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Radionuclide Metrology Meetings at NIST

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be hosting a week of workshops and working group meetings on topics related to radionuclide metrology, under the auspices of the International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology (ICRM), the Decay Data Evaluation Project (DDEP) and the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). The schedule of meetings is listed in the Agenda field below (click the plus sign to expand). Agendas for each meeting will be posted as they become available.

The NIST registration deadline is 3 September 2018.

Day Meeting Chair(s) Agenda
Monday (all day) and Tuesday (morning) Decay Data Evaluation Project (DDEP) mark.kellett [at] cea.fr (Mark Kellett) PDF
Tuesday (afternoon) ICRM Nuclear Decay Data Working Group and ICRM Beta Particle Spectrometry Working Group mark.kellett [at] cea.fr (Mark Kellett) and Xavier.mougeot [at] cea.fr (Xavier Mougeot) PDF
Wednesday (all day) ICRM Radionuclide Metrology Techniques Working Group john.keightley [at] npl.co.uk (John Keightley) PDF
Thursday (all day) NIST - BIPM Workshop on low electrical current measurement for radioactivity metrology (PDF) steven.judge [at] bipm.org (Steven Judge) and ryan.fitzgerald [at] nist.gov (Ryan Fitzgerald) PDF
Friday (morning) MetroBeta Workshop mark.kellett [at] cea.fr (Mark Kellett) PDF

The Hilton Hotel deadline for booking in the block of rooms is 26 August 2018.

A block of rooms is being held at the Hilton Hotel in Gaithersburg at a rate of $129 USD per night, including breakfast. The hotel will provide transportation to and from NIST.

Attendees should use this link to make a hotel reservation: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/G/GAIGHHF-SNI-20180909/index.jhtml.

If you are not registered, you will not be allowed on site. Registered attendees will receive security and campus instructions prior to the workshop.

NON U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE NOTE: All foreign national visitors who do not have permanent resident status and who wish to register for the above meeting must supply additional information. Failure to provide this information prior to arrival will result, at a minimum, in significant delays in entering the facility. Authority to gather this information is derived from United States Department of Commerce Department Administrative Order (DAO) number 207-12.

*New Visitor Access Requirement: Effective July 21, 2014, Under the REAL ID Act of 2005, agencies, including NIST, can only accept a state-issued driver’s license or identification card for access to federal facilities if issued by states that are REAL ID compliant or have an extension. As of Monday, January 30, 2017, Federal agencies will be prohibited from accepting driver’s licenses and identification cards from the following states for accessing federal facilities: Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana and Washington. For further details, please visit our Campus Access and Security webpage.

Acceptable Photo Identification:
For Non-US Citizens: Valid passport for photo identification
For US Permanent Residents: Permanent Resident/Green card for photo identification

Created June 1, 2018, Updated September 10, 2018