August 2000 Operational Radiation Safety
On the cover: Supervision of laboratory animal science programs and the practicing of veterinary medicine require a thorough understanding of basic radiation safety procedures. See article by Emrich and Lambert on page S12 for more information. |
Contents of Vol. 79, No. 2, August 2000
EDITORIAL
It Is So Hard To Believe — Kenneth L. Miller
CURRENT EVENTS
Sean M. Austin
ARTICLES—OPERATIONAL TOPICS
A University Case Study: A Guide to Non-Routine High Dose Rate Procedures for Biomedical Facilities — Patrick J. McDermott
Radiation Safety Education for Laboratory Animal Science — Jacqueline Emrich and Kent Lambert
Effective Dose Equivalent Estimates in Diagnostic Radiology with Single Dosimetry — René Michel and Sander C. Perle
Dose Rate Limitations for Integrating Survey Meters for Diagnostic X-Ray Surveys — Douglas Shearer and Mikhil Bopaiah
Why the Radium Wasn't Found — R. Rosen
Experimental Incineration of Low Level Radioactive Samples — Yasuhiro Yumoto, Tadashi Hanafusa, Tomonori Nagamatsu and Shigeru Okada
A Programmable Gas Sampler to Measure the Average Radon Concentration in a Test Chamber or in the Field — Carl H. Distenfeld and Lois Distenfeld
Alpha Spectrometry Measurement Reproducibility Study for Uranium, Plutonium, and Americium in Water at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site — Edgar Ethington and Kenneth Niswonger
Selection of Respiratory Protection Devices for Use in Very High Concentrations of Airborne Plutonium — Charles J. Bianconi
AUTHOR PROFILE
Jacqueline Emrich
ADVERTISER PROFILE
NEW EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Sean M. Austin
Kelly L. Classic