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John W. Poston, Sr.

Professor

Department of Nuclear Engineering

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843-3133

979-845-4175 (Voice)

979-845-6443 (FAX)

979-450-1609 (CELL)

[email protected]

EDUCATION:

B.S. Mathematics, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA 1958

M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 1969

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 1971

Dissertation Title: Neutron Depth Dose Distributions in Heterogeneous Phantoms

Special Training

Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1964-65

"Medical Radiation Emergency Handling," Radiation Management Corporation,

Philadelphia, PA, July 1979

"Health Physics in Radiation Accidents," REAC/TS, Oak Ridge, TN, September, 1980

“Calculating and Understanding Risk from Chemicals Released to the Environment,”

Risk Assessment Corporation, San Antonio, TX, April 1999.

“Response Force Training,” National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN, January 2010.

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

DOE "Q" Clearance through HS-15, DOE Headquarters

EXPERIENCE:

August 16, 2007 – present

Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University

Associate Director, the Nuclear Power Institute, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

and Texas A&M University (December 2007 - present)

Primary responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in health

physics and conducting research in areas such as internal dosimetry, external dose

mailto:[email protected]

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calculations and thermoluminescence dosimetry. Duties also included serving as

Graduate Coordinator (2007-2010) and as Chair of the Graduate Admissions and Policy

Committee (2007-2010), Chair of the Faculty Search Committee (2007-2010) and

member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee and the Scholarship and Fellowship

Committee. As Graduate Coordinator, I was a member of the Department’s Executive

Committee (2007-2010).

As Associate Director of the Nuclear Power Institute responsible for coordination of

activities of the partner institutions, maintaining liaison with industrial partners, and

funding agencies. Other duties include involvement on Outreach Activities in the high

schools and middle schools in the State of Texas with a focus on STEM activities.

January 2007 – August 15, 2007

Interim Department Head and Professor

Graduate Coordinator

Responsible for administration of department composed of more than 20 faculty and

seven full-time staff. Department had an undergraduate enrollment of over 200 and a

graduate enrollment of more than 100 students. Duties also include serving as Graduate

Coordinator and serving as Chair of the Graduate Admissions and Policy Committee.

May, 1998 – January 2007


Graduate Coordinator

Primary responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in health

physics and conducting research in areas such as internal dosimetry, external dose

calculations and thermoluminescence dosimetry. Duties also include serving as Graduate

Coordinator and serving as Chair of the Graduate Admissions and Policy Committee.

July, 1988 – May, 1998

Professor and Head, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University

Director, Nuclear Engineering Division, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Consultant, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Texas A&M University

Responsible for administration of department composed of more than 20 faculty and

seven full-time staff. Department had an undergraduate enrollment of 100 and a graduate

enrollment of 125 students. The department included nuclear engineering, health physics,

industrial hygiene, safety engineering, and ergonomic programs. Also responsible for one

of the two nuclear reactors on campus and research activities of the faculty and students

through the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the Texas A&M Research

Foundation, with annual department budget of about $4 million.

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EXPERIENCE (continued):

February 1, 1988 - June 30, 1988

Professor and Interim Head, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University

January 1, 1985 - January 31, 1988


Responsible for teaching courses in health physics at the undergraduate and graduate

level, supervising research of graduate studies pursuing either the M.S. and Ph.D. degree,

and serving as program Director for the Program in Health Physics under the general

guidance of the Department Head. This latter task involved obtaining funds for

fellowships and scholarships, serving as a focus for inquiries by potential employers, and

evaluating the needs and future directions of the profession and the industry and

comparing these to the current course structure and content and bringing the two more in-

line with each other.

Designated Halliburton Professor of Nuclear Engineering for the 1987-88 academic year.

Award was given by the Halliburton Education Foundation to recognize outstanding

teaching, research, and professional activities.

September, 1984 - January, 1985

Private Consultant

Involved primarily as a private consultant in health physics in the nuclear power industry.

During this period, presented courses in internal dosimetry in the nuclear utility

environment and other parts of the nuclear industry. Also was responsible for the

preparation of corporate health physics manuals and health physics audits of certain

aspects of radiation protection surveillance and control programs at nuclear utilities.

January, 1977 - September, 1984

Associate Professor, School of Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics,

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332

Duties included teaching courses in the principles of health physics, radiation detection,

radiation protection at nuclear facilities, internal dosimetry, etc. at both the undergraduate

and graduate level. Served as Program Director for the Health Physics Program in the

School. Involved in curriculum and course development, solicitation of funds to support

graduate students, administration of scholarships and fellowships, and graduate

admissions. Supervised the research of Ph.D. candidates performing research in beta

dosimetry and spectrometry for the protection of occupationally exposed personnel and

the experimental verification of internal dosimetry calculations using

thermoluminescence dosimetry techniques. Other Ph.D. and M.S. candidates were

involved in studies related to radiation protection in nuclear medicine and a variety of

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EXPERIENCE (continued):

studies related to radiation protection in the nuclear power industry.

February, 1974 - January, 1977

Head, Medical Physics and Internal Dosimetry Section, Health Physics

Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Primary research interests were internal dosimetry for the occupational worker, for the

public, and in nuclear medicine procedures. Also involved in external exposure

calculations (e.g., exposure to an infinite cloud of radioactive material) and the medical

physics aspects of radiation usage. Served as a member and chairman of the Division

Long-Range Planning Committee and as staff assistant to the Associate Laboratory

Director on the Long-Range Planning Committee for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Supervised the research of a number of graduate students from the University of

Tennessee, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

June, 1972 - February, 1974

Assistant Head, Internal Exposure Section, Health Physics Division, Oak

Ridge National Laboratory

Involved in similar activities and interests to those given above. This section was under

the leadership of Dr. Walter S. Snyder and was renamed upon his retirement from the

Laboratory.

January, 1964 - June, 1974

Staff Member and Leader, Dosimetry for Human Exposures and Radiobiology Group,

Health Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Primary responsibilities included mixed radiation field dosimetry for the Health Physics

Research Reactor (HPRR) and an associated accelerator. Also involved in nuclear accident

dosimetry research and dosimetry for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission program.

Acted as liaison between HPRR operating staff and reactor users and was qualified

as a Senior Reactor Operator (supervisor).

June, 1958 - January, 1964

Assistant Experimental Reactor Physicist, Critical Experiments Laboratory, Babcock and

Wilcox Company, Lynchburg, VA

Primarily involved in critical experiments for the Consolidated Edison Indian Point I

Reactor, the N. S. Savannah Core I, and the Advanced Test Reactor as well as other

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physics-related critical experiments. Served as control-room supervisor on the N.S.

Savannah (assignment by B&W) for a three-month period. Also qualified as a Senior

Reactor Operator (SRO) by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Health Physics Society - Fellow

American Nuclear Society - Fellow

American Association for the Advancement of Science – Fellow

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements – Distinguished Emeritus

Member

Society of Nuclear Medicine – Loevinger-Berman Award

American Society for Engineering Education – Glenn Murphy Award

The Society of Sigma Xi

International Radiation Protection Association

Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards

International Nuclear Energy Academy - Elected to Membership, 2010

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturer, presented the 40th Taylor Lecture at the Annual Meeting

of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD.,

April 2016.

2014 Professional Excellence Award from the Radiation Protection and Shielding

Division of the American Nuclear Society, section meeting in Knoxville, TN.

Recognition Award, American National Standard Institute, Co-Chair, ANSI/HPS N2.1-

2011, October 2011.

Recognition Award, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Chair

of Scientific Committee 2-2, March 2011.

Elected to membership in the International Nuclear Energy Academy – September

2010.

Recognition Award, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Chair

of Scientific Committee 2-1, April 2006.

Outstanding Service Award, U.S. Department of Energy, Russian Health Studies

Program, March 2006.

Received the Robley D. Evans Commemorative Medal from the Health Physics Society

for contributions to the profession, Spokane, WA, July 12, 2005.

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HONORS AND AWARDS (continued):

Presented the First Annual Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting

of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, April

2004.

Received the 2003 Loevinger-Berman Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine,

Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) Committee for excellence in internal dosimetry,

New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2003.

Distinguished Emeritus Member, National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements, elected April 2002. Membership (lifetime membership) was awarded for

continued and distinguished service to the NCRP over a 12-year term on the Main

Council.

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected 2001.

Fellow, Health Physics Society, elected 1987.

Received the 1994 Health Physics Society Founders Award. The Founders Award

recognizes exceptional and recent service to the Health Physics Society and the

profession of health physics.

Fellow, American Nuclear Society, elected 1996

Glenn Murphy Award, 1996 recipient, American Society for Engineering Education

(ASEE), Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Division, bestowed annually upon a

distinguished engineering educator in recognition of notable personal contributions to the

profession and to the teaching of nuclear engineering.

Inducted into the Georgia Institute of Technology's Academy of Distinguished

Engineering Graduates – fall of 1995. Selected in the Second Class of Inductees into

the newly-established Academy.

Selected to receive the 1990 Western Regional Landauer Memorial Lecturer Award

given by the Northern California Chapter of the Health Physics Society and the San

Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

Designated Halliburton Professor of Nuclear Engineering for 1987-88 academic year.

Award given by the Halliburton Education Foundation to recognize outstanding teaching,

research, and professional activities.

Appointed Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Health

Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (1997 – 1998).

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PRESENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, Presidential Appointment by

President George Bush (2006 - present)

American National Standards Institute

Co-Chairman, ANSI/HPS Committee 12-1, The Fissile Material Symbol (2012-

present)

Member, ANSI/HPS Committee N13.3, Dosimetry for Criticality Accidents (2011-

present)

American Nuclear Society

Chair, Blizard Fellowship Selection Committee, Radiation Protection and Shielding

Division (2007- present)

Member, ANS Fellowship Selection Committee (2007- present)

Health Physics Society

Presidents Emeritus Committee (1988- ), Chair (1992-93).

Appointed Associate Editor, Health Physics Journal, July 2004.

Health Physics Program Directors Organization

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)

Member, Program Area Committee 2, Operational Radiation Safety (1990- present)

Appointed Vice President of the NCRP, responsible for Program Area Committee

(PAC) 3 on Nuclear and Radiological Security and Safety (2007 - 2014)

Member, Technical Program Committee for 2004 Annual Meeting (2013-2014)

Operations Review Committee, Luminant Energy LP, Dallas, TX (1990 - 2014).

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant – Chair, Plant Support Subcommittee

Technical Reviewer:

Health Physics Journal, Nuclear Science & Engineering, Science, Nuclear

Technology, Medical Physics, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, IEEE Transactions of

Nuclear Science, and Nuclear Safety.

Book Reviewer:

Health Physics Journal, HPS Newsletter, Nuclear Science &

Engineering, Transactions in Nuclear Science (IEEE), Physics Today and Nuclear

Safety.

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PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

American National Standards Institute

American National Standard Institute, Co-Chair, ANSI/HPS N2.1-2011, (2009-

2011).

Chairman, Committee N-13, Radiation Protection (1977-1982)

Project #343, Writing Group on Internal Dosimetry of Mixed Fission and Corrosion

Products (1975-1977)

ANSI N343-1978, Writing Group to revise "Internal Dosimetry of Mixed Fission and

Corrosion Products" (1987-1990)

Health Physics Society

Ad Hoc Committee on HPS Standards (1993-1996)

Member, Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors (1992-1993)

Member, Steering Committee, Medical Health Physics Section (1990-1993)

President-Elect (1985-1986), President (1986-1987), Immediate Past President

(1987-1988)

Secretary (1974-1976)

Board of Directors (1974-1977), (1985-1988)

Scientific and Public Issues Committee (1988-1990)

Member, Awards Committee (1988-1992)

Faculty Member, Summer School (1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995,

1996)

HPS Professional Enrichment Program, Lecturer (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)

Representative to American National Standards Institute, Nuclear Standards Board

(1982-1988)

Member, Writing Group for revision of ANSI N343-1978, Internal Dosimetry for

Mixed Fission and Activation Products (1985-1989)

Second Vice Chair U.S. Delegation to Congress of Affiliated Societies, International

Radiation Protection Association, Sydney, Australia (1987-1988)

Book Editor, Health Physics Journal (1983-1985)

Chairman, Summer School Committee (1983-1985).

Director, HPS Summer School (1984).

Academic Education Committee (1997-2000), reappointed (2000-2003).

Subcommittee Member, Accreditation of Health Physics Programs (1997-2002).

Subcommittee Chair, Student Branch Programs, (2002-2003)

Steering Committee, Health Physics Program Directors Organization (1998-2003).

Chair, Ad Hoc Committee for the Health Physics Program Directors Organization

(1990-1991).

Local Arrangements Committee, Co-chairman, 1977 HPS Annual Meeting, Atlanta,

GA.

Standards Committee, Co-chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on SI Units in Radiation

Protection.

Nominating Committee (1996-1999), reappointed (1999-2002), reappointed (2002-

2005).

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PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued):

Health Physics Society representative, Board of Directors, Accreditation Board on

Engineering and Technology (ABET) (2008-2009)

Atlanta Chapter: Secretary-Treasurer (1967-1968), President-Elect and

President (1978-1979), President-Elect (1983-1984), President (1984-1985).

East Tennessee Chapter: President-Elect and President (1973-1974). Chairman,

Meeting Arrangements Committee (1976), Chairman, Publicity and Newsletter

Committee (1975-1976), Education and Certification Committee (1975-1976).

South Texas Chapter: Member, Technical Program Committee, HPS Midyear

Meeting, San Antonio, TX, December 1988, Member, Nominating Committee

(1990-1992), Chair, Nominating Committee (2002-2003).

American Nuclear Society

Honors and Awards Committee (1996-2001), Vice-Chair (2000-2001), reappointed

Vice-Chair (2002-2003), reappointed to Committee (2002-2005).

Scholarship Policy & Coordination Committee (1996-1999).

Technical Program Committee, ANS Topical Meeting sponsored by the Radiation

Protection & Shielding Division, April 21 - 25, 1998, Nashville, TN.

Chair-elect/Chair, Radiation Protection & Shielding Division (1995-1997).

Chair-elect/Chair, Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization (1994-

1996).

Executive Committee, Radiation Protection & Shielding Division (1992-1995).

Member, Honors and Awards Committee (1990-1993) (1997-2000).

Member, National Historic Landmark Subcommittee, Honors and Awards

Committee (1990).

Chair, National Historic Landmark Subcommittee, Honors and Awards Committee

(1991).

Technical Program Committee, ANS Topical Meeting on New Horizons in

Radiation Protection and Shielding, April 26 - May 1, 1992, Richland, WA.

Technical Program Committee, Eighth International Conference on Radiation

Shielding, Arlington, TX, April 24-27, 1994.

Technical Program Committee, ANS Topical Meeting on Advancements and

Applications in Radiation Protection, April 21-25, 1996, Cape Cod, MA.

Executive Advisory Committee, American Nuclear Society, International Topical

Meeting on the Safety, Status, and Future of Non-Commercial Reactors and

Irradiation Facilities, Boise, Idaho, September 30 - October 4, 1990.

Atlanta Section: Honors and Awards Committee (1977), Executive Board (1979).

International Commission on Radiological Protection, Committee 2 Task Group on

Dosimetry Calculations for the Report of Committee 2 (1975-1979).

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)

Scientific Committee 51-B, Radiation Protection Related to Pediatric Nuclear

Medicine (1976-1984).

Scientific Committee 55, Experimental Verification of Internal Dosimetry

Calculations (1982-1985).

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Scientific Committee 57, Internal Dosimetry, Task Group 3 on Metabolic Models

(1977-1984).

Member, Scientific Committee, 46-12, Effective Dose Equivalent (1993-1997).

Member, Scientific Committee 46-10, Assessment of Occupational Exposures from

Internal Emitters (1989 - 1997).

Member, NCRP Main Council, Elected (1990-1996), Reelected (1996-2002),

Elected as Honorary Member, April 2002.

Member, Scientific Committee, 64-18, Plutonium (1993-2001).

Chairman, Scientific Committee 46-14, Radiation Protection Issues Related to

Terrorist Activities that Result in the Dispersal of Radioactive Material, (1998-

2001).

Member, Technical Program Committee for 2004 Annual Meeting (2003-2004)

Member, Scientific Committee 46-16, Radiation Protection in Veterinary Medicine

(2002 - 2005)

Chair, Scientific Committee 2-1, “Preparing, Protecting, and Equipping Emergency

Responders for Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism,” (2004- 2006)

Member, Scientific Committee 46-17, Radiation Protection in Educational

Institutions (2002 - 2007).

Chair, SC 2-2 Key Decision Points and Information Needed by Decision Makers in

the Aftermath of a Nuclear or Radiological Terrorism Incident (2007-2010)

Society of Nuclear Medicine

Member, Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) Committee (1977-1993)

Leader, MIRD Task Group on Pediatric Models

Leader, MIRD Task Group on an Improved Head Model

Member, MIRD Task Group on a Model of the Circulating Blood

Member, MIRD Task Group on an Improved Kidney Model

Member, MIRD Task Group on a Dynamic Bladder Model

National Academy of Sciences

Energy Engineering Board, Committee on University Research Reactors (1986-

1988).

Committee on the Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Nuclear Waste to Yucca

Mountain, (2003- 2006)

Committee on Controlling International Nuclear Terrorism (2005-2006)

Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals, (2008-2011)

Technical Program Committee, 3rd International Symposium on Radiation Dosimetry

and Safety, Orlando, FL, October, 1991.

Technical Program Committee, 4th International Conference on Radiation Protection

and Dosimetry, Orlando, FL, October 23-27, 1994.

Board of Advisors, Southwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, University of

Texas, Health Science Center at Houston (1989-1993).

Radiation Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., Allentown, PA

(1988-1996).

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U.S. Department of Energy

Scientific Review Group, Joint Coordinating Committee for Radiation Effects

Research, Russian Health Studies Program, Office of International Health

Programs (1996- 2005).

Environment, Safety, and Health Advisory Committee for the Assistant Secretary for

Environment, Safety, and Health (1991-1994).

Chair, ESHAC Radiological Control Implementation Subcommittee (1992-1994)

Chair, Infrastructure Evaluation Team (1993-1994).

Chairman, Advisory Committee on Fellowships in Nuclear Engineering and

Science, Health Physics, and Waste Management.

Member, Radiobiology Peer Review Panel.

Vice Chair/Chair - Advisory Committee on Nuclear Engineering and Health

Physics Fellowships, Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Member of the Radiation Advisory Committee, EPA Science Advisory Board (1997

- 2001).

External Advisory Board,

Radiation Protection Program, Sandia National Laboratory (1999- 2008).

External Advisory Board,

Radiation Protection Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2006-

2008).

Peer Review Panel, New York State Energy Research & Development Administration,

Environmental Impact Statement for the Closure of the West Valley Demonstration

Project (2005- 2006).

Governor's Committee on Rocky Flats Health Effects, Panel No. I (1989-1990).

Council of Scientific Society Presidents (1985-1986).

Subcommittee on University Facilities and Instrumentation (1985).

Research Committee, Associated Western Universities, Salt Lake City, UT (1989-

1999).

Division Review Committee, Environment, Safety and Health Division, Los Alamos

National Laboratory (1994-1999).

U.S. Transuranium Registry, Member (1977-1983).

Chairman, Subcommittee on Dose Calculations (1977-1983)

U.S. Transuranium and U.S. Uranium Registry, Member (1983-1989).

Chairman, Advisory Committee for the Combined Registries (1983-1989).

Member, Technical Subcommittee (1983-1989).

American Society on Testing and Materials

Health Physics Society Liaison to Committee E10.03 (1981-1982).

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

Study Group on the Use of Neutrons in Seed Irradiations (1966-1970).

Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Traveling Lecturer (1975-1977).

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Institute of Atomic Energy, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lecturer and Consultant (1971-1978).

Scientists and Engineers for Appalachia

Membership Committee (1975).

PUBLICATIONS:

Books and Book Chapters:

Dose Models for Reactor Hazard Assessment, chapter in Current Problems and

Concerns of the Health Physicist, W. S. Snyder, S. R. Bernard, J.W. Poston, and M. R.

Ford, P. D. Markovic, Ed., Boris Kidric Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Yugoslavia (1977).

Principles of Nuclear Radiation Detection, G. G. Eichholz and J. W. Poston, Ann

Arbor Science Publishers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (1979).

Principles of Nuclear Radiation Detection: Laboratory Manual, G. G. Eichholz and J.

W. Poston, Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (1980).

Internal Dose Assessment in the Nuclear Power Industry, J. W. Poston, chapter in Selected

Topics in Reactor Health Physics, J. A. Sayeg and R. C. Christensen, Eds.,

NUREG/CP-0039 (December 1982).

Reference Man: A System for Internal Dose Calculations, J. W. Poston, chapter in

Radiological Assessment, J.E. Till and H.R. Meyer, Eds., NUREG/CR-3332 (1984).

World Book Encyclopedia, invited contributions on "Geiger-Mueller Counters",

"Radiation", "Irradiation", "Transmutation of Elements", "Curie", "alpha particle", "beta

particle", "gamma rays", "radioactivity", and "X-rays".

Dosimetry, chapter in The Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology,

Academic Press, Inc., Vol. 4, 386-437, 1987.

Dosimetry, revised chapter in The Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology,


Health Physics, chapter in The Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology,


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Books and Book Chapters (continued):

Health Physics, revised chapter in The Encyclopedia of Physical Science and

Technology, Academic Press, Inc., Vol. 7, 639-643, 1992.

Ionization Chamber Measurement Fundamentals, John W. Poston, chapter in External

Radiation Dosimetry, C. E. Roessler, Ed., Proceedings of the Health Physics Society

Summer School (1986).

Anatomy and Radiological Sensitivity of Skin, Eye and Testes, John W. Poston and J. W.

Poston, Jr., chapter in Beta Dosimetry, Proceedings of the Health Physics Society

Summer School (1988).

The Internal Dosimetry Aspects of the New 10CFR20 Regulations, J.W. Poston, Sr.,

chapter in Internal Dosimetry, O. Raabe, Ed., 95-110, Medical Physics Publishing,

Madison, WI (1994).

Advances in Portable Survey Instrumentation, J. W. Poston, Sr. and C. A. Riland, chapter

in Applications of New Technology: External Dosimetry, J. F. Higginbotham, Ed., pp.

191-219, Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI (1996).

MIRD Pamphlet No. 15: “Radionuclide S Values in a Revised Dosimetric Model of the

Adult Head and Brain,” L. G. Bouchet, W. E. Bolch, D. A. Weber, H. L. Atkins and J. W.

Poston, Sr., J. Nuc. Med., 40 (No.3) 62S-101S, March 1999.

Radiation Dosimetry, J.W. Poston, Sr., chapter in the Encyclopedia of Electrical and

Electronics Engineering, John G. Webster, Ed., Vol. 6, 47-58, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

1999.

John W. Poston, Sr., Dosimetry, revised and updated chapter in The Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Vol. 4, Academic Press, Inc., September 2001.

John W. Poston, Sr., Health Physics revised and updated chapter in The Encyclopedia

of Physical Science and Technology, Vol. 7, Academic Press, Inc., September 2001.

John W. Poston, Sr., Wesley E. Bolch and Lionel G. Bouchet, “Mathematical Models of

the Human Anatomy,” in Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Techniques in

Nuclear Medicine, Habib Zaidi and George Sgouros, Eds., OIP Publishing, London,

2003.

Pat Zanzonico and John W. Poston, Sr., “Basic Concepts of Internal Radiation

Dosimetry,” in Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Techniques in Nuclear

Medicine, Habib Zaidi and George Sgouros, Eds., OIP Publishing, London, 2003.

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Books and Book Chapters (continued):

Lionel G. Bouchet, Wesley E. Bolch, Michael G. Stabin, Keith F. Eckerman, John W.

Poston, Sr., and A. Randall Brill, “Monte Carlo Methods and Mathematical Models for

the Dosimetry of Skeleton and Bone Marrow,” in Therapeutic Applications of Monte

Carlo Techniques in Nuclear Medicine, Habib Zaidi and George Sgouros, Eds., OIP

Publishing, London, 2003.

John W. Poston, Sr. and Ian S. Hamilton, “An Overview of NCRP Report No. 138 on

Terrorist Activities,” in Public Protection from Nuclear, Chemical and Biological

Terrorism, A. Brodsky, R. H. Johnson, Jr., and R. E. Goans, Eds., textbook of the Health

Physics Society 2004 Summer School, July 2004.

Ian S. Hamilton and John W. Poston, Sr., “An Introduction to Terrorism,” in Public

Protection from Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Terrorism, A. Brodsky, R. H.

Johnson, Jr., and R. E. Goans, Eds., textbook of the Health Physics Society 2004 Summer

School, July 2004.

John W. Poston, Sr. and John R. Ford, “Internal Dosimetry,” chapter in Radiological

Risk Assessment and Environmental Assessment, John E. Till and Helen R. Grogan,

Eds., Oxford University Press, New York 2008.

K. F. Eckerman, J. W. Poston, Sr. and W. E. Bolch, “The ORNL Stylized Mathematical

Models,” chapter in Handbook of Anatomical Models for Radiation Dosimetry, X.

George Xu and Keith F. Eckerman, Eds., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca

Raton, FL, 2009.

Contributions to NCRP Reports:

The Experimental Basis for Absorbed-Dose Calculations in Medical Uses of

Radionuclides, NCRP Report No. 83, National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements, Bethesda, MD, September 30, 1985. (Member)

Use of Personal Monitors to Estimate Effective Dose Equivalent and Effective Dose to

Workers for External Exposure to Low-LET Radiation, NCRP Report No. 122, National

Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, December 27, 1995.

(Member)

Operational Radiation Safety Program, National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements, Bethesda, MD, NCRP Report No. 127, June 12, 1998. (Member)

Operational Radiation Safety Training, National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements, Bethesda, MD, NCRP Report No. 134, October 13, 2000. (Member)

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Contributions to NCRP Reports (continued):

Scientific Basis for Evaluating the Risks to Populations from Space Applications of

Plutonium, NCRP Report No. 131, National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements, Bethesda, MD, February 5, 2001. (Member)

Radiation Protection Issues Related to Terrorist Activities that Result in the Dispersal of

Radioactive Material, NCRP Report No. 138, National Council on Radiation Protection

and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, October 24, 2001. (Chair)

Radiation Protection in Veterinary Medicine, NCRP Report No. 148, National Council

on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, August 2004. (Member)

Preparing, Protecting and Equipping Emergency Responders for Nuclear and

Radiological Terrorism, NCRP Commentary No. 19, National Council on Radiation

Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, December 31, 2005. (Chair)

Radiation Protection in Educational Institutions, NCRP Report No. 157, National

Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, June 2007.

(Member)

Self-Assessment of Radiation-Safety Programs, NCRP Report No. 163, National

Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, 2009. (Member)

Responding to a Radiological or Nuclear Terrorism Incident: A Guide for Decision

Makers, NCRP Report No. 165, January 11, 2010. (Chair)

Investigation of Radiological Incidents, NCRP Report No. 173, National Council on

Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, September 14, 2012. (Member)

Radiation Safety of Sealed Radioactive Sources, NCRP Drafting Committee (Member)

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Papers in Preparation:

Tae Young Kong, Gamal Akabani, and John W. Poston, Sr., “A Study of a Dose Constraint

for Members of the Public Living Around Nuclear Power Plants in the United States,” to be

submitted to Radiation Protection Dosimetry, January 2017.

Tae Young Kong, Gamal Akabani, and John W. Poston, Sr., “A Study of a Dose Constraint

for Occupationally-Exposed Workers in the U.S. Nuclear Power Plants,” to be submitted to

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, January 2017.

Ryan P. Kelley, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Sunil S. Chirayath, John W. Poston, Sr. and Evans

Kitcher, “Uncertainty Quantification of Concrete Utilized in Dry Cask Storage,” accepted

for publication in Nuclear Technology (2014)

Fada Guan, John W. Poston, Sr., Leslie A. Braby, and Michael Walker, “A solution to the

problem with a rotating range modulation wheel in an MCNPX-based model of a

treatment nozzle in proton beam radiotherapy,” submitted to Physics in Medicine and

Biology (2013)

Open Literature Publications:

Fada Guan, Jesse M. Johns, Latha Vasudevan, Guoqing Zhang, John W. Poston, Sr.,

Leslie A. Braby, and Radhe Mohan, “A Novel Algorithm for Solving the True Coincident

Counting Issues in Monte Carlo Simulations for Gamma-ray Spectroscopy,” accepted for

publication in the Health Physics Journal, anticipated publication date January 2015.

Matthew D. Grypp, Craig M. Marianno, John W. Poston, Sr. and Gentry C. Hearn,

“Design of a Spreader Bar Crane-Mounted Gamma-ray Radiation Detection System,”

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 743, 1-4 (2014)

Fada Guan, John W. Poston, Sr., and Leslie A. Braby, “Joint Application of Perl Scripts

and MCNPX in Solving the Dynamic-Geometry Related problems in Proton Beam

Radiotherapy,” Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology 2:176-180; 2011.

C.H. Kim, S. K. Cho, J. H. Jeong, W. E. Bolch, W. D. Reece, and J.W. Poston, Sr.,

“Development of New Two-Dosimeter Algorithm for Effective Dose in ICRP Publication

103,” Health Phys. 100(5):462-467; 2011.

Thomas S. Tenforde, David A. Schauer, Ronald E. Goans, Fred A Mettler, Jr., Terry C.

Pellmar, John W. Poston, Sr., and Tammy P. Taylor, “Health Aspects of a Nuclear or

Radiological Attack,” The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering, 50-57, Summer

2010.

J. W. Poston, Sr. and J. R. Ford, “How do we combine science and regulations for

decision making following a terrorist event involving radioactive materials?” Health

Phys. 97(5):537-541; 2009.

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Open Literature Publications (continued):

P.V. Tsvetkov, K. Vierow, K.L. Peddicord, J.C. Ragusa, S.M. McDeavitt, J.W.

Poston, Sr., L. Shao, and G. Willems, "Autonomous Multi-purpose Floating Power

System with a Compact Static Pebble Bed Reactor," PHYSOR '08- International

Conference on the Physics of Reactors Interlaken, Switzerland, September 14-19

(2008).

J. W. Poston, Sr., “Current challenges in countering radiological terrorism,” Health Phys.

89(5): 450-456; 2005.

J. W. Poston, Sr., “External Dosimetry and Personnel Monitoring,” Health Phys.

88(4):289-296; 2005.

I. S. Hamilton, M. G. Arno, J. C. Rock, R. O. Berry, J. W. Poston, Sr., J. R. Cezeaux, and

J-M Park, Radiological Assessment of Petroleum Pipe Scale and Concomitant Pipe-

Cleaning Operations,” Health Phys. 87(4) 382-396, 2004.

D. Kay, J. W. Poston, Sr., and M. W. Lantz, “Changing the Protective Clothing

Paradigm,” Rad. Prot. Management, 21 (1), 1-16 , 2004.

J. W. Poston, Sr., “An Overview of NCRP Report No.138 on Terrorist Activities,”

Trans. Amer. Nuc. Society 87, 350, (2002).

Inseok Baek and John W. Poston, Sr., “A Dosimetric Model for Inhaled Radioactive

Gases,” Health Phys. 79 (2) 162-169 (2000).

A. E. Waltar and J. W. Poston, Sr., “Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education and

Training: A University Viewpoint,” Trans. Amer. Nuc. Society 81, 219-220, (1999).

Jay M. Thompson and John W. Poston, Sr., “Absorbed Dose from Traversing Spherically

Symmetric, Gaussian Radioactive Clouds,” Health Phys. 76 (6) 639-643 (1999).

C. H. Kim, W. D. Reece, and J. W. Poston, Sr., “Calculation of Effective Dose for Broad

Parallel Photon Beams,” Health Phys. 76 (2) 156-161 (1999).

C. H. Kim, W. D. Reece, and J. W. Poston, Sr., “Development of a Two-Dosimeter

Algorithm for Better Estimation of Effective Dose Equivalent and Effective Dose,” Rad.

Prot. Dos. (No. 2) 101-112, 1999.

C. H. Kim, W. D. Reece, and J. W. Poston, Sr., “Effective Dose Equivalent and Effective

Dose for Photon Exposures from Point and Disk Sources on the Floor,” Health Phys. 75

(2) 170-178 (1998).


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Sang H. Cho, Warren D. Reece, and John W. Poston, Sr., "Calculation of the Dose

Distribution in Water from 71Ge K-shell X-rays," Phys. Med. Biol. 42 (6) 1023-1032

(1997).

Anne H. Lamarche and John W. Poston, Sr., "Parameterization of Solar Flare Dose,"

Trans. Amer. Nuc. Society 75, 302-303, (1996).

Carson A. Riland, Milton E. McLain and John W. Poston, Sr., "Development of an

Environmental Monitoring Procedure for an Abandoned Landfill," Rad. Prot.

Management 13 (5) 57-63 (1996).

T. D. Naquin, J. W. Poston, Sr., and W. E. Bolch, "Response of the Al2O3:C

Thermoluminescent Dosimeter in a Research Reactor Environment", Rad. Prot.

Management 13 (4) 32-38 (1996).

J. W. Poston, Jr., K. A. Kodimer, W. E. Bolch, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "Calculation of

Absorbed Energy in the Gastrointestinal Tract", Health Phys. 71 (3) 300-306 (1996).

J. W. Poston, Jr., K. A. Kodimer, W. E. Bolch, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "A Revised Model

for the Calculation of Absorbed Energy in the Gastrointestinal Tract", Health Phys. 71

(3) 307-314 (1996).

L. G. Bouchet, W. E. Bolch, D. A. Weber, H. L. Atkins, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "A

Revised Dosimetric Model of the Adult Head and Brain", J. Nucl. Med. 37 (7) 1226-

1236 (1996).

E. H. Kim, W. E. Bolch, W. D. Reece, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "A Microdosimetric

Algorithm for Electron Point Kernel Data: 1. Monoenergetic Electron Sources", Rad.

Prot. Dos. 63 (4) 245-252 (1996).

E. H. Kim, W. E. Bolch, W. D. Reece, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "A Microdosimetric

Algorithm for Electron Point Kernel Data: 2. Beta Sources", Rad. Prot. Dos. 63 (4) 253-

261 (1996).

M. R. Shavers, J. W. Poston, Sr., F. A. Cucinotta, and J. W. Wilson, "Dose Equivalent

Near the Bone-Soft Tissue Interface from Nuclear Fragments Produced by High-Energy

Protons", Health Phys. 70 (4) 473-483 (1996).

J. W. Poston, Jr., K. A. Kodimer, W. E. Bolch, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "Revised

Gastrointestinal Tract Model for Calculation of Absorbed Energy", Trans. Amer. Nuc.

Society 73, 342-343, (1995).

M. W. Mallett, D. P. Hickman, D. A. Kruchten, and J.W. Poston, Sr., "Development of a

Method for Calibrating In-Vivo Measurement Systems Using Magnetic Resonance

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Imaging and Monte Carlo Computations", Health Phys. 68 (6) 773-785 (1995).

X.G. Xu, W. D. Reece, and J.W. Poston, Sr., "A Study of the Angular Dependence

Problem in Effective Dose Equivalent Assessment", Health Phys. 68 (2) 214-224 (1995).

W. D. Reece, J.W. Poston, Sr., and X.G. Xu, "Determining the Effective Dose Equivalent

for External Photon Radiation: Calculational Results for Beam and Point Source

Geometries", Rad. Prot. Dos. 55 (1) 5-21 (1994).

J.W. Poston, Jr. and J.W. Poston, Sr., "Implementation of ANSI Standard N343: Potential

Impacts on Commercial Nuclear Power Bioassay Programs", Rad. Prot. Management

11 (3) 52-64 (1994).

C.K. Brown, W.E. Bolch, and J.W. Poston, Sr., "Characterization of AI2O3:C

Thermoluminescent Dosimeter Response to Beta-Radiation", Rad. Prot. Management

11 (1) 30-40, (1994).

J.W. Poston, "Application of the Effective Dose Equivalent to Nuclear Medicine

Patients", J. Nucl. Med. 34 (4) 714-716, (1993).

J.W. Poston, Jr. and J.W. Poston, Sr., "Implementation of 10CFR20: Potential Impacts on

Internal Dose Assessment Programs", Rad. Prot. Management 9 (5) 29-39, September -

October (1992).

G. Akabani, J.W. Poston, Sr., and W. E. Bolch, "Estimates of Absorbed Fractions in

Small Volumes for Internally Deposited Radionuclides", J. Nucl. Med. 32 (5) 830-834,

(1991).

G. Akabani and J.W. Poston, Sr., "Absorbed Dose Calculations to Blood and Blood

Vessels for Internally Deposited Radionuclides", J. Nucl. Med. 32 (5) 835-839, (1991).

D. M. Busche, G. Akabani, and J.W. Poston, Sr., "An Approach to Hot Particle

Dosimetry Using a Monte Carlo Transport Code", Rad. Prot. Management 8 (5) 51-64,

September - October (1991).

J.W. Poston, "The Changing Face of Nuclear Engineering Education", Trans. Amer.

Nuc. Society 63, 19, (1991).

G. Akabani and J.W. Poston, "A Filter for Reducing the Angular Dependence of Li F:Ti,

Mg for Beta Radiation", Rad. Prot. Management 7 (3) 69-78, May - June (1990).

T. Edmond Hui, John W. Poston and Darrell R. Fisher, "The Microdosimetry of Radon

Decay Products in the Respiratory Tract", 10th Symposium on Microdosimetry, Italy,

1989, Rad. Prot. Dos. 31, No. 1-4, 405-511, (1990).

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J.W. Poston, "History, Biological Effects, and Dosimetry of Beta Radiation", Trans.

Amer. Nuc. Society 60, 514, (1989).

K.L. Mossman and J.W. Poston, "Education and Training in Health Physics - A Look to

the Future," Health Phys. 55, 223-227, (1988).

A. Aissi and J.W. Poston, "Comparison of Measured and Calculated Internal Absorbed

Doses in a Heterogeneous Phantom," Phys. Med. Biol. 32, 1245-1256, (1987).

M. T. Ryan and J.W. Poston, "The Impact of an Isotopic Effect on the Interpretation of

Bioassay Data for Pu", Health Phys. 53, 255-259 (1987).

A. Aissi and J.W. Poston, "An Improved Volumetric Dosimeter for Internal Dose

Verification", Health Phys. 46, 371-376, (1984).

J.W. Poston, "Radiation Safety Manpower Needs: A University Viewpoint", Trans.

Amer. Nucl. Society 44, 52-53, (1983).

W. A. Goldsmith, J.W. Poston, P.T. Perdue, and M.E. Owens, "Radon and Radon Progeny

Concentrations in Typical East Tennessee Homes", Health Phys. 45, 81-88, (1983).

H.T. Chen and J.W. Poston, "Estimates of Absorbed Energy in Trabecular Bone Due to

Beta Particles or Electrons", Health Phys. 43, 647-654, (1982).

A. Aissi, F.S. Tsakeres, and J.W. Poston, "A Molding Technique for Use in Internal

Dosimetry Studies", Health Phys. 42, 713-715, (1982).

T. D. Jones and J. W. Poston, "Isotropic and Cloud Source Irradiation by Monoenergetic

Neutrons and Photons", Health Phys. 34, 83-95, (1978).

L. M. Scott, G. G. Warner, and J. W. Poston, "Theoretical Evaluation of Optimum

Detector Size and Positioning for Low-Energy In- Vivo Gamma Spectrometry", Health

Phys. 33, 583-593, (1977).

J. W. Poston, W. S. Snyder, and L. W. Owen, "The Dosimetry of Pu-241 Reconsidered",

Health Phys. 33, 254-256, (1977).

J. B. Mailhes, A. F. McFee, and J.W. Poston, "Chromosomal Aberrations in Swine

Leukocytes After In-Vivo or In-Vitro Exposure to Fission Neutrons", Radiation Res. 71,

561-570, (1977).

J.W. Poston, "Why Should Quantities and Units Be Practical?", Health Phys. 30, 344-

396, (1976).


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S.M. Garry, P.S. Stansbury, and J.W. Poston, "Measurement of Absorbed Fractions for

Photon Sources Distributed Uniformly in Various Organs of a Heterogeneous Phantom",

Health Phys. 28, 591-597, (1975).

G.G. Warner, W. S. Snyder, and J.W. Poston, "Absorbed Dose in Phantoms Which

Represent Various Aged Male Humans from External Sources of Photons as a Function

of Age", Health Phys. 28, 599-603, (1975).

J.W. Poston and W. S. Snyder, "A Model for Exposure to a Semi-Infinite Cloud of a

Photon Emitter", Health Phys. 26, 287-293, (1974).

J.W. Poston, J. R. Knight, and G. E. Whitesides, "Calculations of the HPRR Neutron

Spectrum for Simulated Nuclear Accident Conditions", Health Phys. 26, 217-221,

(1974).

J.C. Hart and J.W. Poston, "Health Physics and the Healing Arts", Nucl. Safety 14,

(1973).

D. R. Johnson, J. W. Poston, J. A. Auxier, D. G. Brown, W. A. Gramley, W. D. Gibbs, H.

D. Hodges, and D. R. Davy, "Total and Exchangeable Sodium Studies in Swine and

Sheep Using Total Body Activation Analysis and Isotopic Dilution", Health Phys. 18,

729-731, (1970).

L.W. Gilley, L. B. Holland, J. W. Poston, and D. R. Ward, "Operation Problems with the

Health Physics Research Reactor", Nucl. Safety 8, 182-197, (1966 -1967).

D. R. Davy, L. H. Peshori, and J. W. Poston, "Sodium-24 Production in Saline-Filled

Phantoms Under Neutron Irradiations", Health Phys. 12, 1353-1355, (1966).

R. H. Lewis, G. W. Fiscus, and J. W. Poston, "Neutron Flux Measurements in the

Advanced Test Reactor Critical Experiments", Trans. Amer. Nuc. Society 6, 48-49,

(1963).

A. L. McKinney and J. W. Poston, "Reactivity and Kinetic Measurements with the

Advanced Test Reactor Critical Experiments", Trans. Amer. Nuc. Society 6, 47-48,

(1963).

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Papers in Published Proceedings:

J. W. Poston, Sr., R. C. Kurwitz, G. Tsvetkova, and K. L. Peddicord , “Educating the

Nuclear Workforce of the Future in Texas,” Conference on Nuclear Training and

Education (CONTE), Jacksonville, FL, February 2013.

J. W. Poston, Sr., V. G. Segovia, J. H. Haines, and K. L. Peddicord , “Outreach to

Stimulate Interest in STEM Education,” Conference on Nuclear Training and

Education (CONTE), Jacksonville, FL, February 2013.

Fada Guan, John W. Poston, Sr., and Leslie A. Braby, “Joint Application of Perl Scripts

and MCNPX in Solving the Dynamic-Geometry Related problems in Proton Beam

Radiotherapy,” Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear

Applications and Monte Carlo, Tokyo, Japan, October 17-21, 2010.

Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Karen Vierow, Kenneth L. Peddicord, Jean C. Ragusa. Sean M.

McDeavitt, John W. Poston, Sr., Lin Shao, and Greg Willems, “Autonomous Multi-

Purpose Floating Power System with a Compact Static Pebble Bed Reactor,” International

Conference on Reactor Physics: “Nuclear Power a Sustainable Resource,” Proceedings

of the PHYSOR 2008 Meeting, Interlaken, Switzerland, September 14-19, 2008.

K. L. Peddicord, J. W. Poston, Sr., et al. “Sustainable Nuclear Power – the Human

Dimension,” International Conference on Reactor Physics: “Nuclear Power a Sustainable

Resource,” Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2008 Meeting, Interlaken, Switzerland,

September 14-19, 2008.

John W. Poston, Sr. “Dosimetry: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are and Where We’re

Going,” Transactions of the ANS Radiation Protection & Shielding Division Symposium,

630-636, Spokane, WA, September 2000.

C. H. Kim, W. D. Reece, and J. W. Poston, Sr., “Application of the Optimal Algorithm of

Two-dosimeter Dosimetry to Point and Disk Sources on the Floor”, proceedings of the

American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting, “Technologies for the New Century”, Vol. 2,

pp. 489-495, April 19-23, 1998, Nashville, TN (1998).

J. W. Poston, Sr., W. E. Bolch, and J. C. Rock, "Health Protection Engineering: A

Merging of Health Physics, Industrial Hygiene, and Safety Engineering at Texas A&M

University", Health Physics Education and Training, Proceedings of the 28th Midyear

Topical Meeting, Health Physics Society, Charleston, SC, pp. 79-84, January, 1995.

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Papers in Published Proceedings (continued):

X.G. Xu, W. D. Reece, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "A Set of Angular Dependent Fluence to

Effective Dose Equivalent Conversion Factors for Photon Beams", Proceedings of the 8th

International Conference on Radiation Shielding, pp. 1181-1187, April 24-28, 1994,

Arlington, TX.

T. A. Shearer, G. Akabani, W. E. Bolch, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "A Model for Electron

and Beta Energy Deposition Within Trabecular Bone", Proceedings of the 5th

International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium, Oak Ridge Associated

Universities, May 7-10, 1991, Oak Ridge, TN.

G. Akabani and J. W. Poston, Sr., "Reevaluation of S-Values Considering Electron

Transport", Proceedings of the 5th International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry

Symposium, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, May 7-10, 1991, Oak Ridge, TN.

G. Akabani and J. W. Poston, Sr., "Absorbed Dose Calculations to the Human

Circulatory System for Internally Deposited Radionuclides", Proceedings of the 5th

International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium, Oak Ridge Associated

Universities, May 7-10, 1991, Oak Ridge, TN.

J. C. Liu, W. E. Bolch, and J. W. Poston, Sr., "Internal Beta Dose Calculations Using a

Point Kernel Algorithm", Proceedings of the 5th International Radiopharmaceutical

Dosimetry Symposium, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, May 7-10, 1991, Oak Ridge,

TN.

J. W. Poston, "The Development of Early Pediatric Models and their Application to

Radiation Absorbed Dose Calculations", in Dosimetry of Administered Radionuclides,

105-121, Proceedings of a Joint Symposium, S. J. Adelstein, A. I. Kassis, and R. W. Burt,

Eds., American College of Nuclear Physicians and the Society of Nuclear Medicine,

September 21-22, 1989, Washington, DC, June, 1990.

T. Edmond Hui, John W. Poston and Darrell R. Fisher, "The Microdosimetry of Radon

Decay Products in the Respiratory Tract", 10th Symposium on Microdosimetry, Italy,

1989.

T. E. Hui and J. W. Poston, "A Model of the Circulating Blood for Use in Radiation Dose

Calculations," Proceedings of the International Conference on Radiation Dosimetry and

Safety, Taipei, Taiwan, March 2-4, 1987, pp. 151-168.

J. W. Poston, A. Aissi, T. E. Hui and B. M. Jimba, "A Preliminary Model of the

Circulating Blood for Use in Radiation Dose Calculations," Fourth International

Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium, Oak Ridge, TN, November 5-8, 1985, pp.

574-586.

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B. Kahn, M. W. Carter, and J. W. Poston, "Verification of Radiation Exposure from

Airborne Effluent at a PWR Nuclear Power Station", Environmental Radiation '85,

Proceedings of the 18th Midyear Topical Symposium, Health Physics Society, Colorado

Springs, pp. 575-582, January, 1985.

R. O. Murphy and J. W. Poston, "The Development of an Intelligent Beta Survey

Instrument", Proceedings of the Personnel Radiation Dosimetry Symposium, CONF

841003, Knoxville, TN, October, 1984.

F. S. Tsakeres and J. W. Poston, "The Assessment of Beta and Gamma Radiation Fields

Using a New Multi-Element Personnel Dosimeter", Proceedings of the Personnel

Radiation Dosimetry Symposium, CONF 841003, Knoxville, TN, October, 1984.

R. O. Murphy, J.W. Poston, and K. R. Baker, "A Dosimetry Technique for Beta Radiation

Fields in the Nuclear Power Industry", Proceedings of the International Beta Symposium,

NUREG/CP 0050, Washington, DC, February,

1984.

F. S. Tsakeres, J. W. Poston, and J. C. Oliver, "The Use of CaF2:Dy (TLD-200) in Beta

Dosimetry", Proceedings of the International Beta Symposium, NUREG/CP 0050,

Washington, DC, February, 1984.

J. W. Poston, "Fifteen Years of Health Physics Training at Georgia Tech", Health Physics

Training, Proceedings of the 13th Midyear Topical Symposium, Health Physics Society,

Honolulu, HI, December, 1979.

J. W. Poston, "The Effects of Organ Size on Absorbed Dose: There is No Standard

Patient", Proceedings of the Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry, HEW

Publication (FDA) 76-8044, Oak Ridge, TN, April, 1976.

S. F. Deus and J. W. Poston, "The Development of a Mathematical Phantom

Representing a 10-Year Old for Use in Internal Dosimetry Calculations", Proceedings of

the Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry", HEW Publication (FDA) 76-8044,

Oak Ridge, TN, April, 1976.

R. L. Shoup, J. W. Poston, C. E. Easterly, and D. G. Jacobs, "Health Physics Aspects of

Activation Products from Fusion Reactors", Operational Health Physics, Proceedings of

the 9th Midyear Topical Symposium, Health Physics Society, Denver, CO, February,

1976.

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S. R. Bernard and J. W. Poston, "Estimations of Dose Commitment from an Accidental

Intake of Cm-244", Operational Health Physics, Proceedings of the 9th Midyear

Symposium, Health Physics Society, Denver, CO, February, 1976.

E. M. Smith, G. G. Warner, J. W. Poston, and W. S. Snyder, "A Practical Method to

Reduce Substantially the Radiation Dose to the Bladder Wall", Proceedings of the 16th

Annual Meeting, Southeastern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Atlanta, GA,

October, 1975.

G. G. Warner, J. L. Hwang, R. L. Shoup, and J. W. Poston, "Radiation Dose Calculation

Using Heterogeneous Pediatric Phantoms", Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting,

Southeastern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Atlanta, GA, October, 1975.

J. W. Poston, W. S. Snyder, and G. G. Warner, "Age Factors for Dose Rates from an

Infinite Cloud of a Photon Emitter", Population Exposure, Proceedings of the 8th

Midyear Topical Symposium, Health Physics Society, Knoxville, TN, October, 1974.

W. S. Snyder, L. T. Dillman, M. R. Ford, and J. W. Poston, "Dosimetry for a Man

Immersed in an Infinite Cloud of Kr-85", Proceedings of the Noble Gas Symposium, Las

Vegas, NV, September, 1973.

J. W. Poston and G.G. Warner, "Absorbed Dose to Selected Internal Organs from Typical

Diagnostic Exposures", Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of the International

Radiation Protection Association, Washington, DC, September, 1973.

J. W. Poston, G. G. Warner, M. Rosenstein, and R. H. Schneider, "Calculation of Dose to

Selected Organs from Monoenergetic X-ray Beams Incident of a Heterogeneous and

Anthropomorphic Phantom", Health Physics in the Healing Arts, Proceedings of the

7th Midyear Topical Symposium, Health Physics Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico,

December, 1972.

J. W. Poston, "A Detector for the Measurement of Dose Distribution at a Bone-Tissue

Interface", Proceedings of the Symposium on New Developments in Physical and

Biological Radiation Detectors, Vienna, Austria, November, 1970.

J. B. F. Champlin, J. W. Poston, and J. A. Lake, "An Interior Seaway for Northern

Africa", Proceedings of the Symposium on Engineering with Nuclear Explosives, Las

Vegas, NV, January, 1970.

T. D. Jones, J. A. Auxier, J. W. Poston, and D. R. Johnson, "Dose Distribution Functions

for Neutrons and Gamma Rays in Anthropomorphous and Radiological Phantoms",

Proceedings of the 1st International Congress of the International Radiation Protection

Association, Rome, Italy, September, 1968.

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J. W. Poston, "Physical Aspects of Seed Irradiations", Neutrons in Seed Irradiations,

Report of the Study Group on the Coordination of Research on the Use of Neutrons in

Seed Irradiation, Vienna, Austria, July, 1966.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS:

Approximately 12 internal reports on critical experiment activities while employed as an

Experimental Reactor Physicist by the Babcock & Wilcox, Co. These publications were

generally authored by the experimental group and the reports carry the names of those

involved in the research.

Approximately 27 internal reports on various aspects of health physics and radiation

dosimetry published while on the staff of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. These

reports were generally issued to a limited distribution outside the Laboratory as ORNL or

ORNL/TM reports. In most cases, these reports were authored by the group responsible

for the research.

Contributions to reports prepared as a Member of Scientific Committees and/or Writing

Groups for the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements in the areas

of internal dosimetry, effective dose equivalent from external photon sources and

operational radiation safety and training, etc.

Prepared several progress and final reports to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

on discrete radioactive particle research and calculations of effective dose equivalent for

external photon sources. For example:

Reece WD, Poston JW, and Xu XG. “Assessment of Effective Dose Equivalent

for External Photon Radiation: Calculational Results for Beam and Point Source

Geometries.” Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI-3099-10), 1993.

Reece WD, Poston JW, and Xu XG. “Assessment of Effective Dose Equivalent

for External Photon Radiation: Calculational Techniques for External Effective

Dose Equivalent from Dosimeter Readings.” Electric Power Research Institute

(EPRI-TR-101909-V2), 1995.

Shavers M, Poston JW, Atwell W, Hardy AC and Wilson JW. “Preliminary

Calculation of Solar Cosmic Ray Dose to the Female Breast in Space Missions.”

NASA Technical Memorandum 4235, February 1991.

Miscellaneous invited and submitted papers for presentation at the Annual Meetings of

the Health Physics Society, the American Nuclear Society, the Health Physics Society

Summer School, the ANS Executive Conferences, the Edison Electric Institute, the Society

of Nuclear Medicine, the American College of Nuclear Physicians, the Institute of Nuclear

Power Operations, the International Radiation Protection Association, and the

International Atomic Energy Agency.

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