Florida Chapter
HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY
Newsletter
Volume 14, Issue 1
June 2015
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Mike Phillips
Greetings to all! I’d like to thank everyone
who assisted with the Spring 2015 chapter
meeting in Cape Canaveral. Successful
meetings happen when our members pitch
in where they can. And speaking of pitching
in, we are still looking for a newsletter editor.
It’s a great opportunity to practice those
writing skills and strengthen contacts with
your fellow members.
We have just completed another highly
successful Spring meeting and the topics
included something for everyone, from laser
safety to modular reactors. For those of you
who were unable to attend, you will be able
to find the presentations available on our
website at:
http://www.hpschapters.org/florida.
2015-2016 OFFICERS
and
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
President
Mike Phillips
850.245.4266
Kurt Geber
President-Elect
850.245.4266
Past President
Howard Dickson
813.926.7187
Secretary
Kathleen Thomas
352.376.1611
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Treasurer
Adam Weaver
813.974.8978
Executive Council
Tom Jacobson (‘16)
850.644.7687
Kimberly Kantner (‘18) 407.277.1641
Rod Nickell (‘17)
321.853.5688
Venues Director
George Snyder
352.258.6115
Science Teacher Workshop
Wesley Bolch, PhD
352.846.1361
Newsletter Editor
Vacant
Webmaster
Jason Timm
414.955.4410
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SPRING MEETING
Spring Meeting 2015
The Florida Chapter of the Health Physics
Society (FCHPS) held its annual Spring
meeting on 10 April at the Radisson Resort
at the Port in Cape Canaveral, FL. This
year’s meeting heard topics ranging from
progress in safety standards for lasers to
small modular reactors. As always, the
meeting kicked off the night before with a
reception at Milliken’s Reef. Good eats and
good company.
of Escambia County Health Department,
followed with a discussion of the radiological
and nuclear material detection architecture,
including current updates. After the break
to meet with our vendors, Paul Burress,
CHP, RSO for FL State University, gave
another enlightening presentation on an
issue many health physicist have little
experience in, and that’s ventilation
systems.
Paul drew upon personal
experience addressing fume hood issues in
FSU chemistry buildings.
Jay Maisler,
Manager of Projects, New Plant Services,
Enercon Services, Inc. closed out the
morning session with an overview of small
modular reactors, potentially the future of
nuclear power electric generation.
After lunch, Eric Abelquist, Executive Vice
President at Oak Ridge Associated
Dr. Eric Abelquist, Jay Maisler, and Paul Burress at
the 2015 FCHPS Spring meeting in Cape Canaveral.
Dr. John Lanza, James Futch and Dr. David Sliney at
the 2015 FCHPS Spring meeting.
Dr. David Sliney started off the meeting with
an update on the progress of safety
standards in lasers and lamps.
The
presentation was not only an update on
standards but an extremely useful review of
this often overlooked nonionizing radiation.
Next, James Futch, FL Bureau of Radiation
Control Administrator gave a summary of a
joint federal/state exercise testing the
combined response of aerial and ground
detection assets. Dr. John Lanza, Director
Universities,
spoke
about
a
decommissioning renaissance, driven by
several factors, including an aging inventory
and market forces. The future looks quiet
bright for those who work in the
decommissioning industry. Nothing is for
certain
but
death,
taxes
and…decommissioning.
The final presentations of the day were from
our future HP leaders at the University of
Florida. Michael Shang, Bryan Schwarz,
Dr. Matthew Maynard, William Godwin and
Heather Petroccia presented four works,
covering: Dosimetric modeling of the dog
for testing radiopharmaceuticals; Assessing
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past exposures from contaminated waters in
Russia; Dosimetric/Biokinetic models for
pregnant women; and Reconstruction of
therapeutic doses from Co60 to patients
with Hodgkin’s. I encourage all members
to take the time to review this year’s 2015
Spring presentations.
planning stages, the talk is a meeting in the
Tampa/St. Petersburg area. Expect to see
some definitive dates and a location in a
future email.
Awards, Nominations and National HPS
The chapter nominated John Lanza for HPS
Fellow Award, which he will receive at the
Society's annual meeting in Indianapolis on
13 July at the Awards Banquet.
Congratulations Dr. Lanza. The chapter
also nominated John to run for the
Secretary-elect position in HPS.
Heather Petroccia, Bryan Schwartz, William Godwin,
and Dr. Matthew Maynard at the 2015 FCHPS Spring
meeting in Cape Canaveral, FL.
Finally, as always, we are most appreciative
of ours vendors support. The following
FCHPS affiliates actively supported this
meeting and presented useful exhibits:
Canberra, DEQ Technical Sales, Fuji
Electric Corp., Fluke/Raysafe, Ortec, and
Mirion Technologies.
This meeting qualified for 6 CECs from the
American Academy of Health Physics for
certified health physicist and 6 CEUs from
the state for registered radiological
technicians.
Where Will We Meet in the Fall of 2015?
This
year’s
fall meeting
will again be a
joint meeting
with FL AAPM
and they will
be
hosting,
which means they are searching for a venue
and setting the date. Although still in the
Paul Burress, Howard Dickson, Don
Mothena, Brian Birky, Adam Weaver, Jay
Maisler and Walter Cofer were nominated to
serve on the state’s Advisory Council on
Radiation Protection.
The Council
requests a pool of nominees from the
FCHPS
when
vacancies
open.
Nominations are vetted and sent to the
State Surgeon General.
National HPS has requested nominations
for delegates to the General Assembly of
the 14th Congress of the International
Radiation Protection Association (IRPA14),
which will be held in Cape Town, South
Africa, 9–13 May 2016. FCHPS has
nominated Howard Dickson for this exciting
opportunity.
Dr. Wesley Bolch will travel to Vienna this
June to serve as a member of the U.S.
delegation to the United Nations Scientific
Committee on the Effects of Atomic
Radiation (UNSCEAR). “This appointment,
which is one of the highest honors in the
field of radiological protection and
constitutes a world-wide recognition of the
unique work performed by UF graduate
students in the area of scalable and realistic
anatomic models of human anatomy,” said
Bolch.
“Recently,
the
International
Commission on Radiological Protection
(ICRP) adopted the UF series of anatomic
models of pediatric, fetal, and pregnant
female anatomy to use as their international
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standards.
These
models
establish
internationally
recognized
limits
and
guidelines on radiation organ dose from
occupational, environmental, and medical
exposures.”
Read
more
at:
https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news/radiationdosimetry-expert-appointed-to-u-sdelegation-to-united-nations/
Affiliate Members of FCHPS
Board of Laser Safety
13501 Ingenuity Drive, Suite 128
Orlando, FL 32826
Phone (407) 985-3810
Fax (407) 380-5588
[email protected]
Seeking a Newsletter Editor
We have an opportunity for any member
that wants to contribute to the continuing
success for the Florida Chapter to step up
and claim the privilege of being our next
newsletter editor. This is an easy and fun
position, but means so much to ensuring
that our members get essential information
in a timely fashion. Please advise President
Mike Phillips if you are interested.
([email protected])
BRC Has a New Materials Licensing
Administrator
As you may recall,
Paul Vause, the
Licensing
Administrator for
the FL Bureau of
Radiation Control,
retired at the end
of 2014. Charlie
Hamilton,
previously
the
Enforcement/Compliance
Manager,
accepted the call to become the new
Administrator. Charlie has been with the
bureau for 22 years. He hired on with the
state after an 8-year tour as a Submariner
and ELT.
Canberra Industries, Inc.
800 Research Parkway
Meriden, CT 06450
Cell (704) 219-1241
[email protected]
Chase Environmental
109 Flint Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 481-8801
(865) 481-8818
[email protected]
DEQ Technical Sales, LLC.
7767 Maida Vale Court
Powell, TN 37849
Phone (770) 363-0925
Fax (770) 497-9188
[email protected]
Ecology Services
9135 Guilford Road, Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21046
Office (800) 963-8999
Cell (847) 514-6841
[email protected]
F&J Specialty Products, Inc
Frank M Gavila, President
Phone (352) 680-1177
Fax (352) 680-1454
www.fjspecialty.com
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Fuji Electric Corp. of America
50 Northfield Ave.
Edison, NJ 08837
Phone (201) 490-3921
[email protected]
K&S Associates, Inc.
1926 Elm Tree Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37210-3718
(800) 522-2325
(615) 871-0856
[email protected]
Landauer, Inc.
2 Science Road
Glenwood, IL 60425
Cindy Trautmann, Southeast Regional Sales
Manager
Cell (708) 308-7826
Fax (708) 755-7011
www.landauerinc.com
Mirion Technologies, Inc.
2652 McGaw Ave.
Irvine, CA 92614
Kevin McDonough, Regional Sales
Manager
Cell (949) 302-0116
Office (800) 251-3331
[email protected]
ORTEC
801 S. Illinois Ave.
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865)617-5939
(865) 483-0396
[email protected]
Philotechnics, Ltd.
Renovare Blvd.
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
1-888-RAD-WASTE
865-483-1530
http://www.philotechnics.com/
Premier Sales Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 71523
Marietta, GA 30007
M. Allen Barber, Representative
Phone (770) 433-8177
Fax (678) 298-4154
[email protected]
Pulcir, Inc.
9209 Oak Ridge Hwy.
Oak Ridge, TN 37830-3500
Scott Eddlemon, Representative
Phone (800) 862-1390
Fax (865) 927-6866
[email protected]
Radcal Corporation
426 West Duarte Road
Monrovia, California 91016
(626)357-7921 x133
[email protected]
Fluke/RaySafe
86 South St - Suite A
Hopkinton, MA 01748
(407)508-8601
[email protected]
Perma-Fix Environmental Services
1940 NW 67th Place
Gainesville, FL 32653
Tristan Timm, Radiation Safety Officer
Phone (352) 395-1345
[email protected]
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