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Radiochemistry
Method Guide
Radionuclide
Americium, Isotopic (2)
Carbon-14
Chlorine-36
Curium, Isotopic (3)
Gamma Spectroscopy (4)
Gross Alpha/Beta
Iodine-125, 129
Iodine-131 (5)
Iron-55
Lead 210
Neptunium-237
Nickel-59, 63
Phosphorus 32/33
Plutonium-241
Plutonium, Isotopic (6)
Polonium 210
Promethium-147
Radium-226 (Total Alpha Radium)
Radium-226
Radium-226
Radium-228
Radon-222
Strontium, Total Beta
Strontium 89, 90
Sulfur 32/35
Technetium-99
Thorium, Isotopic (7)
Tritium (8)
Uranium, Isotopic (9)
Uranium, Total
Method
Water
EML HASL 300
EERF C-01
Precipitation
EML HASL 300
EPA 901.1
EPA 900.0/SW 9310
EPA 901.1/902.0/SM 7500 I-B
EPA 902.0
Column Separation
Precipitation
EML HASL 300
Column Separation
Precipitation
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
STL-RC-0247
EPA 903.0/SW 9315
EPA 903.1 (Emanation)/
EPA 903.0/EPA 901.1
STL-RC-0039
EPA 904.0/SW 9320
EPA 913.0
EPA 905.0
EPA 905.0
Column Separation
EML HASL 300/SW 6020
EML HASL 300
EPA 906.0
EML HASL 300/SW 6020
ASTM D5174/SW 6010/SW 6020
(1) AS (Alpha Spectroscopy) LSC (Liquid Scintillation Counting)
GFPC (Gas Flow Proportional Counting) ASC (Alpha Scintillation Counting)
Gamma (HPGe or LEPS Detector)
KPA (Kinetic Phosphorescence Analyzer)
ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma)
ICPMS (ICP Mass Spectrometry)
(2) Includes Americium-241,243
(3) Curium-242, Curium-243/244, Curium 245/246, Curium-247/248
(4) Based on Cesium-137
Soil
EML HASL 300
EERF C-01
Precipitation
EML HASL 300
SW 9310/EML HASL 300
SW 9310/EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
Column Separation
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
Precipitation
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
STL-RC-0247
SW 9315/EML HASL 300
EPA 901.1 (Gamma)/
EML HASL 300
STL-RC-0039
EML HASL 300
N/A
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
Column Separation
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
EML HASL 300
ASTM D5174/SW 6010/SW6020
Counting
Technique (1)
AS
LSC
GFPC
AS
Gamma
GFPC
Gamma
Gamma
LSC
LSC/Gamma
AS
LSC
GFPC
LSC
AS
AS
LSC
GFPC
ASC/Gamma/GFPC
AS
GFPC
LSC
GFPC
GFPC
GFPC
LSC, ICPMS
AS
LSC
AS, ICPMS
KPA, ICP, ICPMS
(5) Sample must arrive at the laboratory within 48 hours of collection.
(6) Includes Plutonium-236, Plutonium-238, Plutonium-239/240,Plutonium-242,
Plutonium-244
(7) Includes Thorium-228, Thorium-229, Thorium-230, Thorium-232
(8)Tritium by Direct, Distillation, or Cryogenic
(9) Includes Uranium-232, Uranium-233/234, Uranium-235/236, Uranium-238
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