The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society will be held July 13 - 17, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA.  The Health Physics Society (HPS) is a scientific and professional organization whose members specialize in occupational and environmental radiation safety.  The meeting will consist of educational presentations by experts in the field, including Thermo Fisher Scientific physicists and technicians.

Presentations featuring Thermo Fisher Scientific employees:

Monday, July 14

4:15 p.m. - Ling Luo and Ken Velbeck - New Series of LiF:Mg,Cu,P Extremity Dosimeters

Thursday, July 17:

9:15 a.m. - Dr. Michael Iwatschenko-Borho - Recent Progress on the Fast and Accurate Measurement of Ambient Dose Equivalent H*(10) and Directional Dose Equivalent H*(.07) with Pocket Sized Survey Meters

10:45 a.m. - Jeff Sawyer and Dr. Michael Iwatschenko-Borho - Design and Performance of a Personal Inhalation Dose Monitor for Security and Nuclear Power Applications

11:15 a.m. - Max Pottinger and Dr. Michael Iwatschenko-Borho - Performance of a Plastic Scintillation-Based Tool Monitor Used to Discriminate Between Naturally Occurring and Artificial Radionuclides

Thermo Fisher Scientific instruments support the mission of the HPS and its members.  Products such as the RadEye, Interceptor, PM12 and ViewPoint Enterprise will be on display at Booth 400.  A RadEye B20 will be raffled off as well.