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Welcome to the 31 st Meeting of the Ionising Radiations Metrology Forum

Welcome to the 31 st Meeting of the Ionising Radiations Metrology Forum. Steven Judge Dagmara Tyler Lynsey Keightley. Housekeeping issues. The Fire Alarm is a voice alarm system In the event of a fire, follow NPL staff and assemble at the front of the building

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Welcome to the 31 st Meeting of the Ionising Radiations Metrology Forum

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  1. Welcome to the 31st Meeting of the Ionising Radiations Metrology Forum Steven Judge Dagmara Tyler Lynsey Keightley

  2. Housekeeping issues • The Fire Alarm is a voice alarm system • In the event of a fire, follow NPL staff and assemble at the front of the building • Lunch will be at 12:30 today, short coffee break mid-morning • Expect to close the meeting around 15:00 • There is a small informal poster session • Please state your name / affiliation when asking questions (to help us write the minutes)

  3. Outline agenda Session 1: Keynote presentation 10:50 Coffee Session 2: Dosimetry, modelling and dual phosphor probes 12:30 Lunch Session 3: Decommissioning, neutron metrology, regulatory issues

  4. Previous minutes and matters arising • Minutes of 30th IRMF meeting are on the website • Any corrections or comments?

  5. Matters arising 30.1 Corrections to GPG14 and GPG30Pete Burgess will lead the work to update these publications, supported by Clare Lee. 30.9 Testing of instruments issued to A&E departmentsDuncan McClure has written to the DoH concerning these tests. 30.9 Concerns over EPB LTC batteries (Thermo)

  6. Keynote presentation ‘Research and Development in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’ Dr Neil Smart

  7. Morning Session • EPD Working Party – An Update (Jan McClure, HPA) • Dual Phosphor Probes (Pete Burgess, NPL) • NPL Programme Formulation (Dave Rayner, NPL) • Serco Assurance Modelling Capability (Ludovic Chevallereau, Seco Assurance) • Calibration of extremity dosemeters for 99mTc, 137Cs and X-rays (Dave Rawlings, Newcastle General Hospital)

  8. Afternoon Session • Measurement infrastructure for nuclear decommissioning – an update (Julian Dean, NPL) • Neutron Intercomparison (Graeme Taylor, NPL) • The RPII Calibration Service (Máirín O’Colmáin, Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland)

  9. Discussion Session • Re-instatement of Instrumentation Specialist certificates by RPA 2000 (Duncan McClure) • Medical X-ray comparison (Tony Richards) • AD or not AD? That is the question. (Duncan McClure) • Any other business

  10. Forthcoming Events • Nuclear Spectrometry Users Forum - 23rd May 2006 Contact Arzu Arinc – arzu.arinc@npl.co.uk http://www.npl.co.uk/nsuf Gamma assay measurement techniques for nuclear decommissioning Mass spectrometry and its role at the Sellafield Determination of Pu isotopic ratios in low activity samples Gamma-ray spectrometry of radionuclides with cascading gamma-rays Accreditation standards update Remote gamma imaging of high dose environments

  11. Date of next meeting • November 8th, 15th or 29th?

  12. Thank you for coming

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