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NCRP’s mission is to formulate and widely disseminate information, guidance and recommendations on radiation protection and measurements which represent the consensus of leading scientific thinking. The Council’s mission also encompasses the responsibility to facilitate and stimulate cooperation among organizations concerned with the scientific and related aspects of radiation protection and measurements.

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The NCRP Board of Directors held their winter Board meeting on December 11, 2008 at UC Berkeley >



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2009 Annual Meeting, Future of Nuclear Power Worldwide: Safety, Health and Environment

     March 2-3, 2009
     Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center,
     7400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 20814

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American Society of Radiologic Technologists, American Registry of Radiologic Technologists panel conclude that more education is necessary for CT utilization: “Ultimately, when medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals thoroughly understand CT operation, techniques and protocols, they can optimize dose and perform safer examinations” >

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Draft NCRP report played a role in two requirements in the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act >

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NCRP Report No. 158, Uncertainties in the Measurement and Dosimetry of External Radiation >

NCRP Commentary No. 20, Radiation Protection and Measurement Issues Related to Cargo Scanning with Accelerator-Produced High-Energy X Rays >

NCRP Strategic Program Plan for 2008-2010 >

AMA meeting: Doctors told to reveal financial stake in referrals. Doctors should base referrals on "objective, medically relevant criteria." These would include the American College of Radiology’s appropriateness criteria for medical imaging >

A recent study by the Massachusetts Medical Society titled, "Investigation of Defensive Medicine in Massachusetts,” concluded that roughly 33 % of the CT scans ordered by obstetrician/gynecologists, emergency physicians, and family practitioners were not motivated by medical need >

President Tenforde presented a plenary lecture at the International Radiation Protection Association 12th Congress held in Buenos Aires from November 20-24. The title of his presentation was NCRP 2008 Annual Meeting: "Low Dose and Low Dose-Rate Radiation Effects and Models" -- Summary, Conclusions and Plans for Future NCRP Report >

At the IRPA 12 Congress, NCRP Senior Vice President, Dr. Kenneth R. Kase was elected as the next president of IRPA for the period 2008-2012

Mary Walchuk interviewed Dr. Tenforde for an article entitled The Status of NCRP, A Dialogue with President Tenforde for the September issue of Health Physics News >

NCRP Executive Director, Dr. David A. Schauer made a presentation on “Current and Planned NCRP Activities” at the 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic States Radiation Conference in Hunt Valley, Maryland >

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