Daniel Strom

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
strom@pnl.gov

Biography

Dr. Strom joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 1991. Prior to joining Battelle, he had five years of experience in applied radiation protection (University of Connecticut Health Center, Old Dominion University, Eastern Virginia Medical School), eight years experience in academic research and teaching (University of Pittsburgh), and a variety of consulting experience gained over twelve years in many areas of health physics, including regulatory standards development.

Research Interests

Risk analysis
Protection against radon and its progeny
Applied statistical inference
Inferences of doses from intakes of radioactive materials
Uncertainty
Dose reconstruction

Education and Credentials

Ph.D., Radiological Hygiene, University of North Carolina, 1984 (Partially supported by DOE Health Physics Fellowship)
Certification with the American Board of Health Physics, Comprehensive (1980)
M.S., Physics, University of Connecticut, 1973
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 10-week HP course, 1974
B.A., Physics and French, University of Connecticut, 1971
2e, French, Université de Rouen, France, 1969

Affiliations and Professional Service

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Academy of Health Physics (Director, 1996-1998)
Columbia Chapter, Health Physics Society
Canadian Radiation Protection Association
Health Physics Society
Radiation Research Society
Société Française de Radioprotection
Society for Risk Analysis (charter member)
[UK] Society for Radiological Protection

Awards and Recognitions

Council Member, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), 2002-2008
Adjunct Associate Professor, Washington State University Tri-Cities, 1994-present
Health Physics Society Summer School Faculty, 2004, 1994, 1984
Associate Editor, Health Physics, 1994-2003
Fellow, Health Physics Society
Chair, NCRP Scientific Committee 87-5 on Risk Analysis Management for Decommissioned Sites (2002-2004; NCRP Report No. 146)
Member, NCRP Scientific Committee 87-4 on Contaminated Scrap Metal (1996-2002; NCRP Report 141)
American Board of Health Physics Part II Panel of Examiners (1989-1993); Panel Chair for 1993 Examination
U.S. Department of Energy Health Physics Fellow (1982-83)
University Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980-1982

Selected Publications

2009

Strom DJ, TP Lynch, and DR Weier. 2009. Radiation Doses to Hanford Workers from Natural Potassium-40. PNNL-18240, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Strom DJ. 2009. "Properties of Natural Radiation and Radioactivity." Chapter 2 in Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) and Technologically Enhanced NORM (TENORM), ed. P.A. Karam and B.J. Vetter, pp. 14-27. Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI.

2008

Davis AJ, and DJ Strom. 2008. "Uncertainty and Variability in Historical Time-Weighted Average Exposure Data." Health Physics 94(2):145-160. doi:10.1097/01.HP.0000286345.43794.d9
Strom DJ. 2008. Errors and Uncertainties in Dose Reconstruction for Radiation Effects Research. PNNL-17465, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Strom DJ. 2008. "C. Rick Jones Is IRPA Keynote Lecturer on Stakeholder Engagement." Health Physics News XXXVI(12):12.

2007

Strom DJ. 2007. "Special Session on Internal Dose at HPS Meeting in Portland." Health Physics News 2007(9):22.

2006

Kouzes RT, JH Ely, JC Evans, JR, WK Hensley, EA Lepel, JC McDonald, JE Schweppe, ER Siciliano, DJ Strom, and ML Woodring. 2006. "Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Cargo at US Borders." Packaging, Transport, Storage and Security of Radioactive Material 17(1):11-17. doi:10.1179/174651006X95556
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, WA.
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 ." Water Environment & Technology 18(8):73-78.

2005

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, WA.
Strom DJ. 2005. Radiological Risk Assessment for King County Wastewater Treatment Division. PNNL-15163 Vol. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
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." Health Physics 89(2):115-126.
Hickey EE, and DJ Strom. 2005. Technical Basis for Radiological Emergency Plan Annex for WTD Emergency Response Plan: West Point Treatment Plant. PNNL-15163 Vol. 3, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
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." Radiation Research 164(5):695-700.
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, WA.

2004

Strom DJ, and J Callerame. 2004. "Imaging and Identification Technologies for Homeland Security." Chapter 4 in Public Protection from Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism: Health Physics Society 2004 Summer School, ed. Brodsky A, RH Johnson Jr., and RE Goans, pp. 49-68. Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI.
Strom DJ. 2004. "Name Those Quantities." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 108(3):183-185.

2003

Strom DJ. 2003. Health Impacts from Acute Radiation Exposure. PNNL-14424, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
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, WA.
Strom DJ. 2003. "Eliminating bias in routine bioassay when there is unknown time of intake." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 105(1-4):339-340.

2002

Strom DJ, and CR Watson. 2002. "On Being Understood: Clarity and Jargon in Radiation Protection." Health Physics 82(3):373-386.
Strom DJ, and JR Cameron. 2002. "Is it useful to assess annual effective doses that are less than 100 mSv?" Radiation Protection Dosimetry 98(2):239-245.
Strom DJ, RD Stewart, and JC McDonald. 2002. "Spectral Emissions and Dosimetry of Metal Tritide Particulates." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 98(4):389-400.
Strom DJ. 2002. "Dosimetry, Dosinference, and Doswaggery." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 98(4):363-366.
Strom DJ. 2002. "Food Irradiation Is Done in Grays, not Rads." Health Physics Society Newsletter XXX(7):26.
Strom DJ. 2002. "Software Review. IMBA Expert USDOE-Edition Phase I, Version 2.0.22." Health Physics 84(1):115-116.
Lubenau JO, and DJ Strom. 2002. "Safety and security of radiation sources in the aftermath of 11 September 2001." 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. PNNL-13936, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Siebentritt, Jr. CR, RJ Cloutier, CS French, Jr., PS Stansbury, and DJ Strom. 2002. "Jack C. Greene 1921-2001." Health Physics 82(4):551-552.
Sowa MB, GA Kimmel, JH Miller, JC Mcdonald, MK Murphy, DJ Strom, BD Thrall, NF Metting, and SD Colson. 2002. "Spatially Resolved Single-Cell Irradiator to Study Bystander Responses to Low-LET Radiation." Radiation Research 158(3):375-376.
Stewart RD, WE Wilson, JC Mcdonald, and DJ Strom. 2002. "Microdosimetric properties of ionizing electrons in water. A Test of the PENELOPE Code System." Physics in Medicine & Biology 47(1):79-88.

2001

Strom DJ, and JA Maclellan. 2001. "Evaluation of Eight Decision Rules for Low-Level Radioactivity Counting." Health Physics 81(1):27-34.
Strom DJ. 2001. "Making It Safe, Making It Legal, and Creating Peace of Mind." Health Physics 81(5 Suppl):S46-S47.
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, WA.

2000

Strom DJ, and PS Stansbury. 2000. "Determining Parameters of Lognormal Distributions from Minimal Information." American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 61(6):877-880.
Strom DJ, and PS Stansbury. 2000. "The Seven (Or More) Deadly (Or Not So Deadly) Sins of Radiation Protection." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 90(4):387-391.

1999

Strom DJ, and CR Watson. 1999. "Food Irradiation: A Potential Unwanted Byproduct of Food Irradiation?" In Creation and Future Legacy of Stockpile Stewardship: Isotope Production, Applications, and Consumption. Health Physics Society 32nd Midyear Topical Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 24, 1999, ed. JM Hylko & RL Salyer, pp. 167-171. Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI.
Strom DJ. 1999. "LN-T Isn't Going Away Soon." Health Physics Society Newsletter 27(6):9.
Strom DJ. 1999. "Low Level Radiation Health Effects: Compiling the Data. [Book Review]." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 81(1):71-74.

1998

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