APPENDIX DD

ALARA - As Low As Reasonably Achievable

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

cpm - counts per minute

dpm - disintegrations per minute

FDA - Food and Drug Administration

GM - Geiger Mueller

IBR - Institutional Review Board (Protection of Human Subjects Committee)

keV - kilo electron volt

LSC - liquid scintillation counter

MeV - million (or mega) electron volt

MPC - maximum permissible concentration

MPRSC - Machine Produced Radiation Safety Committee

NCRP - National Council on Radiation Protection and Measures

NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission

PH - Permit Holder

RDRC - Radioactive Drug Research Committee

RRSC - Radionuclide Radiation Safety Committee

RSC - Radiation Safety Council

TLD - thermoluminescent dosimeter

VAMC - Veterans Administration Medical Center

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