Dan Mantooth Named Fellow of Health Physics Society

Mantooth becomes 19^th Dade Moeller employee to be honored as Fellow

RICHLAND, Wash. – Dade Moeller is proud to announce that Senior Health Physicist [radiation protection scientist] Daniel S. Mantooth has been named to the 2011 Fellow Class of the Health Physics Society. This special honor recognizes Mantooth’s significant contributions to the profession of health physics. He becomes the 19^th Dade Moeller employee to have earned this prestigious award.

A certified health physicist, Mantooth has more than 30 years of experience in occupational and radiological safety and waste management. He has provided staff and consulting support to the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and commercial power operations. His key areas of expertise include occupational and radiological safety program management, development, implementation, and assessment. Mantooth’s technical strengths include laboratory occupational safety (laser safety, chemical hygiene), radiological engineering and design review, and safety aspects of decontamination and decommissioning. Currently, he is managing Dade Moeller’s offices in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga.

Mantooth joins the following list of Dade Moeller employees who are Fellows of the Health Physics Society: Don Bihl (Richland); Jim Bogard (Oak Ridge); Doug Draper (Cincinnati); Victor Evdokimoff (Acton, Mass.); Jack Fix (Richland); Gerald Gels (Cincinnati); Tracy Ikenberry (Richland); Ray Johnson (Gaithersburg, Md.); Bill Kennedy (Richland); Judson Kenoyer (Aiken, S.C.); Ed Maher (Acton); Jerry Martin (Richland); Debra McBaugh (Richland); Dade Moeller (New Bern, N.C.); Matt Moeller (Richland); Paul Stansbury (Richland); Larry Waggoner (Richland); and David Waite (Richland). Dade Moeller employs more certified health physicists than any other U.S. company.

Mantooth was honored at an Awards Dinner held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in the Grand Ballroom of the West Palm Beach, Fla., Convention Center.

ABOUT DADE MOELLER: Headquartered near the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford nuclear site in Richland, Wash., Dade Moeller is a nationally recognized firm that provides a full range of professional and technical services to federal, state, and commercial clients in support of nuclear, radiological, and environmental operations. Dade Moeller specializes in radiation protection, health physics, worker safety, and radiation training. Founded in 1994, our Company proudly bears the name of Dr. Dade W. Moeller, a premier scientist and educator in the fields of health physics and environmental health.

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Media Contact: Paula Tumlinson 509-942-3704 ptumlinson@moellerinc.com

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