Performance Testing of Personnel Dosimetry Services: Alternatives and Recommendations for a Personnel Dosimetry Testing Program

摘要

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an amendment to 10 CFR Part 20 that would require their licensees to use only processors of personnel dosimetry devies (e.g., film badges and thermoluminescent dosimeters) that have been certified. Although this acton would have a direct effect only on those processors that service NRC licensees, it would most likely lead indirectly to a nationally-recognized certification program for all dosimetry processors. The objectives of this Report are to consider a variety of alternatives that would influence a certification program, to consider the advantages and disadvantages, values and impacts, of each alternative, and to make a recommendation for each alternative. Among the considerations discussed are: (1) Is a certification program necessary; (2) What standard should be used for a testing program; (3) What type of organization should test dosimetry processors; (4) How often should a processor be retested; (5) What appeals procedures should be available to a processor; (6) What are realistic estimates of the costs of a testing program.