Good Practices in Health Physics [Pehme köide]

Preface 1(2) G.R. Komp M.A. Thompson Operational Radiation Safety: Part 1 Risk Communication: An Important Function of Radiation Safety Training Programs 3(6) R.H. Johnson An X-Ray Safety Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 9(4) K.L. Barat T.M. deCastro Revitalizing Your ALARA Program for Top Decile Performance 13(2) D.C. Miller Use of the Intranet to Improve Customer Service for a Campus Radiation Safety Program 15(8) K.L. Classic J.L. Miller J.A.N. Stauffer R.J. Vetter Medical Health Physics Medical Center Personnel Monitoring: Operational Considerations 23(6) W.B. Bass G.T. Barnes Health Physics Instructions in the Yale Nuclear Medicine Residency Program 29(6) T.T. Yoshizumi Radiation Safety Considerations for 125I Seed Prostate Therapy Patients 35(8) D.J. Macey P.N. Pareek I.A. Brezovich Room Preparation and Clearance for Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Radioiodine Therapy 43(6) B.J. Drewelow A.P. Christopher P.A. Mantha D.N. Aquino H.J. Richter J.J. Willoughby C.A. Pickering Review of Radiation Safety Program Development at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System 49(6) T.T. Yoshizumi Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation Optimizing the Radiation Monitoring of Recycled Metallics 55(4) J.G. Yusko J.O. Lubenau A 3 x 3 Inch Sodium Iodide Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for Monitoring Nuclear Power Plant Emissions 59(10) R.L. Grasty J.R. Lamarre Poster Session 1 Noise Control of Radiological Monitoring Equipment 69(4) R.D. Rubick W.W. Stevens L.L. Burke A Cost-Saving Method in Radioactive Waste 73(6) R.K. Bhat L.V. Bender H.T. Mikulski Implementation of a Radiological Safety Coach Program 79(6) K.K. Konzen J.M. Langsted Sanitation Waste Stream Monitoring at Duke University Medical Center 85(4) G.D. Egan G.C. Cseko Contamination Control Aspects of Attaching Waste Drums to the WIPP Waste Characterization Chamber 89(4) L.M. Rubick L.L. Burke Operational Radiation Safety: Part 2 Monitoring the Startup of an Accelerator Facility 93(4) V. Vylet T. Lavine J. Allan W. Baumgartner Radiological Control Optimization at Fernald 97(4) M.C. Tester P.A. Darnell V. Taylor R.D. Cardarelli ALARA Center of Technology Promotes Good Radiological Work Practices at Hanford 101(4) L.O. Waggoner Educational Programs The Challenge of Laser Training at a World-Class Facility: Laser Training at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 105(4) K.L. Barat Current Experiences in Radiation Safety Officer Training 109(4) T.E. Johnson The A & M - UT Health Protection Engineering Student Pipeline: An Assessment of the Experience During the First Two Years 113(10) I.S. Hamilton R.J. Emery Personnel Monitoring Beyond Score-Keeping for the Regulator: Reasons to Perform Personnel Monitoring 123(6) D.J. Strom Evaluation of Exposure From a Low-Energy X-Ray Device Using Thermoluminescent Dosimeters 129(6) W.S. Harris D.L. Edwards Managing Routine Bioassay Requirements 135(4) B.L. Baumann Skin Dose Equivalent Measurement from Neutron-Deficient Isotopes 139(6) H.H. Hsu S.A. Costigan L.L. Romero J.J. Whicker Assessment of a Presumptive Internal Overexposure to Uranium 145(4) D.E. Bernhardt Poster Session 2 Application of NUREG 1400 Methodology to a Hospital Health Physics Program 149(6) B.M. Methe J.D. Dutcher D.J. Urquhart R.M. Ryan Evaluation of Shielding Removal at a 1.5-GeV Synchrotron Radiation Facility 155(8) M.L. Marceau-Day R.Raharjo L.M. Scott Beta Reduction Factors for Protective Clothing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory 163(8) G.L. Franklin P.L. Gonzalez Efficient Handling of High-Level Radioactive Cell Waste in a Vitrification Facility Analytical Laboratory 171(8) D.W. Roberts K.J. Collins A Radiological Preplanning/Prerelease Program 179(6) R.E. Bryant P.E. Farnsworth Regulatory Issues A Reevaluation of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP - 40 CFR 61, Subpart H) Program at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico 185(8) T.A. Culp J.M. Hylko The Wolf Creek Mine Incident: Human Error Prevails Over Regulation 193(4) J.L. McNees Implementation of a Radiation Protection Program at a Department of Energy Environmental Remediation Site 197(6) K.N. Fleming Analyzing Regulatory Activity Outcomes in Texas: Notices of Violation, Incidents, and Complaints Recorded in 1995 203(2) J. Pollock R.J. Emery Where Did All the NORM Come From? 205(6) M.B. Hebert F.L. Lyon Reactor Health Physics Attempting Good Practice: The Timely Response to the Revisionist TMI Radioepidemiology 211(4) C.A. Willis Research Reactor Defueling and Fuel Shipment 215(10) R.D. Ice E. Jawdeh J. Strydom Health Physics Self-Assessment at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) 225(8) R.S. Schofield Health Physics Aspects of Processing EBR-I Coolant 233(8) L.L. Burke J.O. Thalgott J.W. Poston, Jr. Shutdown Chemistry Control: An ALARA and Radiochemical Perspective 241(8) S.W. Chick R.S. Schofield J.A. Muniga Decommissioning & Waste Management Decontamination and Reconditioning of the Argonne National Laboratory-West Casting Laboratory Alpha Glove Box 249(6) J.W. Poston L.L. Burke Resurrecting a LLRW Program at the Ohio State University 255(4) P.A. Karam Evaluation of a High-Level Waste Radiological Maintenance Facility 259(6) K.J. Collins Decontamination and Decommissioning Underground Tanks Containing Radioactive Materials 265(8) R.K. Bhat H.T. Mikulski L.V. Bender D.M. Lawlor S.E. Burnett L. Kane S. Das Removal of Radioactive Waste from the Dresden Unit 1 Decommissioning Project 273(4) P.D. Quealy R.E. Aker A New Inventory System at an Old University 277 N.R. Sunderland S. Lowry Author Index