[ RadSafe ] EC tender for new dosimeter and services recommendations

[Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)]

Friends,

Will this be just another effort to politically ratchet up the
regulations and costs for "radiation protection" (including standard
bureaucratic fear-mongering) or an opportunity to apply advanced
technology to improve the balance between rad protection costs and
benefits for dosimeters and services?

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
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Tender: Establishing European technical recommendations for monitoring
individuals exposed to external radiation
[Date: 2006-09-20]
The European Commission's Directorate General for Energy and Transport
has issued a call for tenders for the establishment of European
technical recommendations for monitoring individuals exposed to external
radiation. 

Workers occupationally exposed to ionising radiation are monitored by
the use of individual dosimeters. The respective radiation monitoring
recording and reporting systems have to fulfil specific requirements
concerning accuracy, performance and uncertainty. In this context, the
European Commission issued in 1994 technical recommendations for
monitoring individuals exposed to external radiation (Radiation
protection series No 73). In view of the rapid technological development
of radiation monitoring systems, these technical recommendations need to
be revised. The aim of this study contract is to establish new technical
recommendations, taking into consideration particularly the development
and introduction of electronic personal dosimeters EPD and computerised
national dose register. The technical recommendations are addressed to
Member State regulatory bodies aimed at laying down European wide common
criteria for approval of dosimeters and dosimeter services. The document
also forms the basis for a mandate to CEN/CENELEC and ISO for
establishing European and International norms and standards for
dosimeter systems.
For further information, please contact: 

European Commission 
Directorate-General for Energy and Transport 
Radioprotection Unit (H4) 
Attn: Mr Stefan Mundigl 
Office EUFO 4154 
L-2920 Luxembourg 
Tel: +352 43 0135026. 
Fax: +352 43 0134646. 
E-mail: Contact
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To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web
address: 
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:187997-2006:TEXT:EN:HTML
Remarks: The deadline for requesting tender documents is 30 October
2006. 
The deadline for submitting tender documents is 3 November 2006. 

Before contacting the Commission, tenderers are strongly advised to
consult the original call text in the Official Journal of the European
Union at the reference below.
Category: Calls
Data Source Provider: Official Journal of the European Union
Document Reference: OJ No S- 177-187997 of 16 September 2006
Subject Index: Medicine, Health; Radiation Protection; Measurement
Methods 
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