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	Register today! 2010 Annual Meeting, Communication of Radiation Benefits and Risks in Decision Making, March 8-9, 2010, Bethesda, Maryland Program > Press release > Registration > Hyatt Regency Bethesda Registration > Alternate hotels > 34th Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturer, *Charles E. Land, "Radiation Protection in an Uncertain World* " >** 7th Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Speaker, Vincent T. Covello, "Effective Risk Communication Before, During and After a Radiological Emergency: Challenges, Guidelines, Strategies and Tools " > Available *NCRP Report No. 161, Management of Persons Contaminated With Radionuclides: Handbook* > Press release > NCRP Report No. 160, Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the Population of the United States > Press release > Pie charts > Summary table > Editorial: "Too much of a good thing?" > Commentary by DA Schauer and OW Linton > NCRP Report No. 160 - New Diagnostic Imaging Devices at the NIH Clinical Center to Automatically Record Radiation Exposure > Draft NCRP report played a role in two requirements in the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act > 2008 Annual Report, 2008 Year in Review > NCRP Strategic Program Plan for 2008-2010 > 2009 Goals & Challenges >**			Update of NCRP Report No. 65: NCRP Report No. 161, *Management of Persons Contaminated With Radionuclides: Handbook, available now > Evidence is mounting against unjustified uses of ionizing radiation in medicine. A recent white paper by Thomson Reuters reported that 20 to 50 % of high-tech scans like CT and PET should not have been done because their results did not help diagnose ailments or treat patients > At a meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards held in Washington, DC on October 15, 2009, President Tenforde presented an overview of NCRP's recent and planned activities* in publishing reports and commentaries, and in holding conferences and annual meetings on topics of current interest in radiation protection > NCRP held a workshop on "Computed Tomography in Emergency Medicine: Ensuring Appropriate Use" on September 23-24, 2009 > National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements - Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging offers free Interventional Radiology Dose Reduction and Patient Education Materials > NCRP and the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging Offer Free Parent Education Materials > AMA meeting: Doctors told to reveal financial stake in referrals. Doctors should base referrals on "objective, medically relevant criteria." These would include the American College of Radiology’s appropriateness criteria for medical imaging > Council Highlights S.Y. Chen and Thomas Tenforde published an article in the January 2010 issue of the Homeland Security Affairs Journal on the application of optimization principles in making decisions on the cleanup and restoration of sites damaged by an act of nuclear or radiological terrorism > The Board of Directors held their December meeting at the UC Berkeley Women's Faculty Club > NCRP Executive Director, Dr. David A. Schauer, presented the keynote address at the 7th International U.S. – Russian Meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee for Radiation Effects Research >

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NCRP Publications

To support radiation protection by providing independent scientific analysis, information, and recommendations that represent the consensus of leading scientists.

Congressional Charter >
Message from the President >

**2008 Annual Report, 2008 Year in Review >**

NCRP Strategic Program Plan for 2008-2010 >

2009 Goals & Challenges >

Update of NCRP Report No. 65: NCRP Report No. 161, Management of Persons Contaminated With Radionuclides: Handbook, available now >

Evidence is mounting against unjustified uses of ionizing radiation in medicine. A recent white paper by Thomson Reuters reported that 20 to 50 % of high-tech scans like CT and PET should not have been done because their results did not help diagnose ailments or treat patients >

NCRP held a workshop on "Computed Tomography in Emergency Medicine: Ensuring Appropriate Use" on September 23-24, 2009 >

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements - Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging offers free Interventional Radiology Dose Reduction and Patient Education Materials >

NCRP and the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging Offer Free Parent Education Materials >

AMA meeting: Doctors told to reveal financial stake in referrals. Doctors should base referrals on "objective, medically relevant criteria." These would include the American College of Radiology’s appropriateness criteria for medical imaging >

Council Highlights

S.Y. Chen and Thomas Tenforde published an article in the January 2010 issue of the Homeland Security Affairs Journal on the application of optimization principles in making decisions on the cleanup and restoration of sites damaged by an act of nuclear or radiological terrorism >

The Board of Directors held their December meeting at the UC Berkeley Women's Faculty Club >

NCRP Executive Director, Dr. David A. Schauer, presented the keynote address at the 7th International U.S. – Russian Meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee for Radiation Effects Research >