The society has several objectives including
- Develop, disseminate, and apply the scientific knowledge of, and the practical means for, radiation protection.
- Devise practical means to protect people and the environment from unnecessary exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
- Encourage scientific research, education, and professional development to assist in the understanding, evaluation, and controlling of risks from ionizing and non-ionizing radiation exposure relative to the benefits derived.
Promote research and educational opportunities in health physics and radiation protection for elementary, high school, college, and university students.
Upcoming Events
Chapter Picnic. The chapter will be having a summer picnic in the Los Alamos area. More information soon.
Please submit Announcements to: Charlie Guinn
News
Domenici Receives HPS Distinguished Public Service Award
The HPS Awards Committee has selected Senator Pete Domenici for the society's first Distinguished Public Service Award. The RGCHPS executive council was honored to submit a letter supporting the nomination. The award will be presented at a special ceremony on April 15th at 5:30 pm in Washington, DC, at a location yet to be determined. Senator Domenici was nominated by Ray Guilmette, Keith Dinger, Ralph Andersen, John Frazier, Raymond Johnson, Ruth McBurney, and Kevin Nelson. In the nomination, the Senator was recognized for his outstanding contribution to the profession of health physics while in public service.
The members of the Rio Grande Chapter and indeed the entire state of New Mexico, are proud that Senator Domenici represented his constituency so well. We have all been the beneficiaries of his tireless fight for funding of the defense and energy projects at Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, and in the development of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and the National Enrichment Facility. The RGCHPS we conveys a profound note of appreciation to the Senator, that by whatever means would be inadequate but nevertheless appropriate.
2010 Midyear Meeting
Arrangements have begun to host the 2010 HPS Midyear Meeting to be held in Albuquerque. Gus Potter has graciously accepted the position of Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee.
Applications & Dues
Annual dues are $15.00. Initial dues for new members and former members who wish to re-join is $5.00.
Send your check and renewal form to: RGC HPS, P.O. Box 51686, Albuquerque, NM 87181-1686.
A membership application/renewal can be filled out, printed, and sent with dues.
Board Members
President: Mike Shierman
Email: mikeschierman@ergoffice.com
Environmental Restoration Group, Inc.
Work: (505) 298-4224
FAX: (505) 797-1404President-Elect: Bob Miltenberger
E-mail: rpmilte@sandia.gov
Sandia National Laboratories
Work: (505) 845-0904
FAX: (505) 844-0112Past President: Stan Fitch, CHP, RRPT
E-mail: abqfitch@swcp.com
Trinitek Services, LC
Sandia Park, NM
Work: (505) 249-3995
FAX: (505) 281-4074Secretary: David Farrar
E-mail: davidfarrar@ergoffice.com
Environmental Restoration Group, Inc.
Work: (505) 298-4224
FAX: (505) 797-1404Treasurer: Richard Haaker, CHP
E-mail: radpro@aqsafety.com
AQ Safety, Inc.
Work: (505) 298-7415
FAX: 505.299.1914Director: Walen Mickey, CHP
E-mail: wmickey@sandia.gov
Sandia National Laboratories
Work: (505) 284-6141
FAX: (505) 844-2497Director: Steven Farmer, CHP
E-mail: sfarmer@sandia.gov
Sandia National Laboratories
Work: (505) 845-0915
FAX: (505) 845-8268Membership Chair: Terry Vergamini, CHP
E-mail: tmv@lanl.gov
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Work: (505) 667-3083
FAX: (505) 665-122Links
American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Amercian Academy of Health Physic (AAHP)
National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists (NRRPT)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Commision on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Local Emergency Planning Committee
Webmaster: Charlie Guinn
