Projects & Programs
DOELAP Proficiency Testing
A national approach to quality assurance and accreditation of personnel dosimetry services for all U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories is implemented through the DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP). The program involves operating a proficiency-testing laboratory located at the Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory in Idaho Falls and conducting a technical application program at PNNL. The total effort encompasses: 1) development of improved accreditation methods, 2) intercomparison of DOE radiological calibration standards using round-robin exchanges of survey instruments and sources, and 3) determination of the impact of new regulations and standards including the development of calibration techniques that are needed to meet such standards. PNNL has conducted the applied research portion of the program since 1979 and proficiency testing for the personnel dosimetry DOELAP since 1985.