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

Landauer

NEW EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

Sean M. Austin

Kelly L. Classic