Long-Term Health Monitoring following Nuclear & Radiological Emergencies

The National Academies’ Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) will host “Challenges in Initiating and Conducting Long-Term Health Monitoring of Populations following Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies in the United States: A Workshop” on 12-13 March 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Workshop participants will discuss the following topics:

• Environmental Consequences of Radioactive Material following a Nuclear or Radiological Incident
• The need to Prepare for Population Monitoring
• Radiation Dose Reconstruction
• Biodosimetry Tools for Long-Term Health Monitoring
• Follow-up of the Atomic Bombing Survivors
• Communicating Health Monitoring Following the Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack
• The Chernobyl Registry
• Dosimetry During the Radiological Accident in Goiânia
• The Fukushima Registry
• Radiation Screening/Decontamination
• Medical Management of Radiation Incidents
• Long-Term Strategies for Thyroid Health Monitoring after Nuclear Accidents
• Lessons Learned from Setting up Population Monitoring Registries
• The Las Vegas Mass Shooting
• Operational Considerations for Setting up and Maintaining a Radiation Registry

Attend in-person or via webcast. Please visit the event registration page for more information.