ARMUG Past Meetings
Minutes and presentations of previous meetings available online:
NB: Downloadable presentations are available where permission to publish has been granted by the author, and all downloads are Adobe Acrobat 
PDF files, unless otherwise stated.
12th Meeting - 29 November 2012
Details of this meeting will appear here shortly.
11th Meeting - 16 November 2011
Presentations:
- Chairman's Welcome, previous minutes and matters arising - Julian Dean, NPL
- Measurements of airborne particles: an air quality perspective - Paul Quincey, NPL
- Aerosol generation and characterisation for nanotoxicology - Alison Buckley, HPA
- UK air monitoring during the Fukushima incident - Derek Hammond, HPA
- Standards update - Jeff Rivers, Lab Impex Systems
10th Meeting - 16 November 2010
Minutes
Presentations:
- Chairman's Welcome, previous minutes and matters arising - Julian Dean, NPL
- ARMUG Working Group meeting report - Julian Dean, NPL
- Indoor aerosol dispersion modelling - Tim Foat, Dstl
- Uncertainty considerations in radioactive air filter measurements - Bernhard Warr, GE Healthcare
- ICARE: Presentation and new advances - Céline Monsanglant-Louvet – Saclay
- NPL Aerosol Feasibility Study - Hilary Phillips, NPL
- The new AWE CAM - Morgan Jones, AWE
- Dealing with a high radon false alarm level: Options and decision - Pete Burgess, Nuvia
9th Meeting - 17 November 2009
Presentations:
- Chairman's Welcome - Julian Dean (PDF 81 KB)
- The development of a new gaseous discharge reporting system at GE Healthcare - Bernhard Warr, GE Healthcare (PDF 992 KB)
- Radon's relatives: Some Characteristics and consequences for radiation protection - David Kirkland, Consultant (PDF 199 KB)
- Radon calibration facilities at HPA - Chris Howarth, HPA (PDF 500 KB)
- A learning experience from Hinkley Point A site - David Williams, Magnox
- BSI and International Standards - Clive Dray, Consultant (PDF 123 KB)
- A comparison of true and apparent activities on air filters - Julian Dean, NPL (PDF 191 KB)
- Aerosols - Julian Dean, NPL (PDF 43 KB)
8th Meeting - 13 November 2008
Presentations:
- Chairman's Welcome - Julian Dean (PDF 657 KB)
- DSRL engineering review of stack sampling - John Keeton, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (PDF 474 KB)
- Airborne activity sampling and monitoring at Hinkley Point A - David Williams, Magnox Electric Ltd (PDF 981 KB)
- Latest news on ISO 2889 - Jeff Rivers, Laboratory Impex Systems Ltd (PDF 4.78 MB)
- A review of alpha energy adsorption in filters and its potential to degrade air monitoring accuracy - David Ryden, Canberra (PDF 746 KB)
- A new NPL project to report on needs for standard radioactive aerosols - Julian Dean, NPL (PDF 223 KB)
- Issues with radon compensation - Julian Dean, NPL (PDF 147 KB)
- NMS AIR programme strategy and formulation - Alan DuSautoy, NPL (PDF 289 KB)
7th Meeting - 14 November 2007
Minutes (HTML)
Presentations:
- Chairman's Welcome - Steven Judge (PDF 326 KB)
- Discussion on the feasibility of a Workplace Air Monitoring Good Practice Guide - Stuart Fannin, UKAEA, and Pete Burgess, NPL (PDF 611 KB)
- Environment Agency Requirements for Monitoring Radioactivity in Air - Granville Roberts, Environment Agency
(PDF 113 KB) - Tritium Good Practice Guide - John Simpson, NUKEM Ltd (PDF 1.35 MB)
- A Transfer Instrument for the Calibration of Positron-in-Air Monitors - Pete Burgess, NPL (PDF 185 KB)
6th Meeting - 7 November 2006
Minutes (HTML)
Presentations:
- Chairman's Welcome - Steven Judge (PDF 1084 KB)
- Comparison of alpha-in-air monitors in a challenging environment - Eliot Williams (PDF 1924 KB)
- The shrouded probe - Jeff Rivers (PDF 4987 KB)
- Comparison of Gas Monitor Responses to 85Kr and Tritium - Hillary Phillips (PDF 399 KB)
- Initial stages of the development of a UK primary standard for positron emitters in gas - Maria Marouli (PDF 446 KB)
- Workplace Air Sampling - Stuart Fannin (PDF 745 KB)
5th Meeting - 8 November 2005
Minutes of the 5th meeting - 8 November 2005 (HTML)
Presentations:
- Chairman's Welcome - Steven Judge (PDF 209 KB)
- The UK Tritium Users' Group and aspects of Tritium monitoring at AWE - Gareth Price (PDF 606 KB)
- Radon: Short- vs long-term testing in homes in the UK - Gavin Gillmore (PDF 356 KB)
- NPL Good Practice Guide 82 - airborne radioactivite particulate in the workplace - Max Pottinger (PDF 118 KB)
- The development of a national standard for positron-in-air measurements - Maria Marouli (PDF 751 KB)
- Design, operation and calibration of a PET effluent stack monitor based on a coincidence technique - Michael Iwatschenko
(PDF 1.1 MB) - Report on 2005 CIRMS conference - Steven Judge (PDF 265 KB)
4th Meeting - 9 November 2004
Minutes (HTML)
Presentations:
- Chairman's Welcome - Steven Judge (PDF 314 KB)
- Draft Standards - Andrea Woodman (HTML)
- Measurement of Airborne Radioactivity by the CTBTO - Simon Jerome (PDF 1441 KB)
- Radon – A view from the other end of the telescope – Brian Ahern (PDF 75 KB)
- National Good Practice Guide: Airborne Radioactive Particulate in the Workplace – Max Pottinger (PDF 52 KB)
- National Good Practice Guide - Abridged version, Draft B (PDF 219 KB)
3rd Meeting - 3 December 2003
Minutes (HTML)
Presentations:
- Chairmans Welcome - Steven Judge (PDF 120 KB)
- The NMSPU 04-07 programme - Steven Judge (PDF 159 KB)
- Self Absorption - Mark Rainbird, AWE (PDF 81 KB)
- Flow Measurement - Richard Paton, NEL (PDF, 482 KB)
- Update on Good Practice Guide - Max Pottinger (PDF 58 KB)
- Questionnaire Feedback - Andrea Woodman (PDF 99 KB)
- BSI NCE2 Committee - Andrea Woodman (PDF 22 KB)
2nd Meeting - 6 November 2002
Minutes (HTML)
1st Meeting - 20 September 2001
Minutes (HTML)
For further information, please contact Julian Dean
Last Updated: 29 Nov 2012
Created: 23 Nov 2010