Resolution
NCRP has Resolved that the week of November 5 – 11, 2017 be designated National Radiation Protection Professionals Week
International Journal of Radiation Biology [93(10), October 2017]: Special Issue: The Bill Morgan Memorial Special Issue on Biology, Epidemiology, and Implications for Radiation Protection
2017 Annual Meeting
2017 Annual Meeting, Assessment of National Efforts in Emergency Preparedness for Nuclear Terrorism: Is There a Need for Realignment to Close Remaining Gaps?
March 6-7, 2017; Bethesda, Maryland
In Memoriam
Council Members in the News
 | Angel Plaza (NASA Senior Environmental Health Officer), Jamie Gurney (Agency Health Physicist), John Boice (NCRP President), and Bart Geyer (Agency Industrial Hygienist) at the 2017 NASA Health Physics Triennial Meeting in Washington, D.C., September 12-14. |
 | President John Boice and Ellen Anderson, Director, Nuclear Energy Institute, at the Radiation Protection Forum in New Orleans August 1 , 2017 |
 | President John Boice and Executive Director Kathy Held (not shown) attend the Health Physics Society 62nd Annual Meeting in Raleigh, NC with Betsy Ellis (ORAU), Sarah Cohen (NCRP Consultant), and Ashley Golden (ORAU) for a Special Session on Low Dose Epidemiology and the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works Study |
 | NCRP President Boice participates in the NASA Occupational Health Meeting at the Kennedy Space Center, June 26-30, 2017 |
 | Distinguished Emeritus Member, R. Julian Preston, appointed for life as an Emeritus Member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, an honorary distinction in appreciation of extraordinary contributions to radiation protection |
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President Boice honored as the 26th John S. Laughlin Visiting Professor at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, May 22, 2007. Dr. Laughlin was an Council member and world renowned for contributions to medical physics. The photograph is Dr. Boice with John Laughlin’s wife, Eunice, who attended the lecture and dinner with 11 other family members. |
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Armin Ansari Appointed Scientific Vice President of PAC 3 on Nuclear and Radiological Security and Safety |
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Bruce A. Napier Appointed Scientific Vice President of PAC 5 on Environmental Radiation and Radioactive Waste Issues |
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American Board of Radiology names Dr. Donald P. Frush as Chair of Its Board of Trustees |
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NCRP Scientific Vice President, James A. Brink, is the new Vice Chair of the National Academy of Sciences’ Nuclear Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) and has been elected to the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors |
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Distinguished Emeritus Member, Henry D. Royal, is the new NRSB member |
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Senior Vice President and NCRP Board Chairman, Jerrold T. Bushberg, has been elected to the position of Vice Chair of the American Board of Medical Physics effective January 1, 2017 |
Now Available
- 2016 Year in Review
- NCRP Report No. 176, Radiation Safety Aspects of Nanotechnology
- NCRP Commentary No. 26, Guidance on Radiation Dose Limits for the Lens of the Eye
- NCRP Report No. 165, Responding to a Radiological or Nuclear Terrorism Incident: A Guide for Decision Makers, now available as a free download
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