommissioning at the 68th HPS Annual Meeting in National Harbor on Tuesday, 25 July. The special session "Decommissioning" will be held 8 am–12 pm and will include:

• Tom Hansen, PhD, CHP, RRPT, "Cyclotron Decommissioning" – Hansen will present data, observations, and photographs from completed projects and a discussion of similarities and differences between these and other decommissioning projects.
• Joseph Power, "Wasteland to Wonderland: Remediation of a New Jersey Brownfield Site" – Power will talk about the former National Lead Industries site in Sayreville, New Jersey, consisting of 100+ hectares with radiological impacts resulting from historical site operations.
• Phil Rutherford, "Waste Characterization by the Department of Energy at the Energy Technology Engineering Center" – Rutherford will present on the Department of Energy (DOE) – Energy Technology Engineering Center D&D past and going issues revolving around the site regarding the DOE and California Department of Toxic Substance Control signed Amendment to Order on Consent.
• Ken Gavlik, "State of California Licensee Decommissioning: Why It Pays to Plan Ahead" – Gavlik will discuss why it pays for licensees in the state of California to plan for decommissioning.
• Tom Hansen, PhD, CHP, RRPT, "Important Practical Considerations for Final Status Survey Planning With Proposed Revisions to MARSSIM" – Hansen will end the presentations with his discussion about four MARSSIM proposed revisions that are of practical importance to anyone contemplating future decommissioning surveys: determining the lower bound of the gray region, determining scan survey coverage, the use of "scan only" surveys, and guidance pertaining to the selection of decommissioning survey contractors.
• A one-hour panel discussion, which will end the session.

All are urged to mark your program to attend the informative special session.

Following the special session, the Decommissioning Section Business Meeting will be held. Location and time are to be determined and will be updated when the information is available.