BHSC 2026 Spring Meeting

from Wednesday, 29 April 2026 (08:30) to Thursday, 30 April 2026 (18:00)
CERN (500/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
29 Apr 2026
30 Apr 2026
AM
08:30 --- Badge & Greeting ---
09:00
Presentations 29th a.m. - Isabel Bejar Alonso (CERN) (until 10:20)
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 - Dr 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 ---
10:40
Presentations 29th a.m. - 2 - Roberto Ales Bozzi (CERN) (until 12:00)
10:40 Challenges and solutions for Respiratory Equipment in Beryllium Industry - Mr 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 - Mr Aniceto GORAIEB (Independent Consultant)  
11:40 The Benefits of Wet Decontamination for the Beryllium Industry - Daniel Williams (SMH Products)  
08:00 --- Welcome coffee ---
08:30
Presentations 30th am - Mickael Denis Crouvizier (CERN) (until 10:30)
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 - Ms Nancy Wilk (International Occupational Hygiene Association)  
09:50 Beryllium safety in the Swiss watch industry - Mr Thierry Peseux  
10:10 Diagnosing Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease in Beryllium Exposed Workers - Ms Lisa Barker (National Jewish Health)  
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00
Industrial partners - beth walker (until 12:00)
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)  
PM
12:00 --- Lunch (Free time) ---
13:00
Presentations 29th pm - beth walker (until 14:40)
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 Dr Aleksandr. B. Stefanizk (NIOSH)  
14:20 Exposure Characteristics Relevant for Beryllium Sensitization - M. Abbas Virji (CDC/NIOSH)  
14:40 --- Break ---
15:00 CERN Visit (HL-LHC And Beryllium Facility)  
19:00 --- Social Dinner ---
12:00 --- Lunch (free) ---
13:00
Presentations 30th pm - Isabel Bejar Alonso (CERN) (until 14:00)
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 ---
14:20
Subcommittees (until 15:20)
14:20 Subcommittee Breakouts  
14:50 Reports from Subcommittee Breakouts  
15:20
Wrap up (until 16:30)
15:20 BHSC Business Meeting  
15:50 Announcement of BHSC 2026 Autumn Meeting - josef sobieraj Chris DORN (Be4FUSION LLC) Beth Walker (BHSC)  
16:00 Closing Remarks / Wrap-up - josef sobieraj Chris DORN (Be4FUSION LLC) Beth Walker (BHSC)