Due South, May 2025
Scott Nichelson, from Texas, is CRPA’s self-proclaimed southernmost member. He is also a member of the Health Physics Society (HPS) and regularly provides updates on HPS events that might be of interest to CRPA Bulletin readers.
Author: Scott M. Nichelson, Self-proclaimed southernmost CRPA member in North America (at latitude 29.7° north)
Due South, February 2023
After reuniting with Canadian colleagues in chilly Vancouver (after four long years), Scott checks in from South Texas. In addition to his typical weather report and Sasky Pack update, he provides a report from the State of Texas Chapter regulatory conference, which was in Austin, TX, in November, and a preview of upcoming HPS events: The 2023 Hybrid Internal Dosimetry Workshop, which will be on February 6 to 9, 2023, at Oregon State University, and the HPS annual meeting, which will be on July 23 to 27, 2023, at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in the Washington, DC, area.
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Due South, July 2022
Scott M. Nichelson, self-proclaimed southernmost CRPA member in North America, reminds CRPA members about the upcoming Health Physics Society (HPS) annual meeting to be held in Spokane, WA, July 17 to 21, 2022; shares highlights from the first in-person meeting of his home chapter of HPS, the State of Texas Chapter, since 2019; and, of course, brings us up to date on the adventures of Sasky Pack.
Due South, August 2021
It’s mid-May, and South Texas is experiencing a cool, refreshing 15°C morning (by Texas standards). I hope you’re keeping well in these strange times!
Due South, December 2020
I hope you are keeping well in these strange times. I’m really missing Tim Hortons, and it doesn’t look like we Yanks are going to be allowed into the Great White North (cue Doug McKenzie singing the SCTV theme song) anytime soon.
Due South, March 2020
Howdy, y’all. It’s early February here in South Texas, but the weather has been very spring-like, perhaps no more than five nights of below freezing temperatures for the entire “winter.” / Scott Nichelson, qui s’autoproclame membre de l’ACRP habitant le plus au sud de l’Amérique du Nord, vit au Texas.
Due South / Direction Sud
Howdy y’all. I am writing this in late September, but summer-like weather (35°C to 38°C) is still going strong here in South Texas.
Due South / Direction Sud
Howdy y’all. It’s early spring down here in Texas and the bluebonnets are in full bloom thanks to abundant winter rains. / Bonjour à tous! C’est le début du printemps au Texas et grâce aux pluies abondantes de l’hiver, les lupins sont en fleurs.
Due South / Direction Sud
Howdy, y’all. I’m writing this in late September, but summer is still hanging on in South Texas (temperatures are still in the low-30s). / Scott Nichelson a rédigé sa plus récente chronique à la fin du mois de septembre, même si l’été se poursuivait dans le sud du Texas (les températures atteignaient quelques 30 degrés).
Due South / Direction Sud
On an unusually cold and rainy spring day, the Health Physics Society’s State of Texas Chapter hosted its annual student meeting on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. / En effet, lors d’une journée printanière inhabituellement glaciale et pluvieuse, le chapitre de l’État du Texas de la Health Physics Society (société de la radioprotection) a tenu sa rencontre annuelle pour les étudiants sur le campus de l’Université Texas A&M, situé à College Station, au Texas.
Due South: Advantages of the Chapter Model
Here in the United States, the Health Physics Society (HPS) is our radiation protection society. One of the things I like about HPS, and encourage CRPA to adopt, is the concept of a chapter, which is a geographical subset of HPS. / Ici, aux États-Unis, notre société de radioprotection s’intitule la Health Physics Society (HPS). Ce que j’apprécie particulièrement de cette société, et que j’encourage l’ACRP à imiter, est le concept de division, soit un sous-ensemble géographique de la HPS.
