November 1999 Operational Radiation Safety
On the cover: Audits are an important tool for evaluating the effectiveness of the radiation safety practices in individual radioisotope laboratories. See articles by Elliot and by Miller and Erdman in this issue. |
Contents of Vol. 77, No. 5, November 1999
EDITORIAL
Developing a Paper for Operational Radiation Safety — Kenneth L. Miller and R. Michel
ARTICLES—OPERATIONAL TOPICS
Radiation Safety Audits — R. L. Elliot
Radioisotope Laboratory Audits — K. L. Miller and M. C. Erdman
The First Year as a Neophyte RSO at a Liberal Arts College — J. R. Sowa
Detection of Radon Decay Products in Rain Water — S. I. Baker
Lessons Learned in Decommissioning Medical Facilities — V. Evdokimoff
Basic Radiation Protection Considerations in Dental Practice — R. Michel and T. L. Zimmerman
Reflections on the Benefits of Participating in ACURI — N. W. Henry
Protocols for Implementing DOE Authorized Release of Radioactive Scrap Metals — S. Y. Chen, J. Arnish, S. Kamboj, and L. A. Nieves
The LANL Model 8823 Whole-Body TLD and Associated Dose Algorithm — J. M. Hoffman and M. J. Mallett
Extension of Fong and Alvarez: When is a Lower Limit of Detection Low Enough? — W. E. Potter
Confidence Intervals for Low-Level Paired Counting — W. E. Potter
Improved Derivation of Results of D. E. Allen: Two-count Method for Stripping Short-lived Activity Out of an Air Sample — W. E. Potter
AUTHOR PROFILE
S. Y. Chen