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DOE FRMAC Method Volume 2, Page 33: Gross Alpha and Beta in Air

This document is included in Selected Analytical Methods for Environmental Remediation and Recovery (SAM). 

Citation:

FRMAC. 1998. “Gross Alpha and Beta in Air.” FRMAC Monitoring and Analysis Manual – Sample Preparation and Analysis - Volume 2, DOE/NV/11718-181, UC-707, p. 33.

Description:

Analytical Method

Purpose/Objective:

EPA’s Selected Analytical Methods for Environmental Remediation and Recovery (SAM) lists this method for gross alpha and gross beta determination in air filters, and for direct counting of americium-241; californium-252; cesium-137; cobalt-60; curium-244; europium-154; iridium-192; neptunium-237 and -239; plutonium-238 and -239; polonium-210; radium-223 and -226; rhenium-188; rubidium-82; ruthenium-103 and -106; strontium-90; technetium-99; thorium-227, -228, -230 and -232; and uranium-234, -235 and-238 in surface wipes.

  • DOE FRMAC Method Volume 2, Page 33: Gross Alpha and Beta in Air (pdf) (8.59 MB, 08/1998)

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