Public Outreach Efforts of the South Texas Chapter Health Physics Society and Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department.

Berry, R. O.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Public education;    Nuclear industry;    Outreach programs;    Radioactive wastes;    Radioactive materials;   

RP-ID  :  DE2004827033

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

Both the Health Physics Society (HPS) and American Nuclear Society (ANS) have dedicated public education programs and have relied on their local chapters to further develop local community outreach programs regarding the nuclear industry at the grassroots levels. Providing educational opportunities to the general public has become an extremely important role for these two professional societies in the current social and political environment. These professional societies have also worked with academic institutions both on the secondary and university levels, providing guidelines, lectures and training materials for public outreach and education. This paper is intended to outline and detail the efforts of both the South Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society (STC-HPS) and the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in the outreach and education process.