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DHS / DNDO GRaDER Program Qualifying Radiation Detection Instruments for Homeland Security Applications Al Goodwyn, CHP April 17, 2008 Savannah River Chapter of the Health Physics Society

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DHS / DNDO GRaDER Program Qualifying Radiation Detection Instruments for Homeland Security Applications Al Goodwyn, CHP April 17, 2008. Savannah River Chapter of the Health Physics Society. DNDO Mission and Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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DHS / DNDO GRaDER ProgramQualifying Radiation Detection

Instruments for Homeland Security Applications

Al Goodwyn, CHPApril 17, 2008

Savannah River Chapter of the Health Physics Society

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DNDO Mission and Objectives

DNDO is a jointly-staffed, national office founded on April 15, 2005, to improve the Nation’s capability to detect and report unauthorized attempts to import, possess, store, develop, or transport nuclear or radiological material for use against the Nation and to further enhance this capability over time.

Develop the global nuclear detection and reporting architecture

Develop, acquire, and support the domestic nuclear detection and reporting system

Thoroughly characterize detector system performance before deployment

Establish situational awareness through information sharing and analysis

Establish operation protocols to ensure detection leads to effective response

Conduct a transformational research and development program

Maintain the National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center to provide centralized planning and integration of U.S. nuclear forensics programs

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GRaDER Mission and ObjectivesMission

Identify radiation detection products that satisfy standards and Homeland Security mission requirements

Enable Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies to make more informed radiological/nuclear detector procurement decisions

Objectives

Provide infrastructure for the collection of high integrity test data

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) lab accreditation process*

Identify applicable standards

Become a self-sustaining program

Vendors pay for testing by accredited labs on their own schedule

Labs submit for and maintain accreditation*

Standardize instrument testing and presentation of test results to assure valid comparisons and easily interpreted results

Develop post-market surveillance program to track products already evaluated under GRaDER program

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Participating Laboratories

Savannah River Site – Acceptance in process

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Accepted

Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Acceptance in process

Current list of accepted labs will be maintained on the DHS/GRaDER web site.

http://www.dhs.gov/GRaDER

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Testing Process for GRaDERManufacturers contract directly with a testing laboratory

Data belongs to the agency/company that pays for the testing

Agency/company may elect to submit test results to DHS/DNDO to be included in the Evaluated Equipment List

Federal, State, local, tribal

Agency

Federal Acquisition Requirements

and Grant Guidance

Testing Results Procurement

AccreditedTesting

Labs

Rad/Nuc DetectorVendor

$

Results

Design Test

Standards

GRaDER Product List

Use Established Compliance Levels

DNDOTechnical Review

Compliance Levels

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The Trickle Up Effect

Customers

Vendors

Grants

GRaDER

Testing Labs

Vendors

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GRaDER Equipment Categories

Category 1 - Alarming Personal Radiation Detectors (PRDs or “Pagers”)

Category 2 – Dose Rate Survey Meters

Category 3 – Radioactive Isotope Identifiers (RIID’s)

Category 4 - Radiation Portal Monitors (RPM’s)

Category 5 - Spectroscopic Radiation Portal Monitors

Category 6 - Mobile and Transportable Systems

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GRaDER Compliance Levels

Level 0 – Equipment has not been tested; the test results are not available; or the test results do not meet the minimum subset of the standards as set forth below in each category.

Level 1 – Equipment meets DNDO-selected requirements of the ANSI standards

Level 2 – Equipment fully meets the ANSI standards.

Level 3 – Equipment fully meets Level 1 or Level 2 and also satisfies the requirements of the applicable published technical capability standards.

Adjust compliance levels as technology evolves

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Laboratory Actions for NVLAP Accreditation

Develop compliant procedures and process

Apply for accreditation

Participate in proficiency testing

Participate in on-site assessment

Pay fees

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Laboratory Actions for DHS/DNDO Acceptance

Apply for NVLAP-accreditation

Comply with applicable NIST Handbooks

Comply with ISO 17025

While awaiting accreditation, may self-declare conformity with these requirements

Submit self-declaration and supporting documentation to DHS/DNDO for review

Self-declaration is an interim measure until the laboratory

achieves accreditation

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Self-Declaration of Conformity

Basis for DHS/DNDO acceptance of a testing laboratory for GRaDER in lieu of NVLAP-accreditation

NVLAP accreditation submittal

NIST Handbook 150-23 conformity

NIST Handbook 150 conformity

ANSI N42 Standards 32, 33, 34 conformity

ISO/IEC 17025 conformity

Quality Control Manual

Facility Description/Organizational Structure

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HPICL Scope vs. Global Testing Laboratory Scope

Both HPICL and GTL must be accredited through NVLAP

HPICL (Savannah River Site):

General requirements tests

Radiological Tests

Environmental Tests: Temperature/Humidity

GTL (Knoxville, TN):

Electromagnetic Tests

Mechanical Performance Tests

Environmental Tests: Moisture/Dust protection

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Health Physics Instrument Calibration LaboratoryHealth Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory

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Well IrradiatorWell Irradiator

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Low Scatter IrradiatorLow Scatter Irradiator

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Gamma Beam IrradiatorGamma Beam Irradiator

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Open Area Test SiteOpen Area Test Site

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Main Shop FloorMain Shop Floor

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Small Environmental ChamberSmall Environmental Chamber

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Large Environmental ChamberLarge Environmental Chamber

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Dr

Drop TestDrop Test

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Vibration TestVibration Test

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Vibration TestVibration Test

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Dr

Dust ChamberDust Chamber

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Semi-Anechoic ChamberSemi-Anechoic Chamber

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Status

• NIST Workshop - Gaithersburg, MD, 4/20/09

• Procurement test equipment and sources

• Procedure completion

• Data sheet development

• Dry Run the process

• Start up late summer

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ThanksHealth Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory

Sean BarrDennis Hadlock

Brian ArnoldJeff Hoefs

Jack Revell Greg TunnoDon GregoryTim Thomas

Michelle Holman

Savannah River National LaboratoryJohnetta GeorgeRudy Goetzman

Steve SheetzBobby Smith

Wayne DrownSteve Loflin

Global Testing LaboratoriesDeborah Walker

For more information on GRaDER: http://www.dhs.gov/GRaDER