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\"vssa-big\"Valley Safety Services\u00a0Associates, Inc<\/h1>\n

The team at Valley Safety Services Associates, Inc can assist you with your radiation safety and compliance needs. Tom O’Connel MS, CHO assists clients with radiation safety audits, training, industrial requests, decommissioning, shielding evaluations and general radiation safety concerns. Jim Giard does most of the surveys for X-ray units and C-arms. Mike Leal, MS handles mammography. They have three other physicists that tend to CT and Mammo.<\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/h2>\n
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Telephone<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/dt>\n
413-323-9571<\/strong><\/dd>\n
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FAX<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/dt>\n
413-323-9571<\/strong><\/dd>\n
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Postal address<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/dt>\n
330 Old Enfield Rd.<\/dd>\n
Belchertown, MA 01007<\/dd>\n
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Electronic mail<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/dt>\n
Address questions, comments, suggestions, or anything else to: questions@vssa-inc.com<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valley Safety Services\u00a0Associates, Inc The team at Valley Safety Services Associates, Inc can assist you with your radiation safety and compliance needs. Tom O’Connel MS, CHO assists clients with radiation safety audits, training, industrial requests, decommissioning, shielding evaluations and general radiation safety concerns. Jim Giard does most of the surveys for X-ray units and C-arms. 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