SESSION 35: WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN: PAPER TO PAPERLESS-FRMAC AND BACK AGAIN

Before the advent of portable computers, the internet, or cell phones, dose assessments were completed from pre-calculated tabular and graphical data tools. Raw data from field teams arrived via radio or landline, and raw data were transcribed to data forms and manually plotted on paper maps. Typists tabulated the data. Laboratory results were delivered on paper or transmitted by fax, and graphic designers created data products that were photographed for production and distribution. With the advent of powerful and portable computers and the internet, the whole process of data collection, storage, distillation into data products and distribution has been automated with smart tools. These tools directly upload field measurements to a computer database and TurboFRMAC dose assessment software interprets the field and laboratory results.