Radiation and Health Technology Laboratory Capabilities

Goles, Ronald W. ; Johnson, Michelle Lynn ; Piper, Roman K. ; Peters, Jerry D. ; Murphy, Mark K. ; Mercado, Mike S. ; Bihl, Donald E. ; Lynch, Timothy P.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Calibration;    Radiation Protection;    Photons;    Neutrons;    Personnel;   

DOI  :  10.2172/893258
RP-ID  :  PNNL-10354 Rev 1
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  893258

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Radiological Standards and Calibrations Laboratory, a part of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)(a) performs calibrations and upholds reference standards necessary to maintain traceability to national standards. The facility supports U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs at the Hanford Site, programs sponsored by DOE Headquarters and other federal agencies, radiological protection programs at other DOE and commercial nuclear sites and research and characterization programs sponsored through the commercial sector. The laboratory is located in the 318 Building of the Hanford Site's 300 Area. The facility contains five major exposure rooms and several laboratories used for exposure work preparation, low-activity instrument calibrations, instrument performance evaluations, instrument maintenance, instrument design and fabrication work, thermoluminescent and radiochromic Dosimetry, and calibration of measurement and test equipment (M&TE). The major exposure facilities are a low-scatter room used for neutron and photon exposures, a source well room used for high-volume instrument calibration work, an x-ray facility used for energy response studies, a high-exposure facility used for high-rate photon calibration work, a beta standards laboratory used for beta energy response studies and beta reference calibrations and M&TE laboratories. Calibrations are routinely performed for personnel dosimeters, health physics instrumentation, photon and neutron transfer standards alpha, beta, and gamma field sources used throughout the Hanford Site, and a wide variety of M&TE. This report describes the standards and calibrations laboratory.