BAERCon-43-s1a

Below are the abstracts and related information from the Vendor Workshops, Technical Workshops, Presentations, and Posters at the 43rd BAER Conference in Charleston, SC on 9-13 November 1997. Adobe Acrobat is generally required for the presented information.

Conference Presentations and Posters
- Welcome to the 43rd Conference on Bioassay, Analytical, and Environmental Radiochemistry
- Welcome to Charleston, SC
- Keynote Address: Human Tissue Studies: The Ultimate Bioassay?
- DOE’s Proposed Standard for Internal Dosimetry
- The T.R.I.P. (Thyroid Radioiodine Intercomparison Program) Odyssey
- Radiochemical Comparison between the Dosimetry Registry of the Mayak Industrial Association (DRMIA) and the U.S.Transuranium and Uranium Registries (USTUR)
- Fate of Chernobyl Radionuclides in Black Sea Sediments
- Uranium in Airborne Particulates at Fernald Using "Dynaweb" Filters
- Optimization of a Sequential Extraction Method for Soils and Sediments: Development of the NIST Standard Sequential Extraction Protocol
- Critical Radionuclide/Critical Pathway Analysis for the Savannah River Site
- Emergency Radiochemical Analysis Methodology and Performance
- History of the Savannah River Site
- Determination of Natural Radioactivity in Public Water Supplies of the State of Sao Paulo
- Analysis of the Ra-226/228 Isotope Ratio to Determine the Source of Elevated Radium in the Groundwaters Below an OldCoal Pile
- The Determination of Rn Partition Coefficients for Several Liquid Scintillation Cocktails
- Evaluation of the "Challenger" Pump for Radionuclide Oceanographic Sample Collection
- Calculation of Uranium Isotopic Activity Composition Based on Data from Various Assay Methods
- Considerations in Assigning Dose Based on Uncertainties from In Vivo Counting
- Comparison of the LLNL and JAERI Torso Phantoms Using Four 70 mm Ge Detectors and Four Phoswich Detectors
- Lung Counting: Evaluation of Uncertainties in Lung Burden Estimation Arising from a Heterogeneous Lung Deposition Using Monte Carlo Code Simulations
- Twelve Years of Radiation Monitoring of Deer on the Oak Ridge Reservation (1985-Present)
- Individual and Collective Effective Dose Equivalents Associated with Consumption of Venison Obtained from Deer Hunts on the Oak Ridge Reservation
- Simple Technique for the Measurement of I-131 in Water Samples via NaI Detector
- Surface and Groundwater Analyses Using Solid Phase Extraction Disks
- Development of an Improved Assay for the Determination of Gross Alpha and Beta Concentrations in Soil by Liquid Scintillation Counting
- Comparative Results of Four Sr-90 Groundwater Analytical Methods
- Gross Alpha/Beta Proportional Counting for Samples Having High Residue Mass
- Study of the Interferences in the Determination of Pu, Am, and Cm in Radioactive Waste by Extraction Chromatography
- Analysis of Promethium-147 In Aqueous Samples
- Promethium Separations using Eichrom Ln Resin
- The Determination of Curium in Fecal and Chelated Urine Samples
- Status of Implementation of DOE’s Integrated Performance Evaluation Program (IPEP)
- IPEP: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Integrated Performance Evaluation Program; A Tool in a Total Quality System
- The NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program NRIP: Traceability for Low-Level Radioanalytical Laboratories-Results of Year
- Radiochemical Methods and Intercomparison Programs Participation by WIPP Laboratories
- WWW-Based Information Distribution in the Analytical Laboratory
- International Quality Controls in the Field of Radiotoxicological Bioassy
- Assessment of Performance Testing Results in 1997 and Response to Laboratory Questionnaire
- Is the Average of Detected Counts a Good Measure of the Dispersion of Radioactivity Measurements?
- Multiagency Radiation Laboratory Protocols (MARLAP) Manual
- Simultaneous Determination of Ra-226 and Ra-228 by Liquid Scintillation Counting
- Assessment of Low-Level Plutonium in Urine QC Sample Results by Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS)
- A Compact Liquid Scintillation Counter for Benchtop and Field Use
- The U.S. Army Bioassay Program for Internally Deposited Radionuclides
- Iodine-129 in Onsite and Offsite Samples at Hanford
- The Effect of Diagenetic Processes on the Radiochronology of Soft Sediments Using ²¹⁰Pb and ¹³⁷Cs
- Radiological Impact of 1996 Operations at the Savannah River Site
- Radionuclide Distribution in Soils Periodically Treated with Multiple Sewage Sludge
- Measurement of Radionuclides in Reactor Coolant Water by Ion Chromatography and On-Line/Off-Line Scintillation Counting
- A New Tool in the Evaluation of Gamma-Ray Spectral Analysis Software
- Active Shielding Techniques Applied to Gamma Spectroscopy and Their Costs vs. Benefits
- Real-Time Digital Signal Processing for HPGe Detectors
- Pu-239 Intercomparison of ICP-MS, TIMS and FTA at mBq levels
- Gross Alpha Measurements using Extraction Chromatography in Conjunction with Pulse Shape Analysis on Savannah River Site High Activity Waste Solutions
- A Comparison of the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy /ICP/MS/ and Radiochemical Techniques of Total Uranium in Ground Water and Environmental Water Samples
- Causes of Radiological False Positives in Environmental Soil and Groundwater Data From Commercial Laboratories
- From a Chemist to an Environmental Compliance Officer: Waste Management and Additional Environmental Compliance Issues at the U.S. DOE’s Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory
- Contribution of Short-Lived Radionuclides to Alpha-Particle Radioactivity in Drinking Water and Their Impact on the Safe Drinking Water Act Regulations
- Microwave-Assisted Decomposition of Environmental Samples Coupled to Classical methods of Separation and Purification for the Analysis of Sr-90 and Pu-238,239
- A System for Rapid Water Sampling and Analysis Based on Empore Membranes and Solid Scintillation Spectrometry
- Automated Radiological Scanning of Potentially Contaminated Railroad Crossties for Free-Release or Disposal