Hanford whole body counting manual

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6517497· OSTI ID:6517497

Palmer, H E; Brim, C P; Rieksts, G A; Rhoads, M C

This document, a reprint of the Whole Body Counting Manual, was compiled to train personnel, document operation procedures, and outline quality assurance procedures. The current manual contains information on: the location, availability, and scope of services of Hanford's whole body counting facilities; the administrative aspect of the whole body counting operation; Hanford's whole body counting facilities; the step-by-step procedure involved in the different types of in vivo measurements; the detectors, preamplifiers and amplifiers, and spectroscopy equipment; the quality assurance aspect of equipment calibration and recordkeeping; data processing, record storage, results verification, report preparation, count summaries, and unit cost accounting; and the topics of minimum detectable amount and measurement accuracy and precision. 12 refs., 13 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6517497
• Report Number(s): PNL-6198; ON: DE87010327
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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