PARAMETER

METHOD

DESCRIPTION

MATRIX

VOLUME

REQUIRED

CONTAINER

PRESERVATIVE

HOLDING

TIME

Americium 241

EPA 907(M)

DOE EML HASL 300 4.5.4 (M)

Alpha Spectroscopy

Gamma Spectrometry

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Carbon -14

USEPA (EPA-P4-73-014) C-14

Liquid Scintillation

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

Cool < 4^oC

6 months

Gamma Spectrometry

Please Refer to Gamma Table for Isotopes

EPA 901.1

DOE EML HASL 300 4.5.4 (M)

Gamma Spectroscopy

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Gross Alpha/Beta

EPA 900

SW9310

Gas Proportional Counting

500 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Iodine-129

EPA 901.1

DOE EML HASL 300 4.5.4 (M)

X-Ray Spectroscopy

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

6 months

Iron 55

ASTM D4922

Liquid Scintillation

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Lead 210

DOE EML

HASL 300 4.5.4(M)

Fe-01-RC(M)

Gas Proportional Counting

Or

Gamma Spectroscopy

1000 ml

1000ml

500 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

PARAMETER

METHOD

DESCRIPTION

MATRIX

VOLUME

REQUIRED

CONTAINER

PRESERVATIVE

HOLDING

TIME

Neptunium 237

EPA 907(M) or

DOE EML HASL 300 4.5.4 (M)

Alpha Spectroscopy

Gamma Spectrometry

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Nickel 59, 63

RESL CHEM-TP-Ni.1

Liquid Scintillation

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Polonium 210

DOE EML HASL 300

Po-02 (M)

Alpha Spectroscopy

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Plutonium (Isotopic)

238, 239/240

EPA 907(M)

LANL ER160

Alpha Spectroscopy

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Radium, Total Alpha

SM7500Ra

Gas Proportional Counting

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Radium 223

SM7500Ra (M)

DOE EML HASL 300 4.5.4 (M)

Alpha Spectroscopy

Gamma Spectrometry

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

22 days

Radium 224

SM7500Ra (M)

DOE EML HASL 300 4.5.4 (M)

Alpha Spectroscopy

Gamma Spectrometry

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

8 days

PARAMETER

METHOD

DESCRIPTION

MATRIX

VOLUME

REQUIRED

CONTAINER

PRESERVATIVE

HOLDING

TIME

Radium 226

SM7500Ra (M)

DOE EML HASL 300 4.5.4 (M)

Alpha Spectroscopy

Gamma Spectrometry

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Radium 228

EPA 904/SW9320

DOE EML HASL 300 4.5.4 (M)

Gas Proportional Counting

Gamma Spectrometry

1000 ml

500 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Radon 222

SM 7500Rn

Liquid Scintillation

1000 ml

P,G

Cool < 4^oC

3 days

Strontium 89

EPA 905

Gas Proportional Counting

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Strontium 90

EPA 905

Gas Proportional Counting

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Technetium 99

ESSAP Section 14

DOE EML HASL 300

(TC-01-RC)

Gas Proportional Counting or Liquid Scintillation

1000 ml

10 g

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Thorium (Isotopic)

228,230, 232

DOE LANL ER200

Alpha Spectroscopy

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

PARAMETER

METHOD

DESCRIPTION

MATRIX

VOLUME

REQUIRED

CONTAINER

PRESERVATIVE

HOLDING

TIME

Tritium (H³)

EPA 906

Liquid Scintillation

1000 ml

10 g

6 months

Uranium (Isotopic)

234, 235,238

ASTM D3972

Alpha Spectroscopy

1000 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

Uranium Total

ASTM D5174

Laser Kinetic Phosphorimetry

20 ml

10 g

P,G

HNO₃ to pH< 2

6 months

GAMMA SPECTRSCOPY

NORM

Gamma Spectroscopy*

Actinium 228(Ra228 and Th232)

Bismuth 212

Bismuth 214(Ra226)

Lead 212

Lead 214(Ra226)

Potassium 40

Thallium 204

Thorium 234 (Uranium 238)

Americium 241

Barium 133

Cesium 134

Cesium 137

Cobalt 57

Cobalt 60

Europium 152

Europium 154

Europium 155

Iodine 129

Iodine 131

Iridium 192

Manganese 54

Mercury 203

Neodymium 147

Niobium 94

Niobium 95

Yttrium 88

Zinc 65

Zirconium 95

* Please call if additional isotopes are required.