Standard Dosimetry Tests

ASTM E170 Standard Terminology Relating to Radiation Measurements and Dosimetry 

ASTM E668 Standard Practice for Application of Thermoluminiscence-Dosimetry (TLD) Systems for Determining Absorbed Dose in Radiation-Hardness Testing of Electronic Devices 

ASTM E1026 Standard Practice for Using the Fricke Reference-Standard Dosimetry System 

ISO/ASTM 51204 Standard Practice for Dosimetry in Gamma Irradiation Facilities for Food Processing 

ISO/ASTM 51261 Standard Guide for Selection and Galibration of Dosimetry Systems for Radiation Processing 

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Assessments of risks associated with the use of chlorpyrifos insecticide products for workers have been made. The assessments are based on the results of field studies conducted in citrus groves, a Christmas tree farm, cauliflower and tomato fields, and greenhouses that utilized both passive dosimetry and biomonitoring techniques to determine exposure. The biomonitoring results likely provide the best estimate of absorbed dose of chlorpyrifos, and these have been compared to the acute and chronic no observed effect levels (NOELs) for chlorpyrifos. Standard margin-of-exposure (MOE) calculations using the geometric mean of the data are performed however, probability (Student s f-test) and distributional (Monte Carlo simulation) analyses are deemed to provide more realistic evaluations of exposure and risk to the exposed population. 

ANSI (1983). American National Standards Institute. American National Standard for Dosimetry—Personnel Dosimetry Performance—Criteria for Testing, ANSI N13.11-1983 (American National Standards Institute, New York). 

DOE (1986). U.S. Department of Energy. Department of Energy Standard for the Performance Testing of Personnel Dosimetry Systems, DOE/EH-0027 (U.S. Department of Energy, Washington). 

In addition, the LMRI elaborates and distributes radioactivity standards and references, and provides calibrations, measurements and testings in radioactivity and dosimetry, for measuring instruments and ionising radiation sources. These services are intended for research, industry and medicine. 

The Status of ANSI N13.11 The Dosimetry Performance Test Standard... 

Standard Terminology Relating to Radiation Measurements and Dosimetry, El 70, Annual book of ASTM Standards, American Society for Testing and Materials J. Thewlis, R.C. Glass, A.R. Meetham (eds.). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physics (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1967)... 

In addition to these detectors, the program also includes correlation monitors (Charpy impact test specimens made from a reference heat of ASME SA-533 Grade B Class 1, manganese-molybdenum-nickel steel) which are irradiated along with the specimens made from reactor vessel materials. The changes in impact properties of the standard reference material (SRM) provide a cross-check on the dosimetry in any given... 

ANSI (1993) Personnel dosimetry performance criteria for testing. ANSI standard no. N13.11-1993, American National Standard Institute, New York... 

Artandi C, Stonehill AA (1958) Nucleonics 16 118 ASTM (1995) Standard pracrice for using the Fricke reference stendard dosimetry system. ASTM standard E 1026-1995, American Society for Testing and Materials, http //www.astm.org)... 

ISO/ASTM (2004) Standard practice for use of the alanine-EPR dosimetry system. ISO/ASTM standard 51607, American Society for Testing and Materials, http //www.astm.org Janovsky I (1985) High-dose dosimetry. In Proceedings of symposium, IAEA, STI/PUB/671, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, p 307 Janovsky 1, Miller A (1987) Appl Radiat Isot 38 931 Janovsky I, Hansen J, Cemoch P (1988) Appl Radiat Isot 39 651... 

BARS, L.B., et al.. Experimental and Theoretical Neutron Flux Estimations at the Surveillance Chain, at the Pressure Vessel Inner Surface, and in the Cavity of a VVER-440 PWR. Reactor Dosimetry Methods, Applications, and Standardization, ASTM STP 1001, Harry Farrar IV and E.P. Lippincott, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia 1989, pp. 121-129. 

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