development, gives greater insight into measurement processes and tests, experiments, or calibration results. Uncertainty analysis … documented paths of: Origin, including theory; measurements; traceability to measurement standards; computations; uncertainty …

In the United States of America, numerous organizations are writing standards and recommend practices for contamination … Sciences (IES), and various US Government agencies are among the organizations with a vested interest in publishing standards …, significant work was done in the US on standards and recommended practices. Proprietary standards were established by companies …

-testing operations. The use of standard procedures, leak standards appropriate to the task, and accurate calibration systems or devices …

manikin absorption (BOMAB) phantom for the US Department of Energy (DOE) to determine the consistency of calibration response … program. The study was initiated to determine calibration factors for both types of phantoms and to evaluate the suitability …

The Primary Standards Laboratory (PSL) operates a system-wide primary standards and calibration program for the US … operation of the DOE/AL Standards and Calibration Program. Specific areas covered include development projects, improvement … DOE/PSL memoranda on the Standards and Calibration Program with emphasis on traceability of PSL calibrations. …

perspectives of both research and calibration environments. It presents a history of the development and an overview of the … expected to lie. Years ago, Harry Ku of the United States National Bureau of Standards stated that The informational content of … just as true about calibration or research results as it was in 1968. Why is that true What kind of information should we …

cylinders. Calibration standards were characterized via chemical analysis of the molten UA1 taken during casting of the … standards had solidified. By normalizing one well-characterized calibration curve to several standards at different enrichments …, a relatively small number of standards was required to develop an enrichment-dependent calibration. The precision of …

The research program encompasses: reviewing calibration standards, regulations, and handbooks; assuring that … calibration procedures used are in agreement with technically accepted methods; maintaining basic radioactive sources and … instruments that serve as radiological standards; and providing traceability to the National Bureau of Standards where possible …

perspectives of both research and calibration environments. It presents a history of the development and an overview of the … expected to lie. Years ago, Harry Ku of the United States National Bureau of Standards stated that ``The informational content … is just as true about calibration or research results as it was in 1968. Why is that true? What kind of information …

can be used for a formalized sensitivity analysis, parameter estimation by automatic model calibration, and uncertainty …