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

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 >

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 >

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 >

At the 67th Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Energy Agency's Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health, held in Paris on May 12-14, 2009, President Tenforde presented an overview of NCRP's recent publications and near-term plans for new reports and conferences >

Dr Paul M. DeLuca, University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, has been named as the University's Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. He is a member of Council and the NCRP Board of Directors, and serves as Chairman of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements

Drs. Corradini, Tenforde and Schauer wrote an article in Health Physics News about the 2009 NCRP Annual Meeting >

Senate committee takes on inappropriate imaging: A recently released Senate Finance Committee report calls for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Diagnostic Imaging Exchange Network (DIEN) in five regions of the country, beginning in 2011. DIEN would assist physicians in determining the necessity, safety and appropriateness of ordering an imaging study, with the intent of minimizing duplicative scans and radiation exposure to patients. >

American Society of Radiologic Technologists, American Registry of Radiologic Technologists panel conclude that more education is necessary for CT utilization: “Ultimately, when medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals thoroughly understand CT operation, techniques and protocols, they can optimize dose and perform safer examinations”  >

NCRP Executive Director, Dr. David A. Schauer made a presentation on “Current and Planned NCRP Activities” at the 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic States Radiation Conference >

Dr. Richard Vetter, a member of Council and past member of the NCRP Board of Directors, was invited by the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors to present the John Villforth Lecture at the 41st Conference on Radiation Control held in Columbus, Ohio on May 18-21, 2009. The subject of his presentation was "Communicating Risk with the Patient."

NCRP and ebrary® Partner to provide content solutions >

Nuclear power in China: “The country is poised to revise its energy development plans by nearly doubling its nuclear power capacity in the next decade," energy authorities have said >

A recent study by the Massachusetts Medical Society titled, "Investigation of Defensive Medicine in Massachusetts,” concluded that roughly 33 % of the CT scans ordered by obstetrician/gynecologists, emergency physicians, and family practitioners were not motivated by medical need >

2008 Annual Report, 2008 Year in Review >

NCRP Strategic Program Plan for 2008-2010 >

2009 Annual Meeting, Future of Nuclear Power Worldwide: Safety, Health and Environment

     March 2-3, 2009
     Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center,
     7400 Wisconsin Avenue,  Bethesda, Maryland, USA 20814

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33rd Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturer, John D. Boice, Jr., "Radiation Epidemiology: The Golden Age and Remaining Challenges" >

                                        Introduction >

                                        Lecture >

                                        John Boice & family perform  "Epidemiology" >

                                        "Epidemiology" lyrics >

6th Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Speaker, Commissioner Peter B. Lyons, "The Role of a Strong Regulator in Safe and Secure Nuclear Energy" >

2009 Annual Meeting Presentations, Future of Nuclear Power Worldwide: Safety, Health and Environment >


Council elections held during the NCRP Business Meeting, March 3, 2009 >

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