Mobile soils lab: on-site radiological analysis supporting remedial activities.
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.
Whicker
Randy
R
MFG Incorporated, 3801 Automation Way, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA. randy.whicker@mfgenv.com
Whicker
Michelle
M
Johnson
Janet
J
Meyer
Bob
B
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*
D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon