Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

(5)Employee Benefit Plans

The components of net periodic benefit cost for pension and other benefits were as follows:

Pension Benefits	Three Months Ended December 31,
(Dollars in Thousands)	2016		2015
Interest cost	$	352	$	392
Expected return on plan assets		(388)		(373)
Amortization of net loss		190		141
Net periodic benefit cost	$	154	$	160
Other Benefits	Three Months Ended December 31,
(Dollars in Thousands)	2016		2015
Service cost	$	16	$	15
Interest cost		9		10
Amortization of net gain		-		(4)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	25	$	21

The Company, under the IRS minimum funding standards, has no required contributions to make to its defined benefit pension plan during fiscal 2017.

The Company sponsors a 401(k) retirement savings plan covering substantially all of the U.S. full-time employees in the Company’s Radiation Measurement segment as well as substantially all of the employees in the Company’s Medical Physics segment, and prior to its divestiture, the Medical Products segment.  The Company also maintains a supplemental defined contribution plan for certain executives, which allows participating executives to make voluntary deferrals and provides for employer contributions at the discretion of the Company.  Amounts expensed for Company contributions under these plans during the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $543 and $419, respectively.