Kathren, Ronald L., 1937-
Ronald L. Kathren collection, 1956-1995
This collection consists of Health Physics Society-related materials, materials related to the field of health physics in general, and radiation contamination research. Series I contains Health Physics Society related materials, membership, correspondence, and award nominations. Series II contains materials related to health physics in general, including material from the national Council on Radiation Protection. Series III touches on radiation contamination research. It includes specific case studies from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Hanford Site in Washington. Series IV consists of glass slides for presentation purposes. Please note that some of the slides have graphic material on them. They were used to show what radiation contamination could do to the human body.
Medical physicist. B.S., University of California, Los Angeles (1957); M.S., University of Pittsburgh (1962) and University of California, Berkley (1964). Research interests include radiation dosimetry and instrumentation, environmental radioactivity, and the history of radiation protection. Director of the United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries (1988- ); consultant to the US Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste.
Kathren, Ronald L., 1937-
Hanford Works (Wash.)
Nuclear facilities -- United States.
Plutonium
Radiation -- Dosage.
Radiation -- Measurement.
Radioactivity.
AIP-ICOS
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections Library. James D. Hoskins Library, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA