The role of the office of radiation measurement in quality assurance

Abstract Over the past ten years the National Institute of Standards and Technology has, through its Office of Radiation Measurement, developed several national Secondary Laboratories systems in the field of ionizing radiation. These Secondary Laboratories systems provide the necessary calibrations and quality assurance testing to support and affirm the caliber of the measurements in special areas of ionizing radiation. The areas that are supported by the program include State Radiation Protection, Personnel Dosimetry, Survey Instrument Calibration, High-level Dosimetry, Radiation Therapy, Bioassay, Survey Instrument Testing, Ionizing Radiation, Environmental Radioactivity, Radioactivity Standards, and Radon.