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2 Practices in Use of Units for Radiation Measurements
2 Practices in Use of Units for Radiation Measurements
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Dr. William Blakely, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, who declared himself to be in favor of adopting the SI units for radiation measurements, proposed that agencies and organizations take the leading role to provide rewards or certificates of good practice to federal agencies, organizations, and other stakeholders that already exclusively use or are taking steps toward exclusively using SI units for radiation measurements.
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a Environmental Protection Agency 3 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 4 Department of Transportation 1 National Institute of Standards and Technology 1 Department of Energy (DOE) 3 Department of Defense Air Force 2 Army 4 Navy 4 Department of Homeland Security -- Federal Emergency Management 5 Agency's Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP)
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EPA's environmental radiation monitoring program (RadNet) currently reports measurements in conventional units but, according to EPA officials who were at the workshop, newer data will be reported in SI units.
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DOT uses SI units exclusively (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 2008) to be compatible with international transportation standards and commerce purposes.
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The three services follow DOD's overall program for occupational ionizing radiation protection, which is governed under Instruction 6055.08 (Under Secretary of Defense, 2009) and is written using conventional units followed by SI units in parentheses.
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At these times, the exchange of information requires use of SI units for radiation measurements.3 3 Detailed information was provided to National Academies staff member Dr. Ourania Kosti by Dr.
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The nuclear power industry has no plans currently to adopt SI units for radiation measurements. In fact, Mr.
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are typically in SI units followed by conven tional units in parentheses, whereas guidelines from the American Board of Nuclear Medicine are in conventional units followed by SI units in parentheses. • radiation oncology uses SI units exclusively.
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There was, however, a medical misadministration of 198Au to a cancer patient because of miscalculation of "micro" to "milli" curies. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Soon after SI units for radiation measurements were introduced and endorsed by the ICRU and ICRP in the mid-1970s, articles were published in scientific journals to introduce these units to the scientific and user communities and explain their correct use.
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The use of SI units for radiation measurements is also increasing in state and local governments, as well as in medicine and scientific publications. The nuclear power industry exclusively uses conventional units for radiation measurements and has no plans currently to adopt SI units.
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