DISCLAIMER ‘This report was prepared an account of work sposored by an agency ofthe United States, coaen ea ‘the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their PNL-10076 employes, makes any waranty, expres or imple, or aus ay egal Tally oreo - bility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or CONF-9303220 closed, or ropesens that ie we would ot infinge privately owned ght, Reer- nce herein to any specie commercial product, proces, or servic by trade nas, tadematt, manufacture, or otberwie des not neces contiue or inply its endorsement, recom Imendation, of favoring by the United States Goverment or any agecy thereat The views tnd opains of authors expressed tein do aot necsaly sate or rllet thos of the United States Goverameat of any ageacy thereof Proceedings of the WORKSHOP ON MEASUREMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR IONIZING RADIATION Held at National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland March 16-18, 1993 Document Compiled by J. A. Heath and K. L. Swinth Pacific Northwest Laboratory Richland, Washington 99352 Proceedings Preparation Sponsored by The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Health Physics/Industrial Hygiene Programs Office of Health DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS UNLIMITED 25 work Performed Under Contract No. DE-AC06-76RLO 1830This page intentionally left blank.FOREWORD ‘The Workshop on Measurement Quality Assurance for Ionizing Radiation was held at the National Insitute of Standards and Technology Administration Building in Gaithersburg, Maryland. ‘This workshop is a sequel to a previous workshop, "Workshop on Radiation Survey Instruments and Calibrations,” held in 1984 and organized under the auspices of the National Bureau of Standards. This workshop was held to review the status of secondary level calibration accreditation programs, review related measurement accreditation programs, document lessons learned, and to present changes in programs due to new national priorities involving radioactivity measurements. ‘This document is a compilation of 45 out of the 63 papers/posters that were presented at the Workshop on Measurement Quality Assurance for Ionizing Radiation. Minor editing has been done to correct errors in punctuation, use of acronyms, consistency, and spelling. Each paper was edited as a separate item and then all papers were formatted to give the document a uniform appearance. The author assumed responsibility for the overall quality of the paper and graphics. Compilation of this document was performed at Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Printing has been provided by the U.S, Department of Energy through the Office of Health Physics/Industral Hygiene Programs. ‘The following individuals organized the meeting and developed the meeting program: Elmer Eisenhower (Health Physics Society) ‘Tom Heaton (U.S. Federal Drug Administration [CDRH}) Ken Swinth (Pacific Northwest Laboratory) Mary Rosenfeld (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Pam Dukes (Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors) Marshall Cleland (Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards) Col. Dave Case (U.S. Air Force) Pat Kuykendall (U.S, Army) D. Mike Scheeffer (U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency) Kenneth G.W. Inn (U.S. Department of Commerce [NIST)) R. Tom Bell (U.S. Department of Energy, EH) Don Bogan (U.S. Department of Energy, EM) Hank Becker (U.S. Navy) Donald O. Nellis (NRC) ‘We wish to express appreciation for our sponsors: American Association of Physicists in Medicine Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards Health Physics Society Pacific Northwest Laboratory U.S. Air Force U.S. Anny U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency U.S. Department of Commerce (NIST) U.S. Department of Energy (EH/EM) U.S, Federal Drug Administration (CDRH) U.S. Navy