Rapid Radiochemical Methods for Analysis of Environmental Samples Contaminated with Curium-244 (244Cm) for Use During Environmental Remediation and Recovery

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center. 09/2017 This three-page document describes a method for curium analysis, one of the robust analytical methods developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enable emergency response officials to rapidly and accurately characterize contaminated areas and to determine the effectiveness of ongoing remediation in the event of a radiological and/or nuclear contamination incident. Improvement in sample processing and analysis will increase laboratory capacity to handle the analysis of a large number of samples, in a short period of time, following an intentional or unintentional release of a radiological and/or nuclear contaminant. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news