REPORT FROM THE BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES

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REPORT FROM THE BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET
MESURES
APMP GENERAL ASSEMBLY November 1-2, 2007 Sydney
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SUMMARY

• CGPM 2007- BIPM workprogramme
• CGPM 2007- resolutions
• News from at the BIPM
• JCRB issues

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ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED WORKPLAN
2009-2012 chemical metrology

• Consolidation in chemistry
• Gas work to be targeted to climate change, air
  quality
• Organic work to have an emphasis on primary
  references to support food, healthcare and
  forensic applications
• Staff for comparisons ( 2)
• Study of national and international needs for
  bioanalysis
• Best practice guides and workshops
• Secondment opportunities

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ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED WORKPLAN
2009-2012 physical metrology

• Strengthen the Watt Balance team ( 1).
• New project in mass metrology ( ensemble of
  artefacts) (2).
• Prepare for a kilogram redefinition and the need
  to disseminate the mise en pratique of the mass
  unit.
• New project to address dosimetry using linear
  accelerators ( expensive but very high return on
  investment) postponed until 2013.
• Strengthen international coordination and
  out-reach to non members (1).

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CIPM - CGPM 2007

• Report on Evolving Needs for Metrology in Trade,
  Industry and Society and the Role of the BIPM,
  June 2007 (Kaarls report)
• Reports on the activities under the 10 CIPM
  Consultative Committees
• Materials metrology (report by CIPM ad hoc
  Working Group)
• Dotation to the BIPM 2009 - 2012

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CGPM 2007 - a few words about three RESOLUTIONS

• Encouragement of Associates to become Member
  States.
• Process for the exclusion of Member States in
  financial arrears or for writing off their debt.
• Proposal for Corresponding NMI of the BIPM.

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Metre Convention/CIPM MRA

• Four new Associates ( Moldova, FYROM, Sri Lanka,
  Albania).
• Logo used by 32 MS and 5 Associates (55
  laboratories).
• Discussions continue with the European Commission
  on the JCTLM data base for in-vitro diagnostics.
• Discussion with the WMO is continuing - the case
  of an IGO without its own laboratories.
• Dr Attilio Sacconi replaced Prof Sigfrido
  Leschiutta on the CIPM

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WHATS HAPPENING AT THE BIPM (1)

• Length section closed closed at the end of 2006.
  Some staff transferred to Time, frequency and
  gravimetry
• - CCL K11 transferred to the
  RMOs.
• - interest in how to compare
  optical clocks remotely.
• - new absolute gravimeter
  project.
• New staff in time. Mass technician sought.
• Good progress with the Watt Balance. Secondee
  from NMIJ working on electrical systems. Similar
  opportunities in this and other projects.
  Possible Research Fellow needed next year.
• BIPM Summer School 29 June - 11July 2008.
  Nominations invited in January. Some assistance
  for students from developing economies.

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WHATS HAPPENING AT THE BIPM (2)

• Collaboration initiatives with OIML
• - leaflet on international
  metrology
• - metrology in... leaflets
• - common IT web portal
• Collaboration with ILAC
• - CMC/BMC definition
• - review of NMI accreditation activity
  to be discussed at the RMO/RAB meeting in March
  2008
• - traceability of accredited laboratories
• - accreditation of CRM producers
• - accreditation of PT providers
• - cooperation between NMIs and NABs

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CALIBRATION AND MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY
The BIPM/RMO and ILAC/RAB working party has
agreed on
Plus 7 Notes. CIPM will be asked to approve in
November ILAC General Assembly will be asked to
approve in October
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CIPM MRA, KCDB, publicity, VIM/GUM, SI

• New free text search engine for the KCDB launched
  last March
• World Metrology Day
• - Climate change.
• - Poster in 11 languages ( with PTB and NMISA)
• - 2008 theme is metrology and sport
• Conference on metrology and climate change with
  WMO proposed for 2009
• VIM3 completed
• GUM supplement on Monte Carlo methods approved.
• CCU meeting in June reviewed the SI situation

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CCUs VIEWS ON WHERE WE COULD BE
A NEW DEFINITION MAY FIX hyperfine splitting of
the Cs atom speed of light the Planck, h the
elementary charge,e the Boltzmann Constant
kB the Avogadro constant NA luminous
efficacy of a specified source
QUANTITY time length mass electric
current thermodynamic temperature Amount of
substance luminous intensity
BASE UNIT second metre kilogram ampere kelvi
n mole candela
Of course, all depends on a resolution of the
current discrepancy between Watt Balance Results
and those from the silicon Avogadro experiments
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UPDATES ON JCRB ACTIVITIES
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THE CIPM MRA
45 Member States 20 Associates of the CGPM 2
international organizations (186 NMIs DIs)
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OUTLINE

• Review of CMCs and the Monitoring and Reporting
  of the Operation of Quality Systems by
  Intergovernmental Organizations,CIPM 2006-03
• Criteria for the Selection of Peer-Reviewers for
  NMIs,CIPM 2006-05
• Guide to the implementation of the CIPM MRA,CIPM
  2007-xx
• Seminars on the practical aspects of
  participation in the CIPM MRA
• Action items for the RMOs resulting from the 18th
  JCRB

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REVIEW OF CMCs AND QS AT IGOs

• A new policy for the review of quality management
  systems was developed, CIPM 2006-03.
• It involves the formation of a panel of quality
  experts from all the RMOs.
• First time used for the IAEA on 5 October 2006.
• Their quality system was approved by all 4 of the
  RMOs present.
• The BIPM intends to present its QS to the panel
  in March 2008 - and to make its uncertainties
  more visible on the BIPM web page

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GUIDE TO THE CIPM MRA

• The guidelines for the implementation of the CIPM
  MRA are contained in a number of JCRB Guidelines
  and CIPM policies.
• The everyday use of this material is becoming
  difficult for even everyday users.
• With the help of PTBs Technical Cooperation, we
  are developing a short new document that
  describes the practical implementation of the
  CIPM MRA for the NMI laboratory staff, CIPM
  2007-xx.
• The document makes use of hyperlinks to all
  current documents as a means to provide the
  reader with more detail information on any
  subject.
• The Guide should be available for CIPM approval
  in the third quarter of 2007.
• An electronic version will be available at the
  BIPM website.

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SEMINARS ON PARTICIPATION IN THE CIPM MRA

• Many NMI staff do not understand how to make use
  of the CIPM MRA.
• This is specially true in NMIs who are yet to
  participate in the CIPM MRA.
• Their participation would increase the importance
  of the CIPM MRA and could help those NMIs reduce
  TBTs.
• A series of worldwide seminars are being planned
  to aid new NMIs with their first steps in their
  participation in the CIPM MRA.
• The seminar will bring together NMI decision
  makers with RMO representatives to develop
  strategies to craft CMCs tables.
• First workshop Muldersdrift (ZA), May 2-3, 2007.
• Participants
• LACOMET (CR), SIM
• DZM (HR), EUROMET
• NIS (EG), associate member of SADCMET APMP
• KazInMetr (KZ), COOMET
• KEBS (KE), associate member of SADCMET
• VMI (VN), APMP
• PTB is to help sponsor this work.

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ACTION ITEMS RESULTING FROM THE 18th JCRB

• Action 18/1 RMOs are to develop a process to
  monitor changes to the CMCs from their NMIs after
  the results of a comparison.
• Action 18/2 RMOs are asked to encourage NMI
  Directors to provided designation information to
  the Director of the BIPM via the form available
  at the BIPM website.
• Action 18/3 RMOs are asked to remind their
  Technical Committee Chairs of
• The Executive Secretaries of CCs shall be
  informed in advance of all comparisons using the
  form available in the JCRB website.
• The Executive Secretaries of CCs shall forward
  these forms to the KCDB Office.
• Action 18/4 RMOs are asked to remind their NMIs
  and Technical Committee Chairs that they must use
  the get published Excel tables to request
  modifications to existing CMCs.
• Action 18/5 The JCRB has decided to establish a
  Working Group to revise it rules and procedures.
• The RMOs are to supply issues for consideration
  to the JCRB Executive Secretary by 3 June 2007.
• RMOs are to nominate a member of the new Working
  Group by 14 May 2007.
• The report of the Working Group should be
  available 30 days prior to the September 2007
  meeting so it might be discussed for approval by
  the CIPM in November 2007.

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CIPM MRA LOGO

• A logo for the CIPM MRA is now available
  forvoluntary inclusion in the calibration
  certificatesof NMIs and DIs participating in the
  CIPM MRA.
• The purpose of the Logo is to draw the
  attentionof the customers of NMIs and DIs
  participating in the CIPM MRA,and other
  interested parties, to the recognition by all
  other signatories of the CIPM MRA of the validity
  of the calibration certificates bearing it.
• A new CIPM document (CIPM 2006-04) describing the
  guidelines for the use of the logo is available
  at the CIPM MRA section of the BIPM website.
• Only the Directors of the NMIs or DIs interested
  in using the CIPM MRA Logo can request the use of
  the Logo from the Director of the BIPM.
• The NMIs and DIs duly authorized to use the CIPM
  MRA Logo will be listed in the CIPM MRA section
  of the BIPM website. (authorized 55 laboratories)

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JCRB EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

• Pedro Espinas secondment ends in Spring 2008.
• We have contacted NMI Directors and should be
  able to make an announcement before the end of
  2007

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THE NEXT BIPM DIRECTOR
1972Enjoying the first visit!
At the end of 2010 preparing to walk off into
the Paris night