title: Mobile soils lab: on-site radiological analysis supporting remedial activities.
abstract: A mobile, on-site laboratory was used to estimate soil radionuclide concentrations in support of cleanup activities at a former uranium mill site. Respective instrumentation and analytical techniques demonstrated a successful balance between system cost, accuracy, versatility, throughput capacity, and practical simplicity. The methodology involved NaI scintillation gamma spectroscopy measurements calibrated against high-purity germanium analyses by a commercial lab. Statistical comparisons indicated levels of accuracy and precision attained by the on-site lab were similar to that of the commercial lab.
authors.affiliation: MFG Incorporated, 3801 Automation Way, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA. randy.whicker@mfgenv.com
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whicker
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Whicker
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D003666:Decontamination / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012588:Scintillation Counting; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon