Below are the abstracts and related information from the Vendor Workshops,
Technical Workshops, Presentations, and Posters at the Radiochemical Measurements
Conference in Honolulu, HI on 4-8 November 2001. Adobe Acrobat is generally
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- Workshop Program
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QA/QC in the Real World
Mary Wisdom, Catherine S. Klusek
NAREL, EML
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DL/MDA
Manohar Hotchandani
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New Ways to Report Counting Measurement Results
Guthrie Miller, Tom T. Little
LANL
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Advances in Nuclear Instrumentation
Mike Schultz, Doug Van Cleef
ORTEC, Protean Instrument Corp
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Instrument Calibrations
Barbara Gillespie, Matt Lardy
STL Richland
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ORNL Intercomparison Studies Program Users Meeting
Ged Payne
ORNL
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MARLAP
Stan Morton, David McCurdy
DOELAP, Duke Engineering
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Productivity Advances in Laboratory Sample Counting
Bud Sielauff
Canberra Industries, Inc., Cogema Company
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The Pursuit of Continuous Improvement; Methods, and Product Quality
Lawrence E. Jassin
Eichrom Tech., Inc.
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IMBA Expert USDOE - Edition and Related Developments
Anthony C. James
ACJ & Associates, Inc.
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ANSI phantom
Work group meeting
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DOE/RTP
Work Group Meeting
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ANSI N13.30
Work Group Meeting
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ASTM D19
Work Group Meeting
- Conference Presentations
- Welcome
Governor or Representative
State of Hawaii
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Alpha Emitters -- From Earth to Moon to Man
E. Philip Horwitz, Keynote Speaker
PG Research Foundation, Inc.
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The role of ASTM in Radioanalytical method development and promulgation
C. Martin Johnson, Jr., Donna M. Beals, David E. McCurdy, and Norbert W. Golchert
Science Applications International Corporation
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Ultra-filtration studies of actinides americium, plutonium, and thorium in a
seasonally-anoxic lake in the southeastern United States: seasonal cycling and association with colloids
Michael Schultz, William Burnett, Monika Takacs, James Alberts, and Tom Hinton
PerkinElmer Instruments, Florida State University, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
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Study of Pu ion productions in thermal ionization mass spectrometry for plutonium
isotopic ratio measurements
Kimberly Kaleas, Zhichao Lin, K. G. W. Inn, and Robert Vocke
University of California-Berkeley, NIST
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Low levels Sr-90 (Cerenkov) and Ra-226 (alpha/beta LSC) analysis in environmental
samples using an automated chromatography system and LSC
Jeffrey C. Whyte, R.K. Ungar, A. DeSilva, and K. T. Henderson
Health Canada, Radiation Protection Bureau
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Low-level Technetium-99 determination in soil samples by ICP-MS
Shigeo Uchida and Keiko Tagami
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
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Detection of fission-altered isotopes ratios in groundwater at the US Department of Energy's
Hanford site using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
P. Evan Dresel, John C. Evans, Orville T. Farmer III, Gregory C. Eiden
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Conference Lunch
Lloyd Currie, Guest Speaker
NIST
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An evaluation of lung counting background at six facilities using an 80-mm diameter germanium
detector: a collaborative in vivo study
Joel L. Webb, G. Kramer, S. Allen, M. Ennis, R. Guilmette, T. Lynch, and D. Schoep
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center
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Use of accelerated mass spectrometry for plutonium urinalysis
T. Hamilton, T. Brown, A. Marchetti, J. McAninch, C. Cox, M. Hotchandani, D. Hickman, J. Brunk
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Assessment of performance-evaluation data derived from radiobioassay DOELAP
J. Stan Morton, Tansy L. Taylor, Tracy M. Jue, and Robert M. Loesch
Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, U.S. DOE
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Monte Carlo simulation of a scanning whole body counter and the effect of BOMAB
phantom size on the calibration
Gary H. Kramer, Linda C. Burns, and Steven Guerriere
Human Monitoring Laboratory, Radiation Protection Bureau, Canada
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Uranium lung solubility class selection at Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC - operated
facilities
Thomas L. Rucker, Jeffrey D. Slack, Kenneth N. Fleming, Stanley W. Stevens, Ronnie M. Moody,
C. Martin Johnson, Jr., and Steve W. Green
Science Applications International Corporation
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Determination of the actinides in fecal and urine samples with total sample
dissolution using a lithium metaborate fusion
Steven E. Bohrer and David S. Sill
Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory
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A new technique for performing in vivo efficiency calibration measurements suitable
for chestwall thicknesses in excess of 4 cm
H. Spitz, A. Robbins, D. Stempfley, J. Hudson, D. Johnson
University of Cincinnati
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Quality control of a new uranium bioassay method
R. K. Shah, D. C. Shepley, S. MacLean
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Pu-239, 240 and organic substances in aerosols from the vicinity of the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant: the importance of resuspension
R. Arimoto, M. Conley, J. Webb, T. Kirchner, B. Stewart, D. Schoep, and M. Walthall
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, New Mexico State University
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How rigorous is rare earth fluoride micro-coprecipitation?
Barry Stewart and Carl Schloesslin
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center
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Environmental radionuclide analyses around nuclear installations in northern
Switzerland
Jost Eikenberg, Sixto Bajo, J. Hitz, and L. Wyer
Division for Radiation Protection, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
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Measurement of Ra-224 and Ra-226 activities in natural waters using a
radon-in-air monitor
Guebuem Kim, Bill Burnett, and Henrieta Dulaiova
Department of Oceanography, Florida State University
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Impact of realtime alpha spectroscopy on the measurement of radium and radon
isotopes in water
Derek Lane-Smith
Durridge Company Inc.
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Preparation and testing of soil standards containing known activities of
homogeneously distributed radionuclides
David S. Sill
Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, U.S. DOE
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Gross alpha by liquid scintillation
Carolyn T. Wong, Violeta M. Soliman, and S. Kusum Perera
California Department of Health Services
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Simulation and assessment of the performance characteristics of a high capacity ion-exchange
system for the decontamination of spent fuel cooling-pool water
Jon Martin
British Nuclear Fuels Limited
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A rapid determination of Ra-226 and Ra-224 via alpha spectrometry using
extraction chromatography
Anil Thakkar
Eichrom Technologies, Inc.
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Pre-concentration & measurement of low levels of gamma-ray emitting
radioisotopes in coastal waters
Bryan B. Bandong, Alan M. Volpe, Bradley K. Esser, and Gregory M. Bianchini
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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LANL Chemistry Division Bioassay Project Analytical Chemistry Laboratory participation in
inter-laboratory performance evaluation programs
Diana Decker, Peter C. Lindahl, Nancy L. Koski, Deward W. Efurd, Robert Steiner, Donald E. Dry,
and Sandra E. Wagner
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Uncertainty analysis of analytical results when errors are not normally
distributed
Allen Brodsky, Daniel G. Martinez, and W. Jeffrey Klemm
Science Applications International Corporation
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Exact confidence intervals for paired counting utilizing modified bessel
functions of integral order
William E. Potter
PMB #492, CA, USA
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Second interlaboratory comparison for the analysis of Pu-239 in synthetic
urine at the micro-Bq (~100 aCi) level - a work in progress
David E. McCurdy, Zhichao Lin, and Kenneth G.W. Inn
Duke Engineering and Services; NIST
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Sources of bias and uncertainty associated with gross alpha and beta analysis
R. T. Shannon, L. J. Davis, R. M. Kinney, and K. I. Mullen
Acculabs, Inc., Los Alamas National Laboratory
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Integrated national analytical management programs for quality assurance of
DOE environmental data
Mary C Verwolf
NAMP Program Manager, DOE-ID
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Radiological traceability program
Stacey M. Loyland Asbury, Raymond Bath, Mary Verwolf, David S. Sill, Kenneth G. W. Inn, and Dave McCurdy
USDOE Environmental Measurements Laboratory, DOE-Idaho, NIST, Duke Engineering Laboratory
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The NIST policy on traceability as related to radionuclide measurements
Kenneth G. M. Inn, Zhichao Lin, Zhongyu Wu, and Ciara McMahan
NIST
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Through the eyes of an auditor
Virgene Ideker
Rocky Flats Closure Site
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I-129/I-127 ratio measurements in bovine thyroids from the North Cotentin area
C. Frechou, D. Calmet, X. Bertho, A. Gaudry
IPSN/DPRE/SERNAT and CEA/DSM/DRECAM/LPS
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Performance assessment of laboratories performing uranium analyses on
Gulf War Veterans
Samuel E. Glover
Washington State University
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Early faecal excretion of inhaled plutonium
K. Takasaki, O. Kurihara, T. Momose, T. Tasaki, Y. Maruo, and K. Shinohara
Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC)
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Rapid Pu urinalysis method by flow injection detection system
J. Kuwabara, S. Tolmachyov, H. Noguchi
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
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ANSI 13.30 and the law of unintended consequences
Rod Melgard and Melissa Mannion
Eberline Services
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The reduction of the detection limits in in vivo measurements by using
energy adapted detector arrays
Jean Louis Genicot
Radiation Protection SCK.CEN, Belgium
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Determination of tritium in urine samples and validity of results
Anita R. Bhatt, Mitchell R. Greenhalgh, and Christopher P. Oertel
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
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Actinide analysis of unpreserved urine samples
M.J. Ely, Gerard Payne, Eugene Porter
RFETS Analytical Services, Oak Ridge Intercomparison Studies Program, RFETS Internal Dosimetry
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Using quality control sample results in the process of improving method performance for the
determination of plutonium in urine
Peter C. Lindahl, Nancy L. Koski, Richard D. Robinson, Deward W. Efurd, Robert Steiner,
Donald E. Dry, Clarence J. Duffy, and Sandra E. Wagner
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Measurement of Ra-228 and Ra-226 by gamma-Ray spectrometry in drinking water
Robert Rosson, Bernd Kahn, Jeff Lahr, and Dave Crowe
Environmental Resources Center Georgia Institute of Technology
- Poster Presentations
- 1
Comparison of the LLNL and JAERI phantoms using four 80-mm diameter
germanium detectors
Joel L. Webb, G. Kramer, S. Allen, and D. Schoep
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center
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Where did the tritium come from?
Robert Litman and David A. Robinson
North Atlantic Energy Services Corporation
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Exact likelihood functions for measurements involving counting
Guthrie Miller, Harry F. Martz, Tom T. Little, and Ray Guilmette
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 4
Comparison of sliced lungs with whole lung sets for a Torso Phantom
measured with Ge detectors using MCNP and autoradiography
Gary H. Kramer, Steven Guerriere, and Kenneth G. W. Inn
Human Monitoring Laboratory, Radiation Protection Bureau, Canada
- 5
Investigation of bottled water quality in Saudi Arabia
K. Aleissa, O. Al-Dayel, J. Hefne, and E. Shabana
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
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Adsorption of actinide ions from natural waters on specific adsorbers
especially designed
M. T. Valentini Ganzerli, V. Crespi Caramella, L. Maggi
Centro di radiochimica ed Analisi per Attivazione del C.N.R. e Dipartimento di Chimica Generale
dell'Universita, Italy
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The graphic user interface for in vivo XRF bone lead analysis
V. S. Kondrashov and S. J. Rothenberg Charles R. Drew
University of Medicine & Science; Center for Research in Population Health, Mexico
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Preparation of Ra-226 sources from solid samples for alpha spectrometry
in less than one hour
Ryszard Bojanowski and Zbigniew Radecki
Institute of Oceanology (Poland), International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna)
- 9
A template for the calculation of Strontium-90 activity
Raymond J. Lagomarsino
Environmental Measurements Laboratory, US DOE
- 10
Preparation and analysis of plastic reference materials for elemental analysis
Kil Yong Lee, Yoon Yeol Yoon, Myung Kwon Yang, Sang Kwon Shim, and Bum Kyoung Seo
Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources
- 11
Determination of uranium in groundwater samples by photon electron rejecting alpha liquid
scintillation spectrometry
Yoon Yeol Yoon, Soo Young Cho, and Kil Yong Lee
Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources
- 12
Sequential isotopic determination of plutonium, americium, uranium, and
strontium in soil sample
Jeng-Jong Wang, Shing-Fa Fang, and Tzu-Wen Wang
Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taiwan
- 13
Simultaneous analysis of radium and radon in groundwater samples by HPGE detector
Bum Kyoung Seo, Kil Yong Lee, and Yoon Yeol Yoon
Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources
- 14
Separation of plutonium and uranium in spent-fuel dissolver solutions by
extraction chromatography
T. K. Li, M. Watanabe, S. Sato, S. Jitsukata, T. Kuno, H. Ikeda, T. Hiyama
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute
- 15
Mass spectrometer modernization or teaching an old dog new tricks
Patrick I. Foy
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 16
Radioanalytical laboratory performance assessment using performance
evaluation samples
F. Keith Tomlinson, Thomas A. Dugan, Hobert W. Jones
Fluor Fernald Inc, OH
- 17
Comparison of alpha/beta separation performance of commercially
available scintillation cocktails counting by Quantulus(TM) 1220 liquid scintillation counter
Shing-Fa Fang, Jeng-Jong Wang, Tzu-Wen Wang, and Jih-Hung Chiu
Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taiwan
- 18
NIST virtual gamma spectrometry systems: a comparison of counting
efficiencies from measurements and
Monte Carlo simulations
Zhongyu Wu and Kenneth G. W. Inn
NIST
- 19
Application of INAA and X-ray analysis to study environmental samples
N. M. Mukhamedshina, M. Kadirova, A. A. Mirsagatova, N. Norboev, M. Amanov, T. Khushvaktov
Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Uzbekistan
- 20
Determination of Rhenium in environmental samples using an extraction
chromatographic resin and ICP-MS
Keiko Tagami and Shigeo Uchida
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
- 21
Development of the NIST standard sequential extraction protocol-optimization for freshwater
lake sediment SRM
Ciara A. McMahon, Kenneth G. W. Inn, William C. Burnett, and Michael K. Schultz
NIST, Florida State University, PerkinElmer Instruments
- 22
Radioisotope excited x-ray fluorescence and neutron activation analyses
of surface sediments collected along the Turkish Black Sea coast
D. S. Khamrayeva, T. Akyuz, S. Akyuz
Institute of Nuclear Physics (Uzbekistan), Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center,
Istanbul University (Turkey)
- 23
The effectiveness of solid-state CZT vs low-resolution NaI(Tl) detector
types upon the active measurement of americium and plutonium in aqueous waste streams
George H. Brooks, Donivan Porterfield, and Susan Radzinski
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 24
Simplified model for in-situ survey of gamma activity in soil
K. J. Hofstetter and D. M. Beals
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Savannah River Technology Center
- 25
Choosing the right tracer for special bioassay analyses
Anita R. Bhatt
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
- 26
An assessment of cesium-137 exposure in Rongelap Island resettlement workers based on whole
body counting (1999-2000)
David Hickman, Cindy Conrado, Ericson Arelong, Simon Langinbelik, Terry Hamilton
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 27
Intercomparison INAA/PIXE for the elemental concentrations of zinc,
iron and potassium in air particulate matter
S. M. Almeida, M. M. Farinha, M. C. Freitas, M. Reis, O. Oliveira
Instituto Tecnilogico e Nuclear, Portugal
- 28
Transuranic waste assaying at Hanford's waste receiving and process facility
M. G. Cantaloub, L. F. Wardrobe, and T. J. Southworth
WRAP Facility MSIN T4-52, Fluor Hanford
- 29
Application of combined alpha spectrometry and neutron activation analysis
for the determination of isotopic thorium in urine
Samuel E. Glover
Washington State University
- 30
Elemental analysis of Chinese traditional herbs using instrumental
neutron activation analysis technique
Hamzah A., Sarmani S., and Liow J. Y.
University Kebangsaan, Malaysia
- 31
Mound laboratory historical internal dose reconstruction
J. L. Anderson, C. W. Bloom, E. M. Brackett, D. A. Dooley
MJW Corporation
- 32
A comparison of pre- and post-Cerro Grande fire resultsfor thermal
ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) bioassay analyses
Robert E. Steiner, Clarence J. Duffy, Deward W. Efurd, Kimberly Israel, Peter Lindahl, Fred Roensch,
and Sandra E. Wagner
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 33
Performance of chemical processing and analytical measurements for the
plutonium determination in support of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Bioassay Program before
and after the Cerro Grande Fire
Deward W. Efurd, Diana L. Kottmann, Stephanie Boone, Fred R. Roensch, Sandra E. Wagner,
Dawn Lewis, Clarence J. Duffy, Robert E. Steiner, Donald E. Dry, Peter C. Lindahl,
Nancy L. Koski, and Diana L. Decker
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division
- 34
Clean chemistry/mass spectrometry facility refurbishment post-Cerro
Grande Fire, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sandra E. Wagner
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 35
Determination of Ra-228 in natural waters via Diphonix Resin
Svetlana Nour, Bill Burnett
Florida State University
- 36
Application of a matrix calibration method for in vivo measurement of
Am-241 in the lungs, liver, and skeleton
Henry Spitz, James Neton, Jeff Hudson, Daniel Stempfley
University of Cincinnati
- 37
A USEPA National Primary Drinking Water Certified Proficiency Testing
Provider for radionuclides in water
Terry McKibbin
Environmental Resource Associates
- 38
Using fission track analysis on plasma samples
Heidi A. Walk, Melinda P. Krahenbuhl
University of Utah Nuclear Engineering Program
- 39
Chemical resolution mass spectrometry: on-line separation chemistry for
radionuclides inside a mass spectrometer
Gregory C. Eiden, Orville T. Farmer III, P. Evan Dresel, and John C. Evans
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA
- 40
Chlorine-36 measurement in the near-field environment of a spent nuclear
fuel reprocessing plant
D. Calmet, N. Coreau, P. Germain, F. Goutelard, P. Letessier, C. Frechou, D. Maro
IPSN/DIR/DDP and CEA/CEN/DPC
- 41
Determination of stainless steel membrane characteristics using
radionuclide tracer materials under dilute aqueous conditions
Richard Ames, Elizabeth Bluhm, Doug Way, Stephen Schreiber, Kent Abney
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 42
Detection limits for ICP-MS long-lived and fission-altered isotope
ratios in groundwater at the US Department of Energy's Hanford Site
Orville T. Farmer III, P. Evan Dresel, Gregory C. Eiden, John C. Evans, Richard C. Hanlen
PNL
- 43
Chemical and radiological characterization of Santos estuary sediments
Silva P. S. C., Mazzilli B. P., and Favaro D. I. T.
Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares, Brasil
- 44
Bioassay to determine exposures from a historical americium spill
T. L. Rucker, K. N. Fleming, W. W. Lilly, and J. R. Moos
Science Applications International Corporation, TN, Southeast Missouri State University,
Science Applications International Corporation, MO
- 45
Environmental pollution analytical study around inhabitant industrial
area near Cairo, Egypt
A.S. Abdel-Halim and E. Metwally
Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo
- 46
Enhancements in the evaluation of plutonium deposited in lung tissue
David P. Hickman and Sandi Fisher
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 47
An assessment of the response of tree bark and epiphytic lichens to
elemental availability at ground level through nuclear techniques
A. M. G. Pacheco, M. C. Freitas, M. A. Reis, M. G. Ventura, L. I. C. Barros
Technical University of Lisbon, Nuclear and Technological Institute, Portugal
- 48
Pu measurements by accelerator mass spectrometry at LLNL
T.A. Brown, A.A. Marchetti, T.F. Hamilton, J. Knezovich, and J.E. McAninch
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 49
Application of low energy gamma spectrometry in rapid actinide analysis
for emergency preparedness
Ulrika Nygren, Asa Tjarnhage, and Daniela L. Stricklin
NBS Analysis, FOI, Swedish Total Defense Research Institute
- 50
Comparison of proposed calibration matrices for gross alpha and beta
particle radioactivity in high TDS waters
W. H. Johnson, C. T. Bastain, T. W. Smith
University of Nevada
- 51
Determination of the elemental content in cigarettes by instrumental
neutron activation analysis
E. Metwally, A. S. Abdel-Halim
Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo
- 52
Suitability of available chromatographic disks towards measurement of
Tc-99 in Savannah River Site high activity waste
D.P. DiPrete, C.C. DiPrete, and R.A. Sigg
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
- 53
Line spectral processing, human memory, linguistic, and phychology problems
Petro M. Gopych
Kharkiv National University
- 54
Evaluation of soil samples for Pu-238, Pu-239/240, Am-241 and Sr-90: an
international cooperative training exercise
Anna Berne and Svetlana Bouzdalkina
U.S. Department of Energy, Research Institute of Radiology (Belarus)
- 55
Does this mean that I have to fill out an NCR?
Lori Johnson
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 56
Low-Energy Photon Spectroscopy Data in Support of ASTM Method Development
Donald E. Dry and Stephanie Boone
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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