Data and Tools

ORISE Method Procedure #9: Determination of I-125 in Environmental Samples

This method uses gamma spectrometry to determine iodine in water, liquids, soil, sediment, surface wipes, air filters and vegetation.

Y-12 (DOE) Preparation of Samples for Total Activity Screening

This method uses liquid scintillation to determine total activity in drinking water, liquids, soil, sediment, wipes, air filters and vegetation.

EPA Method 900.0: Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Radioactivity in Drinking Water

SAM lists this method to provide an indication of the presence of alpha and beta emitters in drinking water samples, using alpha/beta counting.

Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration Following Homeland Security Events – SAM 2010 (SAM 6.0)

SAM 2010 (6.0) is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen, and biotoxin contamination.

Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration Following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 4.0

SAM 4.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen, and biotoxin contamination.

Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration Following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 5.0

SAM 5.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen, and biotoxin contamination.

Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 3.0

SAM 3.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen and biotoxin contamination.

Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 3.1

SAM 3.1 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen, and biotoxin contamination.

Standardized Analytical Methods for Use during Homeland Security Events (SAM) 1.0

SAM 1.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing samples for chemical and biological contamination in environmental samples.

Standardized Analytical Methods for Use During Homeland Security Events (SAM) 2.0

SAM 2.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing samples for chemical, radiochemical, biological, and biotoxin contamination in environmental samples.

Method 546: Determination of Total Microcystins and Nodularins in Drinking Water and Ambient Water by Adda Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

This method is listed as Tier I for presumptive analysis of microcystins in water samples and Tier II all other environmental sample types. The method determines total microcystins and nodularins using an indirect competitive immunoassay (ELISA).

Method 545: Determination of Cylindrospermopsin and Anatoxin-a in Drinking Water by Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS)

This method is listed as Tier I for confirmatory analysis of anatoxin-a and cylindrospermopsin in drinking water and Tier II for confirmatory analysis of anatoxin-a and cylindrospermopsin in all other environmental sample types.

Method 1622: Cryptosporidium in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA

Method 1622 describes procedures for analysis of Cryptosporidium in water samples, by concentration, immunomagnetic separation (IMS) and immunofluorescence assay (FA) microscopy.

Environmental Regulations and Technology: Control of Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge; Appendix I Test Method for Detecting, Enumerating, and Determining the Viability of Ascaris Ova in Sludge

This document discusses a performance-based method applicable to the determination of Baylisascaris procyonis in aerosols, surface wipes or swabs, soil and water.

EPA Method 1682: Salmonella spp.

Method 1682 describes procedures for analysis of non-typhoidal Salmonella in biosolids and may be adapted for drinking and post decontamination waste water, particulate, soil and aerosol samples.

USDA Laboratory Guidebook: “FSIS Procedure for the Use of a Listeria monocytogenes Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Screening Test.” MLG 8A.03. 2007

Procedures are described for analysis of clinical samples and may be adapted for assessment of solid, particulate, aerosol and water samples containing Listeria monocytogenes using real-time PCR.