Workshop on Standards,Intercomparisons and Performance Evaluation for Low-level and Environmental Mass Spectrometry and Atom Counting

[Les Slaback <lester.slaback@nist.gov>]

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From: ken inn 
>
> Subject: Workshop on Standards, Intercomparisons and Performance Evaluation
> for Low-level and 
> Environmental Mass Spectrometry and Atom Counting 
>
> 13-15 April 1999 Workshop on Standards, Intercomparisons and Performance
> Evaluations for Low-level and Environmental Mass Spectrometry and Atom
> Counting
>
> Background: Measurement needs in the radiobioassay, environmental
remediation,
> waste management, safeguards, ocean studies, and geochemical/physical
studies
> specialities have become increasingly demanding and are pushing the
limits of
> detection for current ionizing radiation detectors.  Atom counting
technology
> has now matured sufficiently to potentially provide substantially better
> sensitivity than ionizing radiation detectors, particularly for long-lived
> radionuclides.  At this time, there is increasing demand for standard,
> intercomparison and performance evaluation materials  for low-level and
> environmental mass spectrometry.
>
> Purpose of Workshop:  
>   Identify low-level radionuclide mass spectrometry needs for radiobioassay,
> environmental remediation, waste management, safeguards, ocean studies, and
> geochemical/physical studies.
>
> Develop strategic plans for the development of standard, intercomparison and
> performance evaluation materials  for low-level and environmental mass
> spectrometry and atom counting. 
> Sponsoring Organizations:  
> Committee on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards, Public and
> Environmental Radiation Protection sub-committee 
>           Department of Energy/Office of Environment, Safety & Health  
> Department of Energy/Office of Environmental Management/National Analytical
> Management Program 
>         International Atomic Energy Agency/Monaco
>
>         International Atomic Energy Agency/Seibersdorf
>
>         National Institute of Standards and Technology/Ionizing Radiation
>  Division
>
>         SAIC
>
>         VG Instruments, Inc.      
> Scientific Committee:   Dave McCurdy, CIRMS/PERP 
>
>                                 Tom Bell/ Bob Loesch, DOE/EH
>                                 Stan Morton, DOE/EM/NAMP
>                                 Pavel Povinic, IAEA/Monaco
>                                 Kerry Burns, IAEA/Seibersdorf
>                                 Kenneth G,W, Inn, NIST/IRD
>                                 Neil Barss, SAIC
>                                 Rob Henry, VG Instruments   
> Audience:       Radiobioassay, environmental remediation, waste management,
> safeguards, ocean studies, geochemical/physical studies     
> Financial Sponsors:     Registration fees (ALL participants will incur the
> fee), SAIC and VG Instruments 
> Date and Venue: 13-15 April 1999
>                         NIST
>                         Ionizing Radiation Building, Room C301
>                         Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8462     
> The workshop will be organized into a few invited presentations, poster
> papers, breakout sessions, and consensus strategic planning sessions: 
>                         13 April:       Invited presentations and poster
>                                          papers
>                         14 April:       Breakout sessions
>                         15 April:       Consensus strategic planning
>
>                         Please send author and title interest for poster
>                          papers to:
>                                 Kenneth G.W. Inn
>                                 NIST
>                                 245/C114; MS 8462
>                                 Gaithersburg, MD 20899
>                                 kenneth.inn@nist.gov
>                                 Fax: 301-869-7682



Disclaimer:  the above are the personal musings of the author, and do not
represent any past, present, or future position of NIST, the U.S. government,
or anyone else who might think that they are in a position of authority. 
Lester Slaback, Jr.  [Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV] 
NBSR Health Physics 
Center for Neutron Research 
NIST
100 Bureau Dr.  STOP 3543 
Gaithersburg, MD  20899-3543 
301 975-5810 
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