Essential Reference Material for BIDUG Members 

• The amendment to 10 CFR 835, Occupational Radiation Protection, Nov. 4, 1998, contiains material applicable to bioassay and internal dosimetry.
• 1999 Implementation Guide "Internal Dosimetry Program" (DOE G 441.1-3 (formerly G-10 CFR 835/C1) 03-17-99)
• DOE Technical Standard. Internal Dosimetry (December, 1999; supercedes all previous drafts.)
• Technical Standard, The DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP) for Radiobioassay. DOE-STD-1112-98. December, 1998.
• Technical Position Paper on Bioassay Programs a supporting document in the 10 CFR 835 Proposed Amendment process.
• The 10 CFR 835 Supporting Documents Page
• Issue No. 97-2 of the ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY & HEALTH Bulletin (DOE/EH-0518 September 1997) focuses on Bioassay Programs within the DOE complex.
• External and Internal Dose Summing Thresholds, a regulatory position paper.

Obsolete Documents and Drafts  

• DOE Technical Standard (Draft). Internal Dosimetry (Predecisional Draft, Feb. 4, 1999)
• Draft Implementation Guide for Internal Dosimetry (DOE G 441.3-1, January 1997)
• Previous Implementation Guide "Internal Dosimetry Program" (G-10 CFR 835/C1 - Rev. 1 NOVEMBER 1994)
• DOE Draft Internal Dosimetry Technical Standard (Predecisional Draft, December 6, 1996)

Other Reference Material  

• Technical Basis for Internal Dosimetry at Hanford. PNL-6866 Rev. 1. July 1991.
• Collective Dose as a Performance Measure for Occupational Radiation Protection Programs: Issues and Recommendations. PNNL-11934. July 1998.
• Air Sampling in the Workplace. Final Report. NUREG-1400. September 1993. E.E. Hickey, G.A. Stoetzel, D.J. Strom, G.R. CIcotte, C.M. Wiblin, S.A. McGuire. Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The reader is strongly urged to use the decision threshold and detection level (a.k.a. minimum detectable amount) formulas in MARLAP or ISO 11929-1, -2, and -3 in place of the formulas in this paper for reasons explained in Strom and MacLellan 2001.
• Stevenson, P.C. Processing of Counting Data. Nuclear Science Series, Radiochemical Techniques. NAS-NS 3109. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1965. [WARNING: At 14,604 KB, this is a BIG file!] This document, written by a staff member at what is now the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, develops many basic statistical results, including the use of a uniform prior probability density for a preliminary Bayesian approach to counting.
• Strom DJ. Inference of Radionuclide Intakes and Doses from Workplace Indicators, Air Monitoring and Bioassay Results. This 6.0 Mbyte .pdf includes Dan Strom's slides from the 8-hour American Academy of Health Physics class presented February 7, 2004, in Augusta, Georgia. Please contact Dan if you would like a PowerPoint version for teaching.
• Sikov MR and TE Hui. 1996. Contribution of Maternal Radionuclide Burdens to Prenatal Radiation Doses. NUREG/CR-5631, PNL-7445 Rev. 2. Richland, Washington: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Bitmap; 35 Mbytes.

Roger D. Caldwell Archives  

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