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Commendation from DOE
Department of Energy’s (DOE) Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security – Matthew Moury – applauded the USTUR with a letter recognizing the USTUR’s role in providing a scientific basis for radiation protection standards. The letter highlights recent research, thanks the USTUR team for its dedication to the program, and expresses a deep sense of gratitude for Registrants and their families.
50 Years of Research
The year 2018 marked 50 years of actinide research at the USTUR. In honor of this milestone, the USTUR organized four commemorative activities:
- 2016: Special Session at the HPS Meeting
- 2016: Informational Booth at the HPS Meeting
- 2019: Special Issue of Health Physics
- 2019: Book of USTUR Publications (1997-2017)
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USTUR signs MOU with the Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards
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Last December, the USTUR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE), Public Health England. This partnership formalizes collaboration between the two organizations, and allows PHE to share its newly developed internal dosimetry software, Taurus, with the USTUR for research purposes. Initially, the USTUR will work with the base model, which is designed for operational dose assessment. However, PHE is also designing an advanced version of Taurus for use in research, which the USTUR will use to model individual registrant cases. This partnership was facilitated by Sergei Tolmachev (USTUR … » More … -
Tabatadze appointed to WSU Radiation Safety Committee
USTUR Assistant Research Professor George Tabatadze was appointed as a member of the WSU Radiation Safety Committee (RSC). The RSC establishes and ensures compliance with radiation protection policies, reviews applications for and approves use of radioactive materials and radiation producing machines, and audits Radiation Safety Office records.
WSU Radiation Safety Committee
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Postdoctoral Opportunity at the USTUR
A Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available immediately at the USTUR. The research will focus on evaluation of uncertainties in radiation dose assessment for internally deposited radionuclides in support of radiation epidemiology. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to work on several biokinetic modeling projects in close collaboration with operational health physicists, biostatisticians, and radiochemists.
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Tolmachev gives invited presentations at Centre for Environmental Radioactivity workshops
The Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), held a series of workshops in conjunction with its annual conference. USTUR director, Sergei Tolmachev, was invited to present at two of these workshops: Human Health Effects Following Severe Nuclear Events (February 3) and Particle Characteristics and Nuclear Forensic (February 5).
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