Prepared by the Joint IAEA/WHO Secretariat of the SSDL Network Published semi-annually by the International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna
ISSN 1011-2669
No. 42 January 2000
IAEA/WHO NETWORK OF SECONDARY STANDARD DOSIMETRY LABORATORIES
EDITORIAL NOTE...1 SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE IAEA PROGRAMME
IN DOSIMETRY AND MEDICAL
RADIATION PHYSICS ...3 THE SECONDARY STANDARD DOSIMETRY LABORATORIES . (SSDL) STORY ...4 DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMME FOR SSDLs: REPORT OF THE THIRD RESEARCH CO- ORDINATION MEETING ...12
QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMME AT THE NATIONAL CALIBRATION LABORATORY IN TANZANIA...24
ANNOUNCEMENTS...29 COURSES AND MEETINGS TO BE HELD
DURING 2000 ...30 MEMBER LABORATORIES OF THE IAEA/WHO
NETWORK OF SSDLs...31
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