Thanks to our friends at the Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for passing along the word on their upcoming colloquium:
Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy, Health Physics, Health, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Radiation
Speaker: Dr. Gary T. SmithUpdate your calendars accordingly.
Professor of Radiology and Medicine
and Director of Nuclear Medicine
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Knoxville, Tennessee
Topic: Radiation Accidents: A Summary of Injury Incidents Since 1945
Where: 308 Pasqua Engineering Bldg.
U. of Tennessee Main Campus
When: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
1:30 - 2:30 pm. EST
Webcast: http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/colloquia
Viewers of the live webcast may submit questions and/or comments to the speaker either before or during the live webcast via an email message to utne@tennessee.edu. Please include your name and affiliation in your email message.
Viewers who miss the live webcast can view the archived webcast, which is usually posted within 24 hours, at http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/colloquia/Archive/.
Viewers may also receive the speaker's slides in PDF format via email request to Ellen Fisher (efisher3@utk.edu) after the live webcast.
Abstract:
This seminar is intended to review radiation safety concerns and incidents over the past half-century in the medical field, industrial radiography, and the nuclear industry. The analysis will include a brief review of radiobiology, definitions of critical exposures, and a summary of plans for possible radiation accidents at UT Medical Center.
Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy, Health Physics, Health, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Radiation
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