Performance testing of radiobioassay laboratories: In vitro measurements (urinalysis): Final report

MacLellan, J A; Traub, R J; Fisher, D R

doi:10.2172/5287046

Title: Performance testing of radiobioassay laboratories: In vitro measurements (urinalysis): Final report

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This report provides results of the two-round nationwide in vitro bioassay intercomparison study. Conclusions were based on analyses by 35 bioassay laboratories of nearly 1400 artificial urine samples containing known quantities of radionuclides. The test radionuclides were H, /sup 89/Sr, /sup 238/Pu, /sup 241/Am, /sup 137/Cs, /sup 60/Co, and natural uranium. The data reported included background count rates, total samples counts, counting times, counting efficiencies, sample yields, and estimated errrors of the determinations. The measurement data were evaluated according to statistical methods presented in the November 1985 version of the draft ANSI Standard N13.30. If a laboratory failed a performance test for any one of the three criteria, the laboratory was considered to have failed the test for that category. 22 refs., 18 figs., 14 tabs

Authors:: MacLellan, J A; Traub, R J; Fisher, D R

Publication Date:: Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 5287046

Report Number(s):: PNL-6490
ON: DE88007598

DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS; STANDARDS; IMPLEMENTATION; URINE; BIOASSAY; RADIOASSAY; AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PLUTONIUM 238; PROGRESS REPORT; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; STATISTICS; STRONTIUM 89; STRONTIUM 90; TRITIUM; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY FLUIDS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DOCUMENT TYPES; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TESTING; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 560161* - Radionuclide Effects, Kinetics, & Toxicology- Man

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                    MacLellan, J A, Traub, R J, and Fisher, D R. Performance testing of radiobioassay laboratories: In vitro measurements (urinalysis): Final report.  United States: N. p., 1988. 
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                    MacLellan, J A, Traub, R J, and Fisher, D R. 1988.  
        "Performance testing of radiobioassay laboratories: In vitro measurements (urinalysis): Final report".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/5287046.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5287046.

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