DOE technical standard on Internal Dosimetry

["Strom, Daniel J" <daniel.j.strom@pnl.gov>]

A new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) technical standard, Internal Dosimetry, is
now available in .pdf (portable document format) on DOE's Radiation Protection
web site (http://tis.eh.doe.gov/whs/rhmwp/ts.html).  This document provides
guidance for performing internal dose assessments consistent with requirements
in 10 CFR 835.  For more information, contact Dr. Judith Foulke at (301)
903-5865.

In my opinion, this document does not "reinvent the wheel," but serves to fill
in technical details not covered by 10 CFR 835, the Guide Series
(http://tis.eh.doe.gov/whs/rhmwp/441-1-3.pdf is the Internal Dosimetry Guide),
and national consensus standards such as HPS/ANSI N13.30-1996, Performance
Standard for Radiobioassay.

The standard contains much technical guidance on measurements of radon and
thoron and their decay products in air not found elsewhere.

- Dan Strom

The opinions expressed above, if any, are mine alone and have not been reviewed
or approved by Battelle, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, or the U.S.
Department of Energy.

Daniel J. Strom, Ph.D., CHP
Risk Analysis & Health Protection Group, Environmental Technology Division,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mail Stop K3-56, PO BOX 999, Richland, Washington 99352-0999 USA
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