Technical Aspects of the Quality Management System (QMS) for the Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory at ELI-NP Facility

Abstract

The individual and environmental passive monitoring program of the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) will use a combination of Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) and Solid State Nuclear Track Detector – (SSNTD) detectors. The OSL dosimeters are dedicated for X-rays/gamma radiation monitoring and will contain BeO detectors which provide the personal dose equivalent and the ambient dose equivalent or the directional dose equivalent according to SR EN 62387-1:2012. The SSNTDs are from poly-allyl diglycol carbonate (CR39), whose performance and test requirements are conform to the criteria of ISO 21909-1:2015 and ISO 8529-3:1998 standards. All the activities of the Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory from ELI-NP will comply the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard. This paper presents the management of the technical aspects of Quality Management System (QMS) implemented in the Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory ELI-NP facility, Romania. The accuracy and reliability of laboratory tests are determined by factors such as human factors; accommodation and environmental conditions; methods of analyzing and validating methods; used equipment; traceability of the measurement; sampling; manipulation of measurement items. All of the factors above will contribute to total measurement uncertainty. For this purpose an important role it has the effective management of the technical aspects of the QMS.