NCRP

Shaheen A. Dewji

Shaheen A. Dewji

DewjiSis a Radiological Engineer at the Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge (CRPK) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She received her PhD in the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, having studied at both the Atlanta and Metz, France campuses. She received her BSc in Physics from the University of British Columbia and has participated in the Education Abroad Program at University of California-Berkeley. She has completed a Masters in Nuclear Engineering at Georgia Tech in assaying internal contamination using hand-held radiation detectors in the event of a radiological dispersion device for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Dewji’s recent work with CRPK at ORNL has included assessment of patient release criteria for 131I patients for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as updates to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Federal Guidance Report (FGR) 12 on external exposure to radionuclides in environmental media and FGR 13 on dose coefficients and radiation risk associated with the inhalation and ingestion of radionuclides. Dr. Dewji also holds a certificate in Nuclear Knowledge Management from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in Russia, which she obtained through the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2014.