Radiochemistry Policies & Procedures Manual
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The following material is intended for research purposes only. Neither Washington State University nor the United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries may be held responsible for unauthorized changes and/or use of this material.
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The United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries (USTUR) began with the establishment of the National Plutonium Registry in 1968 by the Atomic Energy Commission. The program name was changed in 1970 to reflect a broader interest in transuranic elements. A similar program was created in 1978 to study the uranium decay series and was named the United States Uranium Registry. Analytical support for the registries was provided by Rocky Flats from 1968 until 1987, Pacific Northwest Laboratory from 1968 until 1978, and Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1971 until 1993. Responsibility for the Registries was transferred to Washington State University in February 1992 at which time the two registries were joined as the USTUR.
Authorship of these procedures is listed as USTUR Radiochemistry Staff. Appropriate citation of original LANL methods is included in each section. Modification and additions to LANL procedures and new procedures/methods were written by Jim Elliston, Roy Filby, Sam Glover, Cathy Grimm, Suzanne Love, Hongguo Qu, Dorothy Stuit and Gail Deckert.
This manual represents the third edition of the USTUR Radiochemical Analysis Procedures Manual. All previous editions shall be immediately superseded by this edition.
Table of Contents
| Procedure # | Title |
| USTUR001 | Forward |
| USTUR010 | Chain of Custody, Sample Number Assignment, and Sample Storage |
| USTUR020 | Handling Biohazardous Material |
| USTUR025 | Radiation Safety Authorization |
| USTUR030 | Document Control and Record Storage |
| USTUR050 | Radiochemical Analysis Form Description |
| USTUR070 | Preparation of Tracers and Tracking Standard Solutions |
| USTUR080 | Cleaning of Labware |
| USTUR100 | Tissue Ashing, Sample Dissolution, Sample Aliquot Selection, and Tracer Addition for Anion Exchange Isolation of Radionuclides |
| USTUR105 | Dry Ashing of Tissues |
| USTUR110 | Wet Ashing of Tissues |
| USTUR115 | Dissolution of Sample Ash |
| USTUR120 | Hydrofluoric Acid Digestion of Soft Tissues |
| USTUR125 | Sample Fusion using Potassium Fluoride |
| USTUR140 | Sample Aliquot selection for Radiochemical Analysis |
| USTUR150 | Pre-concentration of Plutonium and Americium from Tissue Samples |
| USTUR200 | Anion Exchange Isolation of Plutonium from Prepared Tissue Solutions |
| USTUR210 | Removal of Plutonium from Samples to be Analyzed for Americium only |
| USTUR220 | Separation and Purification of Plutonium from Americium in Pre-concentrated Samples |
| USTUR300 | Anion Exchange Isolation of Americium from Prepared Tissue Solutions |
| USTUR310 | Separation and Purification of Americium from Pre-concentrated Tissue Solutions |
| USTUR400 | Anion Exchange Isolation of Uranium from Prepared Tissue Solutions |
| USTUR500 | Electrodeposition of Americium, Plutonium, Thorium and Uranium |
| USTUR510 | Electrodeposition of Americium, Plutonium, Thorium and Uranium |
| USTUR600 | Alpha Spectrometry Measurement for Radionuclides of Americium, Plutonium, Uranium, and Thorium |
| USTUR620 | Routine Energy Calibration, Efficiency Calibration, Background Counts |
| USTUR630 | Preparation of Secondary Sources |
| USTUR640 | Decontamination of Alpha Spectroscopy Units |
| USTUR650 | Alpha Spectroscopy Acquisition Procedure for Relative Analysis |
| USTUR660 | Alpha Spectroscopy Acquisition Procedure for Absolute Analysis |
| USTUR700 | Measurement of Actinium in Tissue Samples by Gamma Spectroscopy |
| USTUR710 | Measurement of Isotopic Th by Radiochemical Neutron Activation Analysis (old procedure: no longer in use) |
| USTUR800 | Quality Assurance Plan |
| USTUR810 | Laboratory Surveys for Removable Contamination |
| USTUR820 | Radioactive Liquid Waste Disposal |
| USTUR900 | Manufacturers and Suppliers of USTUR Equipment |
| USTUR1010 | Leaching Procedure for Radioanalysis of Incinerator Ash |
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