Other Awards and Honors
2010 Elected Positions and Offices
Matthew Barnett and John Glissmeyer Part of ANSI N13.1 Committee
Matthew Barnett, Operational Systems Directorate, has been selected as a member on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) N13.1, Sampling and Monitoring Releases of Airborne Radioactive Substances from the Stacks and Ducts of Nuclear Facilities. This standard is an air monitoring standard of radioactive effluents in the United States and has also been adopted by other countries that do not have standards (e.g., South Korea, Argentina).
Because of technology and knowledge capability changes, each standard has a lifespan of 10 years. Matthew will be part of the reformed committee to take the 1999 version and refine, implement and address core areas. The committee is a cross-section of different types of organizations that use the standard. Matthew represents the DOE user community. He is the Radioactive Air Task Lead at PNNL; he is also an adjunct faculty member at the Washington State University Tri-Cities. He actively supports DOE's implementation of 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart H.
Another PNNL staff member, John Glissmeyer, Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, chairs the N13.1 working group for the Health Physics Society. He also chairs the corresponding working group for the International Standards Organization. While an employee of PNNL, John has performed research and development of air monitoring solutions for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission/DOE sites, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the U.S. Department of Defense since 1975.
ANSI has served in its capacity as administrator and coordinator of the U.S. private sector voluntary standardization system for more than 90 years. Throughout its history, ANSI has maintained as its primary goal the enhancement of global competitiveness of U.S. business and the American quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems and promoting their integrity. ANSI also promotes the use of U.S. standards internationally, advocates U.S. policy and technical positions in international and regional standards organizations, and encourages the adoption of international standards as national standards where they meet the needs of the user community. (announced 12/1/2010)