Marshall Island radioassay quality assurance program an overview

Conference · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:2864

Conrado, C L ^[1]; Hamilton, T F; Kehl, S R; Robison, W L; Stoker, A C

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1. LLNL

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has developed an extensive quality assurance program to provide high quality data and assessments in support of the Marshall Islands Dose Assessment and Radioecology Program. Our quality assurance objectives begin with the premise of providing integrated and cost-effective program support (to meet wide-ranging programmatic needs, scientific peer review, litigation defense, and build public confidence) and continue through from design and implementation of large-scale field programs, sampling and sample preparation, radiometric and chemical analyses, documentation of quality assurance/quality control practices, exposure assessments, and dose/risk assessments until publication. The basic structure of our radioassay quality assurance/quality control program can be divided into four essential elements; (1) sample and data integrity control; (2) instrument validation and calibration; (3) method performance testing, validation, development and documentation; and (4) periodic peer review and on-site assessments. While our quality assurance objectives are tailored towards a single research program and the evaluation of major exposure pathways/critical radionuclides pertinent to the Marshall Islands, we have attempted to develop quality assurance practices that are consistent with proposed criteria designed for laboratory accre

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environment, Safety and Health (EH) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 2864
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-130395; HD2006400; HD2006400
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
LAWSUITS
MARSHALL ISLANDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RADIOASSAY
RADIOISOTOPES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAMPLE PREPARATION