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Russian scientist visits, learns about USTUR radiochemistry operations

Ms. Elena Burikova, the Head of the Radiochemistry Group at the Southern Urals Biophysics Institute (SUBI) in Ozyorsk, Russia, spent five days at the USTUR in July 2012.

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FY2010-12 Annual Report

The USTUR's most recent Annual Report covers the period from October 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012. It summarizes organization, activities, and scientific accomplishments of the USTUR including the associated National Human Radiobiology Tissue Repository (NHRTR).

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Standardizing bioassay assessments

USTUR applies the UK Health Protection Agency’s (HPA) IMBA Professional Plus (IPP) software to assess actinide intakes in individual Registrant cases – providing rigorous tests of the IPP methodology. See details.

>>Introduction to Internal Dosimetry: Presentation by Dr. Matt Puncher, UK Health Protection Agency (with permission)


>> View Dr. James presentation to NIAID/NIH entitled "What We Should Learn from Lifetime Follow-up of U.S. Former Plutonium Workers".
>> Run streaming video presentation "USTUR: The Fifth Decade of Worker Follow-up"
WSU/USTUR receives commendation from DOE's Chief Health Safety and Security Officer



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Sharing the USTUR dataset with students to provide meaningful data for dissertations.
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2012 Advisory Committee Meeting

The 2012 annual Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting was a huge success. It was the first in-person meeting since 2009. Read more.

New faces at the USTUR

Dr. Avtandilashvili Ms. Thomas

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Sabbatical researcher studied Ca-DTPA therapy at the USTUR research center

Breustedt Dr. Breustedt - of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany spent six months at the USTUR modeling the effects of chelating agents in two USTUR Registrant tissue donors. Learn more.

USTUR director re-appointed editor of JJHP

S.Y. TolmachevDr. Sergei Tolmachev has been appointed to serve a second term on the Editorial Board for the Japanese Journal of Health Physics. Learn more.

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