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Meeting Announcement
Presents:
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
President-Elect of the Health Physics Society
Presentation Topic:
Will they ever learn? The public education game
Location:
7 Dalamar St.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
301-948-3666
The Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Health Physics Society cordially invites you to attend a technical dinner meeting.
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
6:00 pm: Social hour
7:00 pm: Dinner
(Choice of Prime Rib, Chicken, Salmon or Vegetarian meals are to be requested at the time of registration)
8:00pm: Speaker: Howard W. Dickson, HPS President-Elect
Cost: $30 - Local Chapter members, spouses, one guest
$35 - Non-members
$15 - Students
RSVP Deadline: Friday, November 14, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker and Topic: Howard W. Dickson, MS, CHP, CIH, CSP, President-Elect of the HPS will be presenting his talk on "Will they ever learn? The public education game." Mr. Dickson will talk about how we, as health physicists have much at stake in the public education arena. In spite of our efforts, the public has been slow to warm to the use of radiation and radioactive material, except perhaps for some medical applications. Recently, we are beginning to see a trend toward greater acceptance of nuclear power, probably driven largely by the exorbitant cost of oil and the perception that we are being held hostage to foreign suppliers of the same. Now may be the time to strike with all deliberate haste with maximum use of available resources to educate the public about radiation risks. The specter of terrorist attacks using radiological or nuclear weapons resulted in a great dissemination of knowledge about radiation to emergency response personnel around the country. The further prospects of a nuclear power renaissance should produce a thirst for additional knowledge by many other stakeholders. The HPS is well postured to deliver that credible, scientifically accurate information that the public seeks. Howard will talk about the "Radiation Primer" and other education initiatives that are available to us as well as the other organizations and agencies that share our interests and concerns.
Contact: Judson Kenoyer (email preferred), or 703-207-6904, Ext 216 by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 14, 2008
NOTE: If you must cancel your reservation, please notify Judson by the RSVP deadline to avoid a no-show charge.
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