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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on July 20, 2004
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2004 111(3):327-334; doi:10.1093/rpd/nch340
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 111, No. 3 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Topics Under Debate

Are HPS N13.11-2001 test conditions and performance criteria appropriate for evaluating personal dosimetry systems?

David A. Schauer1, Neill Stanford2 and J. C. McDonald, Moderator

1 NCRP, Bethesda, MD, USA
2 Stanford Dosimetry, Anacortes, WA, USA

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INTRODUCTION

The personal dosimetry proficiency testing programs operated by, NVLAP (National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program) and DOELAP (Department of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program) have made a significant positive impact on the quality of personal dosimetry in the United States. The programs were developed during a time when there were questions about the consistency and traceability to national standards of worker dosimetry measurements being performed at nuclear facilities. These two programs addressed problems in two different areas. NVLAP tested and accredited dosimetry processors serving Nuclear Regulatory Commission facilities, whereas DOELAP tested and accredited dosimetry programs at Department of Energy facilities. NVLAP used as the basis for their testing program, an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/Health Physics Society (HPS) standard, N13.11, and DOELAP relied on the use of a DOE-specific standard that was similar to N13.11.

Recently, the N13.11 standards was revised, and the resulting revision is now used by both DOE and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

HPS N13.11-2001 CRITERIA ARE APPROPRIATE FOR EVALUATING PERSONAL DOSIMETRY SYSTEMS: David A. Schauer

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General goals, appropriateness and impact
Test conditions
Performance criteria
Appropriateness, impact and future
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