FOREWORD: SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RADIATION SHIELDING AND THE 15TH TOPICAL MEETING OF THE RADIATION PROTECTION AND SHIELDING DIVISION

摘要

The 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) were jointly organized at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, from April 13-18, 2008. With this conference we celebrated the first 50 yr of the ICRS. This conference drew hundreds of the world's leading experts in particle and ionizing radiation shielding in its broadest context including nuclear energy systems, accelerator facilities, space, and other radiation environments. There was a total of 290 participants from 22 countries.