1. HP SURVEY INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION AND SELECTION PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION January 13 – 15, 2016 TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES 1

2. CHAPTER 1 – Basics A. Definitions and Units B. Constants and Conversion Factors C. Counting Statistics and Uncertainty 2

3. CHAPTER 2 – A. Sources of Radiation B. Radiation Interactions 3

4. CHAPTER 3 – General Properties of Radiation Detectors 4

5. CHAPTER 4 – Radiation Background and Shielding 5

6. CHAPTER 5 – Review and Summary 6

7. 1.Criteria for radiation instrument calibration procedures including; traceability of sources, verification of correct count rate on each range, applicability to digital readouts. 2.Criteria for appropriate portable and installed radiation protection instrument required for safe operation of facilities – area gamma and neutron monitoring, area and local air monitoring, dP, HFMs, PCMs, hand-held instruments, local station process monitors. 7 EXTRA MATERIAL

8. 3. Criteria for establishing detector locations for area gamma and neutron monitors. 4.Criteria for establishing threshold alarm levels for area gamma and neutron monitors. 8 EXTRA MATERIAL

9. 5.Criteria for the placement of air monitoring equipment based on air flow logic, time to alarm, air concentration representativeness, threshold alarm levels, and response time. 6.Criteria for the evaluation of the accumulation of contaminants on air sample filter media. 9 EXTRA MATERIAL

10. 7.Discussion of the limitations of different instruments. 8.Determination of MDA for typical detector arrangements for both scanning and fixed measurements. 10 EXTRA MATERIAL

11. 9.Verification of the suitability of instruments through challenge testing; applicable industry standards. 10.Criteria for the selection of sources for calibration. Source verification – decay mode, competitive decay yields, half-life. 11 EXTRA MATERIAL

12. Additional Topics ? 12 EXTRA MATERIAL