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American Nuclear Society
unveils historic landmark plaque
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Photo: HM1 M. Oliver, USN; USU |
Bethesda, Md., February 24, 2010—Jack Touhy (right), executive director of the American Nuclear Society, and COL Donald Hall, MS, USA, deputy director of the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, unveil a bronze plaque designating the Institute a nuclear historic landmark.
"This plaque marks 50 years of important research in the field of radiobiology," said Touhy, addressing AFRRI employees and guests. Such research, he described, is important to providing a sound scientific basis for decisions critical to protecting the public and to advancing nuclear technology.
The Institute is among some 70 sites and facilities that have been recognized by the Society.
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