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The Billet
​
Volume 38, Number 2 • Specialists in Radiation Safety • August 2017

Official Newsletter of the
​State of Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society
In this issue . . .
   • STC-HPS Fall Conference on Emergency Response and Affiliates Fair, Sept. 12-13, 2017
   • ​​Photos from the STC-HPS Meeting, April 2017
   • STC-HPS Meeting photo from Raleigh, NC, July 2017
   • ​Hot Cell Safety Training in China
   • Minutes of the STC Executive Council Meeting, Waco, TX, April 21, 2017 (BDF)

​​​STC-HPS Fall Conference on Emergency Response
and Affiliates Fair, Lost Pines, Texas, Sept. 12-13!

The State of Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society will be hosting the Annual Fall Conference and Affiliates Fair, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 12, 8 a.m., through Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 12 p.m.
     Meeting topics will focus on Emergency Management and Response and our vendors will be available to showcase their products and help you meet your radiological needs.

     The Fall Conference and Affiliates Fair will be held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa outside of Bastrop, TX (15 miles east of downtown Austin). A block of rooms will be available for the nights of the 11th and 12th for the State reimbursement rate of $141. We will be featuring speakers focusing on Emergency Response. Mark your calendars; this is a meeting you won't want to miss!
     The Meeting is for a full day on Tuesday, September 12, and a half-day on Wednesday, September 13.
          Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa, a four-star hotel
          Address: 575 Hyatt Lost Pines Rd, Cedar Creek, TX 78612
          Phone: (512) 308-1234
Registration Costs:
Registration includes breakfast, lunch and snack on Thursday and breakfast on Friday. 
  • $120 for STC Members, registering in advance on the stc-hps.org website, before August 28 , 2017.
  • $30 for Students
  • $140 for registration made on or after August 28, 2017
  • Non Members:  $10 extra, $160 for at-the-door registration on day of the meeting, if room and lunch are available.
    ​

Accommodations:
There is a limited block of rooms reserved at the hotel for the nights of Monday and Tuesday (September 11 and 12). A discount rate of $141/night, plus tax has been given to this block of rooms. To reserve a room under this block, please visit https://aws.passkey.com/go/STCHPSFallConference. This block of discounted rooms are available until sold out, or August 21, 2017. So be sure to make your reservation as soon as possible! Self-parking at the hotel is free!
Online registration is preferred.
     When you register online, you can pay online with credit card or mail in a check.
To register on line
     Go to the 
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eeer8xjoe0e8e0c3&llr=f5gcvhqab
     OR Complete and mail a registration form. Please click here to download the Registration Form.

​Photos from the STC-HPS Meeting,
April 2017, Student Presentation Meeting, Waco, Texas


STC-HPS Meeting photo from Raleigh, NC

Several members of the State of Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society attended the 62nd Annual Meeting of the HPS in Raleigh, NC, in July.
Picture
Back Row, L-R: Tyler Cantrell, Christopher Pagan, Matthew Amen, John Hageman, Ken Krieger, John Salsman
Middle Row, L-R: Ed Bailey, Ruth McBurney, Leigh Ing, Elizabeth Tindle, Linda Morris, Elaine Marshall, Gamaliel Torres
Front Row, L-R: Janet Gutierrez and Sandra Jimenez

​Hot Cell Safety Training in China

John Hageman, Principal Scientist and the Radiation Safety Officer of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), in San Antonio, Texas, participated in an international training event in China. The one-week training course was sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Mr. Hageman provided several training segments on operational safety for a Mobile Hot Cell. The Mobile Hot Cell is used to handle and prepare unused highly-radioactive sealed sources for disposal or enhanced/secure storage. The Hot Cell is designed to be assembled in various locations by filling the steel-shell shielding walls with sand, 2 meters thick, from the local community.
     The training was conducted at the China Institute for Radiation Protection (CIRP) for 13 new Mobile Hot Cell operators from Malaysia. The participants in the training course were given several hours of classroom lectures and hands-on experience using the manipulators of the CIRP’s Mobile Hot Call.
Picture
The back two rows show the Malaysian Students and CIRP's Hot Cell operators. In the front row (L-R) are: Hongxiang An, CIRP; Yu Liang, CIRP; John Hageman, SwRI; Mohamed Al-Mughrabi, IAEA; Xueqi Chang, CIRP President; and Gert Liebenberg, IAEA

Minutes of the STC Executive Council Meeting
Waco, TX, April 21, 2017 
(PDF)


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