DOE Internal Dosimetry Documents

[dj_strom@ccmail.pnl.gov (Daniel J Strom)]

DOSE-NETTERS,

There are three draft documents from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
that should be of interest to those doing internal dosimetry.  First, at

<http://www.explorer.doe.gov:1776/cgi-bin/w3vdkhgw?./tmp/qryRVBa005qP;dr
aftord-23>

you'll find the new draft Implementation Guide (IG) entitled, "Internal 
Dosimetry Program," DOE G 441.3-1 (formerly G-10 CFR 835/C1), January 
1997.  This IG, somewhat analogous to a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission Regulatory Guide, gives guidance for meeting Title 10, Code 
of Federal Regulations, Part 835, "Occupational Radiation Protection."  

At

<http://apollo.osti.gov/html/techstds/tsdrafts/tsdrafts.html>

you'll find two documents:

PROJECT NO.: SAFT-0049 
TITLE: The Department of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program for 
Radiobioassay 
**** Comments due by March 28, 1997 ****
Contact: Robert M. Loesch 
DOELAP Program Manager 
U.S. Department of Energy 
EH-52, GTN, 270CC 
19901 Germantown Road 
Germantown, MD 20874-1290 
PHONE: 301-903-4443 FAX: 301-903-7773 mailto:loesch@spok.eh.doe.gov 

PROJECT NO: SAFT-0057 
TITLE: Internal Dosimetry 
**** Comments due by June 11, 1997 ****
Contact: Judith D. Foulke 
U.S. Department of Energy 
EH-52, GTN, 270CC 
19901 Germantown Road 
Germantown, MD 20874-1290 
PHONE: 301-903-5865 FAX: 301-903-7773 mailto:Judy.Foulke@hq.doe.gov

The Proposed DOELAP Bioassay Standard applies to analyzing bioassay 
samples, and draws heavily on ANSI/HPS N13.30.  

The Proposed Internal Dosimetry Standard supports the Draft Internal 
Dosimetry Program Implementation Guide by providing detailed examples 
and references to other standards and useful documents, such as the 
technical basis manuals for internal dosimetry of the various DOE 
National Laboratories, which contain a wealth of detailed technical 
information.  

Both the IG and the Proposed Standard are based on the work of the DOE 
Internal Dosimetry Expert Group (IDEG), originally convened in 1986 
under Ken Heid (PNNL).  That group was later chaired by the late Roscoe 
Hall (SRS), then by Rick Brake (LANL), and most recently, Don Bihl 
(PNNL).  Members and contributors that I know of included Don Bihl, Jim 
Bogard, Liz Brackett, Rick Brake, Gene Carbaugh, Bill Fairman, Roger 
Falk, Darrell Fisher, Judy Foulke, Roscoe Hall, Ken Heid, Dave Hickman, 
Bill King, Tom LaBone, Jim Lawrence, Ed Lessard, Bob Loesch, Gary 
Mansfield, Dave McLaughlin, DeVaughn Nelson, Jim Neton, Gene Potter, 
Mario Schillaci, Jack Selby, Dan Strom, Monte Sula, and Al Tschaeche.  
The IDEG was initiated at DOE by Ed Vallario, and later supported at DOE 
by Ken Ferlic and Rick Jones.  

In my opinion, the DOE and the taxpayer will benefit from critical 
review of these documents by all who are interested.

- Dan Strom
Executive Director, DOE Internal Dosimetry Expert Group

The opinions expressed above are my own, 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
Staff Scientist
Health Protection Department K3-56
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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