Selected Publications
of Daniel J. Strom
Available on the Web

Note: For manuscripts authored by Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division, under Contract No. DE-AC05-76RL0 1830 with the U.S. Department of Energy, the United States Government retains, and the publisher, by accepting the articles for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains, a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes.

For manuscripts not meeting these criteria, full-text publications are provided when permission has been obtained from the publisher, or when the publisher provides a link (e.g., Oxford University Press, Taylor & Francis).

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Strom DJ. 2008.  A Unified Approach to Uncertainty in Dosimetry for JCCRER: A Proposal. PNNL-SA-62039. Presented to the International Group on Dosimetry Uncertainty, SOUL Research Meeting, Moscow, Russia, 12 August 2008. Richland, Washington, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Strom DJ and F Cerra. 2008.  Primary Beam Dose Dependence on Distance from Cargo and People Scanners. PNNL-SA-61836. Paper MPM-B.4, Health Physics Society Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 12 July 2008. Richland, Washington, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Strom DJ. 2008.  Errors and Uncertainties in Dose Reconstruction for Radiation Effects Research. PNNL-17465. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. While much of the material in this document is correct, the reader is warned that portions of this document dealing with shared uncertainty are obsolete. See A Unified Approach to Uncertainty in Dosimetry for JCCRER: A Proposal, listed above.

Davis AJ and DJ Strom. 2008. "Uncertainty and Variability in Historical Time-Weighted Average Exposure Data. PNWD-SA-7780." Health Physics 94(2):145-160 (Feb. 2008). Initially presented as  Paper MPM-A.6 at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Portland, Oregon, July 9, 2007.

Strom DJ. 2007.  Assumptions and Methods in Dose Reconstruction. PNWD-SA-7692. Presented as a Professional Enrichment Program at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Portland, Oregon, Sunday, July 8, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm; Battelle, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ. 2007.   "Everything Is Lognormal... or Is It?" PNNL-SA-56226. Paper TAM-F.11 presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Portland, Oregon, July 10, 2007; Battelle, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ. 2007.   "Default Assumptions and Methods for Atomic Weapons Employer Dose Reconstruction". Battelle TIB-5000 rev. 0; http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas/awedocs.html; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Strom DJ. 2007. "Statistical Issues in Applied Health Physics. PNNL-SA-55218." Chapter 6 in Radiological Assessment: A Handbook for Detection, Identification, and Evaluation, Higley, K. A., pp. In Press: Medical Physics Publishers, Madison, Wisconsin.  Statistical Issues Presentation made at the Health Physics Society Professional Development School, held at Oregon State University, Corvallis, July 13-16, 2007.

Semkow TM, SM Jerome, S Pommé, and DJ Strom, Eds. 2006. Applied Modeling and Computations in Nuclear Science. ACS Symposium Series, No. 945. American Chemical Society, Oxford.

Warren LP, C Hornback, and DJ Strom. 2006. "Reducing the Risks. In the aftermath of a terrorist attack, wastewater utilities may have to contend with decontamination water containing chemical, biological, or radiological substances. PNWD-SA-7423." Operations Forum 18(8):73-78.

Strom, DJ. 2006.   "Lognormal Fitting Utility Program". PNWD-SA-7625, Battelle, Richland, Washington.

Kouzes RT, J Ely, JC Evans, WK Hensley, EA Lepel, JC McDonald, JE Schweppe, EA Siciliano, DJ Strom, and ML Woodring. 2006.   "Naturally occurring radioactive materials in cargo at US borders." PNNL-SA-45796. Packaging, Transport, Storage and Security of Radioactive Material 17(1):11-17.

Smith MA, BA Napier, DJ Strom, SM Short, CV Beatty, NF Stoker, and T Newman. 2006. Risk Assessment for Current and Projected Uses of Source Material Under a U.S. NRC General License and Exemption Request. PNNL-16148, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

McNair GW, OP Bredt, ME Lerchen, R Runkle, LE Smith, DJ Strom, GA Warren, and TW Wood. 2006. Optimizing Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures at Land-Border Ports of Entry. PNNL-15684 [Limited Distribution], Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ. 2005.  "Extreme Uncertainty: When Dose Reconstruction Becomes Doswaggery." PNNL-SA-44731. 1-hour Continuing Education Lecture at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Spokane, Washington, July 10-14, 2005, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Chen SY, DW Moeller, WP Dornsife, HR Meyer, A LaMastra, JO Lubenau, DJ Strom, and JG Yusko. 2005. "Toward the framework and implementation for clearance of materials from regulated facilities. PNNL-SA-42884." Health Physics 89(2):115-126.

Strom DJ, EE Hickey, RJ McConn Jr., and AN Alston. 2006.  "Radiological Risk Assessment for a Large Combined Sanitary/Storm Sewer System and Wastewater Treatment Plant." Presented as paper THAM-B.9 at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, June 25-29, 2006, Providence, Rhode Island. Abstract in Health Physics 90(6 (Supp.)):S153-S154.

Hickey EE, DJ Strom, and AN Alston. 2006.  "Emergency Response and Radiation Protection Plans for a Large Combined Sanitary/Storm Sewer System and Wastewater Treatment Plant." Presented as paper THAM-B.10 at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, June 25-29, 2006, Providence, Rhode Island. Abstract in Health Physics 90(6 (Supp.)):S154.

Here is a 3-volume set of reports prepared in the context of preparedness and response to a radiological attack (e.g., a "dirty bomb" or other radiological dispersion event) that results in radioactive material entering a combined sanitary and stormwater sewer system:

Strom DJ. 2005.   "Radiological Risk Assessment for King County Wastewater Treatment Division" PNNL-15163 Vol. 1 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ, RJ McConn Jr., and RL Brodzinski. 2005.   "Radiological Instrumentation Assessment for King County Wastewater Treatment Division." PNNL-15163 Vol. 2, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA). 2005.   "Planning for Decontamination Wastewater: A Guide for Utilities." Washington, DC: NACWA. This document was produced with NACWA by a collaboration led by CH2MHill, with Battelle's Dr. Daniel J. Strom, Dr. Robert G. Riley, and Dr. Richard E. Weller contributing expertise in radioactive materials, chemicals, and biological agents, respectively.

Strom DJ. 2005.   "Radiation Dose-Response Relationships and Risk Assessment." PNNL-SA-44754. Chapter 8 in Operational Health Physics: Planning and Implementation. Health Physics Society 2005 Summer School, eds. DA Waite, DR Fisher, RL Kathren, and L Waggoner, pp. 108-133. Health Physics Society, McLean, Virginia.

Sowa MB, MK Murphy, JH Miller, JC McDonald, DJ Strom, and GA Kimmel. 2005.   "A Variable-Energy Electron Microbeam: A Unique Modality for Targeted Low-LET Radiation." PNNL-SA-40439. Radiat Res. 164(5):695-700.

Chen SY, DW Moeller, WP Dornsife, HR Meyer, A LaMastra, JO Lubenau, DJ Strom, and JG Yusko. 2005.   "Toward the framework and implementation for clearance of materials from regulated facilities." PNNL-SA-42884. Health Physics 89(2):115-126.

Strom DJ. 2005.   "Is Anything There? Evaluation of Statistical Decision Rules for Radioactivity Counting Experiments." PNNL-SA-45068, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. Presented at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2005.

Strom DJ. 2005.   "Screening Individuals with Backscatter X-Ray Systems." PNNL-SA-43989. Response in the Health Physics Society's "Ask the Expert" series.

Strom DJ. 2005.   "Dose-Rate Dependence of High-Dose Health Effects in Humans from Photon Radiation with Application to Radiological Terrorism." PNNL-15005, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. This report is a reanalysis of the work of Lushbaugh, Hübner, and Fry (1982),  "The Impact of Estimates of Human Radiation Tolerance upon Radiation Emergency Management," presented in a more traditional format with numerical parameters for J.L. Bateman's 1968 dose and dose-rate equation.

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. 2004. "Approaches to Risk Management in Remediation of Radioactively Contaminated Sites." NCRP Report No. 146. Issued October 15, 2004. Bethesda, Maryland: NCRP Publications. Authored by NCRP Scientific Committee 87-5, which was chaired by Daniel J. Strom, and whose membership included Lynn R. Anspaugh, James Flynn, F. Owen Hoffman, David C. Kocher, Paul A. Locke, Paul J. Merges, Bruce A. Napier, and E. Ivan White. For availability of NCRP Report No. 146, check the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

Powerpoint Version of 10 Principles and 10 Commandments of Radiation Protection (this is frequently updated; current revision is 6 June 2005[7.5 Mbytes] ). Wallet card versions for printing on business card stock: Familiar and Technical. PNNL-SA-40525.

Strom DJ. 2004.   "Useful Numbers for Radiological Physics." Wallet card edition in MS Word XP for printing on business card stock. Richland, Washington: Battelle Northwest.

Strom DJ and JB Martin. 2004.   "Uncertainty in Radiation 'Dose Reconstruction' from Medical X-Rays." PNWD-SA-6331. Paper THAM-A2.2 presented Thursday, 15 July 2004 at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Washington, DC. [Extended version with extra slides.]

Strom DJ, LR Anspaugh, J Flynn, FO Hoffman, DC Kocher, PA Locke, PJ Merges, BA Napier, and EI White. 2004.   "Risk Management for Decommissioning and Remediation of Radioactively Contaminated Sites" PNNL-SA-40444. Paper MAM-C.3 presented Monday, 12 July 2004 at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Washington, DC.

Strom DJ. 2004.  "Uncertainty in Inferences We Make from Radiation Measurements: Counting Statistics and Other Uncertainties." PNNL-SA-40931. Professional Enrichment Program 2-B, presented Sunday, 11 July 2004 at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Washington, DC. 568 kbytes.

Strom DJ and J Callerame. 2004.  "Imaging and Identification Technologies for Homeland Security." Note: As of 19 Jan. 2005, this link sometimes doesn't work as expected. You may have to right-click this link and click "Save target as..." and save it to your hard drive, and then open it from there. Requires Acrobat Reader 6.0 or higher. PNNL-SA-40915. Presented Tuesday, 6 July 2004 at the Health Physics Society Summer School, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland. 10.2 Mbytes. Parts of this appear as Chapter 4 in the 2004 textbook edited by Allen Brodsky, Raymond H. Johnson, Jr., and Ronald E. Goans, Public Protection from Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism, is available from Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin.

Strom DJ. 2004.   "Name Those Quantities." Guest Editorial. PNNL-SA-39321. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 108(3):183-185. [Publisher link.]

Hickey EE, Bihl DE, Strom DJ. 2006.   "Technical Basis Document for the Pantex Plant - Occupational Internal Dose". ORAUT-TKBS-0013-5. Cincinnati, Ohio: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Office of Compensation and Support; 7/272006.

Fix JJ, JB Martin, DJ Strom, RJ Traub, and PS Stansbury. 2006.   "Technical Basis Document for the Pantex Plant - Occupational External Dose". ORAUT-TKBS-0013-6. Rev. 00 Cincinnati, Ohio: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Office of Compensation and Support; 7/27/2006.

Shipler DB, Strom DJ. 2004.   "Technical Basis Document for the Pantex Plant - Occupational Environmental Dose". ORAUT-TKBS-0013-4. Cincinnati, Ohio: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Office of Compensation and Support; 2004.

Fix JJ. 2005.   "Technical Basis Document for the Pantex Plant - Occupational Medical Dose". ORAUT-TKBS-0013-3 Rev. 01. Cincinnati, Ohio: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Office of Compensation and Support; 12/23/2005. DJ Strom was listed as a subject matter expert on Rev. 00.

Strom DJ. 2004.   "Inference of Radionuclide Intakes and Doses from Workplace Indicators, Air Monitoring and Bioassay Results" 6.0 Mbytes. PNNL-SA-39616. Dan Strom's slides from an 8-hour continuing education course offered by the American Academy of Health Physics on 7 February 2004, in Augusta, Georgia. Contact Dan if you need a PowerPoint version for teaching.

Strom DJ, Fix JJ, Merwin SE, Napier BA. 2003.   "Occupational Dose from Elevated Ambient Levels of External Radiation". ORAUT-OTIB-0007. Cincinnati, Ohio: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). 12 November 2003. Document subsumed into another document.

Strom DJ. 2003.   "Statistical Inference in Environmental Radioactivity Measurements" 2.7 Mbytes.  PNNL-SA-39945, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. Presented at  CIEMAT, Madrid, 18 November 2003.

Strom DJ. 2003.   Novel Methods of Evaluating Uncertainty in Intake and Effective Dose from Bioassay Measurements Using Existing Computer Codes PNNL-SA-39669, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. Presented at the 49th Radiobioassay and Radiochemical Measurements Conference  ( RRMC), Jackson, Wyoming, 15 October 2003.

Strom DJ. 2003.   "Health Impacts from Acute Radiation Exposure." PNNL-14424, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ. 2003.   "Effect of Dietary Intake of Stable Iodine on Dose-per-unit-intake Factors for ⁹⁹Tc" PNNL-14429, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Martin JB, DJ Strom. 2003. "How Will We Deal with the Cleanup Waste from an RDD Event?"  Abstract.   Slides. PNNL-SA-38550. Paper TAM-A.5 presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, July 20-24, 2003, San Diego, California. Health Physics 84(6):S201.

Strom DJ and J Callerame. 2003.   "Ionizing Radiation Imaging Technologies for Homeland Security." PNNL-SA-36894. pp. 79-87 in "Radiation Safety Aspects of Homeland Security and Emergency Response." Proceedings of the 36th Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 26-29, 2003. McLean, Virginia: Health Physics Society.

Strom DJ. 2003.   "Software Review. IMBA-Expert USDOE Edition (Phase I), Version 2.0.22." PNNL-SA-37073. Health Physics 84(1):115-116.

Strom DJ. 2003.   "Eliminating bias in routine bioassay when there is unknown time of intake." PNNL-SA-37072. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 105(1-4):339-340.

Strom DJ. 2002.   "Dosimetry, Dosinference, and Doswaggery." Guest Editorial. PNNL-SA-36344. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 98(4):363-366.

Strom DJ and JR Cameron. 2002.   "Is it useful to assess annual effective doses that are less than 100 mSv?" Invited Editorial. PNNL-SA-35572. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 98(2):239-245.

Strom DJ, RD Stewart, and JC McDonald. 2002.   "Spectral Emissions and Dosimetry of Metal Tritide Particulates." PNNL-SA-35281. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 98(4):389-400.

Strom DJ and CR Watson. 2002.   "On Being Understood: Clarity and Jargon in Radiation Protection." PNNL-SA-32216. Health Physics 82(3):373-386. Color drawing of   "Sources, Exposures, Intakes, and Irradiation."

Stewart RD, WE Wilson, JC McDonald, and DJ Strom. 2002.   "Microdosimetric Properties of Ionizing Electrons in Water: A Test of the PENELOPE Code System". PNNL-SA-35234. Phys.Med.Biol. 47(1):77-88.

Lubenau JO and DJ Strom. 2002.   "A Comparison of the Risks and Liabilities of X-ray Sources and Radioactive Sources in the Aftermath of 11 September 2001. " PNNL-SA-35874. Health Physics 82(2):155-164.

Rittmann PD and DJ Strom. 2002.   Evaluation of KE Basin Sludge Radioisotopics and Volumes in Support of the Sludge Water System Safety Analysis. 29.3 Mbytes. SNF-10293 PNNL-13936, Fluor Hanford, Richland, Washington.

Brock TA, DJ Strom, and PS Stansbury. 2002. Slides from a presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Tampa, Florida.  "An Investigation of Resuspension Factors During the Decommissioning, Decontamination, and Demolition of a U.S. Department of Energy Facility." Abstract. PNNL-SA-36628. 0.28 Mbytes.  Health Physics 82(6):S171.

Strom DJ. 2001.   "Basing Radiation Protection on Tissue-Specific Responses to Radiation." PNNL-SA-34156. Health Physics 80(6 Supp.):S159-S160.

Strom DJ and JA MacLellan. 2001.   "Evaluation of Eight Decision Rules for Low-Level Radioactivity Counting." PNNL-SA-32868. Health Physics 81(1):27-34.

Strom DJ and JD Vick. 2001.   Gained Life Expectancy as a Risk Performance Measure for the Hanford Cleanup Mission. PNNL-SA-36691. [In Russian; see Strom and Vick 1996 for English version.] Presented by Jerome B. Martin at the Workshop on Environmental and Industrial Safety, Sarov, Russia, September 24-28, 2001. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ, BA Napier, PS Stansbury, SF Snyder, and RD Stewart. 2001.   "Intakes of Plutonium Produce One-Fourth the Risk when Human Susceptibility Data Are Used for Risk Assessment." PNNL-SA-33824. Health Physics 80(6 Supp.):S112.

Stansbury PS and DJ Strom. 2001.   Uses of ANSI/HPS N13.12-1999, "Surface and Volume Radioactivity Standards for Clearance" and Comparison with Existing Standards. PNNL-13484, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ. 2001.   "Making It Safe, Making It Legal, and Creating Peace of Mind." PNNL-SA-34831. Health Physics 81(5 Suppl):S46-S47.

Strom DJ and PS Stansbury. 2000.   "Determining Parameters of Lognormal Distributions from Minimal Information." PNNL-SA-32215. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 61(Nov-Dec):877-880. [Publisher link.]

Strom DJ. 2000.   Is a Linear Extrapolation of Cancer Risks to Very Low Doses Justified? PNNL-SA-33820. Invited Paper, Radiation Research Society, 3 May 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

U.S. Department of Energy. December 1999. DOE Standard. Internal Dosimetry. DOE-STD-1121-98; Reaffirmation with Errata, May 2003. Dr. Strom served as Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Expert Group on Internal Dosimetry and a contributor to this document from 1994 through the publication of this Standard.

Strom DJ and CR Watson. 1999. Fool Irradiation: A Potential Unwanted Byproduct of Food Irradiation?. PNNL-SA-30251 pp. 167-171 in Hylko, J.M.; Salyer, R.L., eds. Creation and Future Legacy of Stockpile Stewardship. Isotope Production, Applications, and Consumption. Proceedings of the Health Physics Society 32nd Midyear Topical Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Held 01-24-1999. Madison, Wisconsin: Medical Physics Publishing. Slides from Albuquerque.

Strom DJ. 1999. Counting Statistics Utility for comparing 8 decision rules. See Strom and MacLellan 2001 for more information. Use at your own risk!

MacLellan JA and DJ Strom. 1999. Traditional Formulas for Decision Level Are Wrong for Small Numbers of Counts. PNNL-SA-31529. Health Physics 76(No. 6 Supplement): S174-S174 1999. Presented at the Health Physics Society (HPS) Annual Meeting on June 30, 1999 in Philadelphia. WPM.B-6 Slides.

Strom DJ. 1999.   "Response to Al Tschaeche." Health Physics Society Newsletter XXVII(8):5-6.

Strom DJ. 1999.  Introduction to Bayesian Statistics. PNNL-SA-31527. Presented as 2-hour Professional Enrichment Program class TH-2 on Thursday, July 1, 1999. Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, June 27-July 1, 1999. Richland, Washington: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (Revised and Corrected 7/2/99), contains all materials from "Traditional Formulas For Decision Level Are Wrong For Small Numbers of Counts" [above] with much additional material.

Strom DJ and JD Foulke. 1998.   Radon, Thoron and Their Progeny: DOE's Proposed Internal Dosimetry Standard. PNNL-SA-30051, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ. 1998.   "Beyond Score-Keeping for the Regulator: Reasons to Perform Personnel Monitoring." PNNL-SA-29402. In: Good Practices in Health Physics. Proceedings of the 31st Midyear Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society, eds. GR Komp and MA Thompson, pp. 123-128. Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin.

Strom DJ, JR Cameron, and BL Cohen. 1998.   "The LNT model is appropriate for the estimation of risk from low-level (less than 100 mSv/year) radiation, and low levels of radon in homes should be considered harmful to health" Invited Editorial. PNNL-SA-36965. Med.Phys. 25(3):273-278.

Strom DJ, R Harty, EE Hickey, RL Kathren, JB Martin, and MS Peffers. 1998.   Collective Dose as a Performance Measure For Occupational Radiation Protection Programs: Issues and Recommendations. PNNL-11934, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ. 1998.   "Uses and Abuses of Models in Radiation Risk Management. PNNL-SA-36701. Radiation Protection Management 15(6):17-43.

Strom DJ and CR Watson. 1998 Quantitative Evaluation of Contamination Consequences (QECC) Database. PNNL-SA-29986. Richland, Washington: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Strom DJ. 1998. False Alarms, True Alarms, and Statistics: Correct Usage of Decision Level and Minimum Detectable Amount. Handout for Continuing Education Lecture, Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 15, 1998. Richland, Washington: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Strom DJ. 1997.   "A Comparison of Fatal Accident Rates at Hanford with National Rates." PNNL-SA-29498. Presented Dec. 3, 1997 at "The Health of the Hanford Site: Current Challenges," Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ and JD Vick. 1996.  Gained Life Expectancy as a Risk Performance Measure for the Hanford Cleanup Mission. PNNL-SA-28581. Presented at Society for Risk Analysis, New Orleans, 11 Dec. 1996.

Strom DJ. 1996.   "Ten Principles and Ten Commandments of Radiation Protection. PNWD-SA-4290." Health Physics 70(3):388-393. Reproduced with permission of the publisher.

Strom DJ. 1996.   The Linear, No-Threshold Dose-Response Model: Both Sides of the Story. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ, RH Reif, DA Andrews, AC George, JL George, AC James, CR Jones, GH Langner, Jr., M Gavrilas-Guinn, JW Neton, JL Rabovsky, GE Runkle, DS Carlson, CS Dudney, RB Gammage, JA Maisler, S Rose, and DL Wilson. 1996.   Occupational Exposure to Radon and Thoron. PNNL-14108. U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Strom DJ, MH Smith, KL Swinth, and HJ Pettengill. 1996.   "Doses to Workers in the United States Nuclear Weapons Program Due to External Irradiation at the Dawn of the Atomic Era (1940-1960)." PNL-SA-26133. Health Physics 71(1):50-57.

Strom DJ, PS Stansbury, and SW Porter, Jr. 1995.   Conflicting Paradigms in Radiation Protection: 20 Questions with Answers from the Regulator, the Health Physicist, the Scientist, and the Lawyers. PNL-SA-24763. pp. 133-144 in: Mossman KL, ed. Health Physics Training and Education. Proceedings of the Health Physics Society Midyear Symposium. McLean, Virginia, Health Physics Society.

Selby JM, MM Lardy, EH Carbaugh, TP Lynch, and DJ Strom. 1994.  "Internal Dosimetry Monitoring Equipment - Present and Future." PNL-SA-22263 A. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 53(1-4):49-58.

Strom DJ. 1994.   "Programs for Assessment of Doses from Intakes of Radioactive Materials. 6.75 Mbytes. PNWD-SA-4050." Chapter 25 in Internal Radiation Dosimetry, ed. OG Raabe, pp. 543-50. Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin.

Quadrel MJ, KA Blanchard, RE Lundgren, AH McMakin, MT Mosley, and DJ Strom. 1994.   U.S. Department of Energy Workers' Mental Models of Radiation and Chemical Hazards in the Workplace. 37 Mbytes. PNL-9467; UC-607, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Strom DJ, RL Hill, JS Dukelow, GR Cicotte. 1994.  Technical Letter Report: Task 7, Final Review of the 1987 Report by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, "Improper Transfer/Disposal Scenarios for Generally Licensed Devices". 12.5 Mbytes. PNNL-11905. Richland, Washington: Pacific Northwest Laboratory.

Kathren RL, DJ Strom, CL Sanders, RE Filipy, JF McInroy, and RE Bistline. 1993.   "Distribution of Plutonium and Americium in Human Lungs and Lymph Nodes and Relationship to Smoking Status." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 48(4):307-315.

Hickey EE, GA Stoetzel, DJ Strom, GR Cicotte, CM Wiblin, SA McGuire. 1993.  Air Sampling in the Workplace. Final Report. NUREG-1400. 8.43 Mbytes. Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The reader is strongly urged to use the decision threshold and detection level (a.k.a. minimum detectable amount) formulas in MARLAP or ISO 11929-1, -2, and -3 in place of the formulas in this paper for reasons explained in Strom and MacLellan 2001.

Strom DJ and PS Stansbury. 1992.   "Minimum Detectable Activity when Background Is Counted Longer than the Sample." PNL-SA-20589. Health Physics 63(3):360-361. The reader is strongly urged to use the decision threshold and detection level (a.k.a. minimum detectable amount) formulas in MARLAP or ISO 11929-1, -2, and -3 in place of the formulas in this paper for reasons explained in Strom and MacLellan 2001.

Strom DJ. 1991.   "A Critique of 'Mortality Among Workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory'." Nuclear News 34(9):67-74.

Strom DJ, Ulicny WD, Mallon Jr JB, Benchoff RW. 1990.   "A Cost-Effectiveness Comparison of Private Sector Radon Remediation with Traditional Radiation Protection Activities." Presented at the 1990 International Symposium on Radon and Radon Reduction Technology. EPA/600/9-90/005D.

Strom DJ and KR Bohner. 1989.   "An Inexpensive and Practical Ambient-Temperature Vacuum Still for Bioassays." Health Physics 56(3):355-359.

Strom DJ. 1989.   "The Advantages and Simplifications of SI Units in Health Physics." Health Physics 57(1):149-153.

Crawford-Brown DJ, JE Watson Jr., DJ Strom, and WG Tankersley. 1989.   "Procedures for Assessing Occupational Radiation Monitoring Data for Use in Epidemiologic Studies." Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Strom DJ. 1988.   "The Four Principles of External Radiation Protection: Time, Distance, Shielding, and Decay." Health Physics 54(3):353-354.

Strom DJ and KR Bohner. 1986.   "Inference of Dose from Urine and Serum Measurements Following Ingestion of ³H-Leucine in Rat, Beagle, and Woman." (unpublished full paper 13.4 Mbytes); abstract appears in Health Physics 50:S42.

Strom DJ. 1986.   "Estimating Individual and Collective Doses to Groups with 'Less than Detectable' Doses: A Method for Use in Epidemiologic Studies." Health Physics 51(4):437-445.

Strom DJ, DJ Crawford-Brown, and WG Tankersley. 1984.   "Preparation of 30 Years Personnel Monitoring Data from a Uranium Fabrication Plant for Use in Epidemiologic Studies." (unpublished full paper); abstract appears in Health Physics 47(1):123.

Strom DJ, WL Beck, PS Stansbury, WG Tankersley, and JE Watson, Jr. 1983.   "Standard Procedures for Pooling Health Physics Data for Epidemiologic Studies." in Epidemiology Applied to Health Physics. Proceedings of the 16th Midyear Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 11, 1983. CONF-830101, ed. GS Wilkinson, pp. 221-230. National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia.

Strom DJ, PS Stansbury, and JE Watson, Jr. 1982.   "Units Should Have Regular Plurals." Health Physics 42(3):387-388.

Strom DJ and EE Morse. 1975.   "Case History of a Complex Tritium Exposure at a Medical Center." in Proceedings of the Fifth Campus Radiation Safety Officers Conference, ed. WW Wadman, III, pp. 152-162. Radiation Safety Office, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California. [Proceedings not copyrighted.]