There is an outbreak of Oropouche in Cuba. Oropouche is spread by the bite of infected midges (small flies) and mosquitoes.
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Planning for the 2025 MBE & QIF Summit at MxD in Chicago on April 15-17, 2025, is underway. NIST and the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium will organize the technical content and are seeking e xperts from academia, government, and industry to
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Worker Exceeded Statuary Annual Whole Body Dose Limits
Print View Posted on: 15 August 2024
Event Date: 09 March 2023 Event Type: Radiation Source Event Location: Germany, Lower Saxony / Company for Material Testing INES Rating: 3 (Final)
On 09.03.2023, an employee of a company carried out a weld inspection using an X-ray device. To align a workpiece to be tested, the worker left his workstation disregarding the radiation protection warning measures, which consist of a barrier rope, a flashing warning light and the warning signal of a radiation protection dosimeter which measured the local dose rate. The workers head came into the beam of the X-ray device in operation for a duration of about 2 minutes. An effective whole body dose, an equivalent dose for the lens, and an equivalent dose for the skin were estimated based on a reconstruction of the likely scenario. The effective whole body dose was set to 230 mSv and the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye was set to 546 mSv by the authority. An expert inspection of the X-ray device determined that the equipment was technically in order. The cause
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NSF 24-118
August 13, 2024
Dear Colleagues:
The CZNet (Critical-Zone Collaborative Network) program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) was the successor to the Critical Zone Observatories (CZO) that began in 2007 in response to recommendations in the National Academy’s report “Basic Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences” (2001). These programs have supported research that increased understanding of processes regulating conditions at, and near, the Earth’s surface. These programs also deepened understanding of the structure, development, and function of the critical zone, defined as the constantly evolving boundary layer where rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms interact. CZO and CZNet research projects have brought together interdisciplinary teams of hydrologists, geomorphologists, geochemists, ecologists, geophysicists, and climate scientists to investigate the Earth’s near-surface environment. Moreover, the CZNet program has diversified the cadre of
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