Quality assurance applied to environmental radiological surveillance
The following elements of a quality-assurance (QA) program as applied to environmental radiological surveillance activities are presented: (1) a philosophical and conceptual framework for QA, with a detailed assessment of the sources of uncertainty in a monitoring program; (2) the requirements for the formulation of general and technical procedures of quality control; (3) the environmental QA activities implemented at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); (4) details on record keeping, data reduction and compilation, auditing, analytical procedures, and data interpretation along with practical observations from the ORNL program; and (5) the role management must play to ensure a successful program. The QA principles developed here may also be applied to nonradiological surveillance programs.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
- OSTI ID:
- 7010434
- Journal Information:
- Nucl. Saf.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Saf.; (United States) Vol. 21:2; ISSN NUSAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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