Re: Dosimetry Cost

[baumbaug@nosc.mil (Joel T. Baumbaugh)]

     Tosh,

     As  I  (sort  of)  promised yesterday, I'll  reply  to  your
request for information - guess I was being lazy...


     I  work for the Navy.  Dosimeters are provided free of  cost
to  my command for distribution to personnel or places which meet
the  regulations  for  monitoring. Regulations  which  affect  my
facility  are primarily 10 CFR applicable, and the Department  of
the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).

     So:
     Cost: $0 (except for my time - sigh!)
     Facility: Research
     # Badges issued/ quarter: 60 (+ or -)
     Type: Whole body TLD (4/holder -Li 6&7) and TLD extremity
     No   special   requirements,  except  for   exotic   neutron
     fields/fluxes - they want me to quantify the field(s).

     Note: The navy "does" want to know use: i.e. 1. deep photon,
2.  deep neutron, 3. deep photon;deep neutron, 4. shallow  photon
and/or  beta,  5.  shallow photon and/or beta;  deep  photon,  6.
shallow  photon and/or deep photon and deep neutron, 7. extremity
high energy photon - etc. etc... AND whether its a 1. control, 2.
posted,  3. area monitor, 4. unused nuclear propulsion (radiation
worker),  5. N.P.(non-radiation worker) (visitor), 7. weapons, 8.
medical  9. dental 10 nuclear med., 11. medical therapy, 12 gamma
radiographer,   13.   x-ray  radiography  and   14.   accelerator
radiography (> or< 10 MeV) 15. Radiac calibration, 16. industrial
research,     17.  research isotope or other - as if  there  were
anything else to consider...


     Hope this helps,

     Joel Baumbaugh
     NRaD

     Opinions  presented here reflect my own and not the  federal
governments.


Date: Mon, 5 Dec 94 22:54:24 -0600
Sender: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
From: "USHINO, TOSH" <ushinot@songs.sce.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Dosimetry Cost

     RADSAFErs,

     I  am trying to develop a realistic comparison between  cost
for  offsite  vendor provided dosimetry service versus  cost  for
continuing our onsite TLD dosimetry program.

     If you are using vendor provided dosimeters, can you provide
your total cost per badge (vendor cost plus onsite administrative
and  other costs)?  It would also be nice to have information  on
what  kind of facility you are at, how many badges you issue  per
monitoring  period  (month/quarter), the type of  dosimeters  you
use, and any special services or requirements and their costs.

     If  you  have your own onsite dosimetry laboratoy,  I  would
also be interested in your cost analysis.

     Please  reply either via RADSAFE or send private message  to
me  directly  and please provide your email address and/or  phone
number.

     Thank you.
     Tosh Ushino
     ushinot@songs.sce.com
     Phone: (714) 368-9523