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

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5287046· OSTI ID:5287046

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

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

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5287046
• Report Number(s): PNL-6490; ON: DE88007598
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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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
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