Name: BHSC 2026 Spring Meeting
Start: 2026-04-29T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-30T18:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

BHSC 2026 Spring Meeting

from Wednesday, 29 April 2026 (08:30) to Thursday, 30 April 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 27 April 2026
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Wednesday, 29 April 2026

08:30 Badge & Greeting
Badge & Greeting
08:30 - 09:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
09:00 Presentations 29th a.m.
09:00 - 10:20
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

09:00 Welcome & Logistics

09:20 Engineering Solutions for Safe Processing of Beryllium at CERN - Roberto Ales Bozzi (CERN)

09:40 Application of Remote Sensing Technologies in Addressing Beryllium Challenges - Josef Sobieraj (National Nuclear Security Administration)

10:00 Scaling Up FLiBe Operations In the Fusion Industry - Meghan Devine, CIH, CSP
10:20 Coffee break - Group Picture
Coffee break - Group Picture
10:20 - 10:40
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -
10:40 Presentations 29th a.m. - 2
10:40 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

10:40 Challenges and solutions for Respiratory Equipment in Beryllium Industry - Paul Walsh (Sundstrom)

11:00 Quantitative Assessment of Particulate Generation in Beryllium Processing Operations at CERN - Mickael Denis Crouvizier (CERN)

11:20 Beryllium Health & Safety in Fusion Materials Research and Laboratory Decommissioning at KBHF - Aniceto GORAIEB (Independent Consultant)

11:40 The Benefits of Wet Decontamination for the Beryllium Industry - Daniel Williams (SMH Products)
12:00 Lunch (Free time)
Lunch (Free time)
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Presentations 29th pm
13:00 - 14:40
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

13:00 Preparation and planning considerations for decontamination and decommissioning - joanne cousins

13:20 The Origins and Current State of FLiBe Research at U.S. Department of Energy Facilities - Annalyn Jensen (University of Utah)

13:40 Satellite-Based Alteration Mapping for Beryllium Resource Delineation at Spor Mountain: A Scalable Framework for Critical Mineral Exploration - Bryony Richards

14:00 Safety and Health Aspects of FLiBe - Aleksandr Stefaniak Aleksandr. B. Stefanizk (NIOSH)

14:20 Exposure Characteristics Relevant for Beryllium Sensitization - M. Abbas Virji (CDC/NIOSH)
14:40 Break
Break
14:40 - 15:00
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -

15:00 CERN Visit (HL-LHC And Beryllium Facility)
CERN Visit (HL-LHC And Beryllium Facility)
15:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

19:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -
Thursday, 30 April 2026

08:00 Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:00 - 08:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
08:30 Presentations 30th am
08:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

08:30 An Introduction to the Beryllium Associated Worker Registry: Past, Present, and Future - Gregory Nichols (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education)

08:50 Integrated Legislative and Training Approach to Beryllium Hazard Control at CERN - Jonathan Gulley (CERN)

09:10 United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries: Human Data on Beryllium - Sergey Tolmachev

09:30 Occupational Hygiene Review of Women’s Occupational Health Issues and Beryllium - Nancy Wilk (International Occupational Hygiene Association)

09:50 Beryllium safety in the Swiss watch industry - Thierry Peseux

10:10 Diagnosing Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease in Beryllium Exposed Workers - Lisa Barker (National Jewish Health)
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -
11:00 Industrial partners: Industrial partners
Industrial partners
11:00 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 Presentation Color Tech Holdings, Inc - Benjamin Hall (Color Tech Holdings Inc)

11:15 Presentation Sundstrom - Paul Walsh (Sundstrom)

11:30 Presentation SMH Products - Daniel Williams (SMH Products)

11:45 Presentation Fusion-for-Future - Aniceto Goraieb (GVT GmbH und Co KG)
12:00 Lunch (free)
Lunch (free)
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Presentations 30th pm
13:00 - 14:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

13:00 Effective Beryllium Release Incident Response - Vern Holden (Independent Consultant)

13:20 AI in Occupational Health & Safety - Shian Yada (Pantex Field Office)

13:40 Beryllium as an Effect Modifier of Radiation Mortality Risk at the Rocky Flats Plants - Ashley Golden
14:00 Break
Break
14:00 - 14:20
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
14:20 Subcommittees
14:20 - 15:20
Contributions

14:20 Subcommittee Breakouts

14:50 Reports from Subcommittee Breakouts
15:20 Wrap up
15:20 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

15:20 BHSC Business Meeting

15:50 Announcement of BHSC 2026 Autumn Meeting - Beth Walker (BHSC) Chris DORN (Be4FUSION LLC) josef sobieraj

16:00 Closing Remarks / Wrap-up - Beth Walker (BHSC) Chris DORN (Be4FUSION LLC) josef sobieraj