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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 54:311-319 (1994)
© 1994 Oxford University Press

Performance Testing of Dosimetry Services and Its Regulatory Aspects

J. Böhm, V.N. Lebedev and J.C. McDonald (INVITED)

An essential part of a quality assurance programme is performance testing of the dosimetry service, i.e. the verification of the procedures applied by the dosimetry service, by introducing control samples into the routine. This paper concentrates on performance testing based on so-called trumpet curves derived from recommendations of ICRP Publication 35. But, as experience shows, the state-of-the-art in dosimetry must also be taken into account. Photon radiation above 20 keV is relatively easy to measure and these trumpet curves may be used for this. For neutron radiation, for example, additional wider trumpet curves are recommended. The dosimetry service should not be aware of the tests, i.e. 'blind'-performance testing should be carried out. This leads to some difficulties in practice, and as an alternative, performance testing 'by surprise' is described. Results of performance testing from Germany, Russia and the USA are presented and indicate that the proposed concept is feasible.


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