CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

A warm Atlanta Welcome from this year’s organizing committee and Technical Program Chairs: David DiPrete, Kalee Fenker, Hiromu Kurosaki and Jeff Remondi. The information below and via links to our website will get you oriented on our plans. Our web address remains the same, www.rrmc.co, please clear your cache to obtain updates in some browsers.


Venue: Sheraton Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Dates: October 31-November 4, 2022

Deadlines:

Hotel reservations at the conference rate:  October 7th, 2022
Technical Verbal and Poster Abstract Submission: August 15th, 2022
Conference draft final agenda will be posted on the rrmc.co website in early October, 2022

Technical and vendor workshops and associated working meetings will be scheduled in parallel Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Oral presentations will take place during those mornings and continue Thursday all day and Friday morning. The Vendor exhibit will begin during Monday afternoon’s break and end Wednesday afternoon. The poster session will be scheduled based on the number of abstracts received, either Wednesday or Thursday afternoon, or both.

SCOPE: The conference is focused on the newest developments in radiobioassay, analytical and environmental radiochemical techniques and relevant issues.  The conference is especially interested in technological advances including, but not limited to the following areas:

Measurement Techniques
Sample Pre-treatment and Dissolution Methods
Radionuclide Chemistry
Radioanalytical Methods
Low-level and Non-nuclear Techniques (Mass Spec, KPA, Calorimetry, Optical...)
Rapid Analytical Methods in Response to Radiological Emergencies
Instrumentation, Software, and Automation Tools
Techniques in alpha spectrometry, liquid scintillation counting and gamma spectrometry

Analytes/ Applications
Naturally Occurring Radionuclides (NORM) in Terrestrial and Marine Environments
Radon and Epidemiological Studies
Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Nuclear Power
Nuclear Waste Characterization/D&D/Restoration/Management
Radionuclide Speciation
Environmental - Studies/Monitoring/Characterization/Remediation/Restoration
Radioisotopes in Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Forensics
Regulations, Standards, and Compliance Issues
In-vivo/In-vitro Radiobioassay, Dosimetry, and Radiation Protection
Risk Assessment and Management
Environmental and Biokinetic Model Validation
Applications and Research Needs

Quality /Consequence Management
Reference Materials and Certified Reference Materials
Calibration standards and solutions
Traceability to NMI’s
Isotope Availability
Metrology Applications
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Method Validation and Verification
Intercomparisons/ Proficiency Testing
Performance Evaluation
Traceability Evaluation
Radiological Incidents/Emergency Preparedness Exercise
Computational Methods/Statistical Tools/Uncertainty Evaluation

Radiation Safety
Professional or Career Development Activities or Guidance
Other Topics Relevant to Radiobioassay and Radiochemical Measurements

Call for TECHNICAL ABSTRACTS

Please submit a one-page abstract to abstracts@rrmc.co within the scope of the conference by August 15, 2022. The Technical Committee will review all submissions and notify you if your abstract has been selected for either an oral or poster presentation unless you specify any restrictions. Student abstracts are encouraged. Please see CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES for more information. Please use the following format:

TITLE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
Presenter
Presenter affiliation
Presenter email address
Additional Authors and Affiliations

Briefly, within 1 page, describe the work that will be presented. The abstract should include a brief background on the importance of the topic, a description of the experimental approach, and any preliminary results that will be discussed. For works in progress, results that are expected by the 65th RRMC 2022 may be included as well. The information provided in your abstract will assist the technical program committee in grouping similar presentations into sessions.

In your submission email, please indicate if you would prefer an oral or poster presentation.

Accepted abstracts may be revised to abstracts@rrmc.co by September 15th, or the originally submitted abstract will be used. The final abstracts will be compiled and placed on the conference website for attendees to download prior to the conference. If you have problems submitting your abstract by email, please contact the Technical Program Organizers at abstracts@rrmc.co for assistance.

We look forward to welcoming you to Atlanta this fall,

The 65th RRMC organizing committee