The Gray Medal was established by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements in 1967. It is awarded for outstanding contributions to basic or applied radiation science of interest to the ICRU and honors the late Louis Harold Gray, former member and Vice-Chairman of the Commission.

For the fifteenth Gray Medal award, the Commission will give preference to individuals who have made major contributions in the field of basic radiation science. Nominations for the medal may be made by any person or organization. They must include a complete biographical sketch (of the nominee, selected reprints or records which show the significant contributions made by the nominee, and letters of support evaluating the importance of the contributions. Nominations should be directed to the Chairman of the ICRU, Suite 400, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 20814 and must be received by the ICRU no later than June 1, 2010.

For more information, go to the ICRU Web Site.

The International Collaboration Committee (ICC) of the Health Physics Society (United States) is requesting abstracts for a special poster session, which will be sponsored at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on 27 June - 1 July 2010. This is a Committee project intending to provide an avenue of communication between health physics researchers and practitioners who are citizens of foreign countries and their peers in the United States.

This is a POSTER session; the submitter is NOT required to attend the conference. It is the Committee's intent to sponsor posters to be displayed at the annual meeting. Please note that the Committee is NOT sponsoring travel or expenses for submitters to attend the conference. The ABSTRACT DEADLINE is 1 March 2010.

Additional details and guidelines for Abstract submission can be found on the IRPA Associate Societies News page.

The Second Announcement for the 3rd African IRPA Regional Conference on Radiation Protection has been published and can be found on the Publications, IRPA Documents and Reports page. The Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, September 13 to 17, 2010.

Two Regional IRPA conferences have been held: South Africa in 2003; and Egypt in April, 2007. The theme of the 2010 conference is: "Strengthening Radiation Protection Infrastructures in Africa: To-wards Establishing Effective and Sustainable Co-operations and Networks". With this slogan, the organizers plan to create opportunities for open high level discussions by the relevant stake-holders with a view to present an accurate current situation of applications of radiation technologies and radiation protection practices in Africa, and make resolutions for necessary improvements. Such discussions will involve decision makers, professionals in various fields of applications of radiation, relevant organizations (local and international, governmental and NGO) and the general public.

At its meeting in Porto in November 2009 the International Commission on Radiological Protection approved a Statement on Radon. The intention is to publish this Statement in the Annals of the ICRP with an accompanying report on assessment of lung cancer risk from radon. Once this report is available the Commission will seek feedback on both it and the statement together. Prior to consultation and subsequent publication in the Annals, ICRP wishes to make the Statement on Radon available for information. The Statement can be found on the ICRP Web Site.