Environmental Response Laboratory Network (ERLN)
Radiation Focus Area
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EPA's National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL) is engaged in a number of activities and efforts across EPA to enhance the nation's radiological laboratory capacity and capability.
NAREL focuses solely on radiation specific analysis and is an integral part of EPA's Environmental Response Laboratory Network (ERLN). The ERLN's Radiation Focus Area provides your laboratory with access to radiation-specific laboratory guidance documents and training courses:
For More Information
For more information on EPA's National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory please visit the NAREL Web site. For questions or comments on the radiation focus area, please e-mail contact_Narel@epa.gov.
- Identification, Preparation, and Implementation of Core Operations (PDF) (68 pp, 1.9M)
- Rapid Radiochemical Methods for Selected Radionuclides in Water (PDF) (146 pp, 2.3M)
- Radiological Laboratory Sample Analysis Guide for Incidents of National Significance – Radionuclides in Water, January 2008 (EPA 402-R-07-007) (PDF) (80 pp, 2.3M)
- Radiological Laboratory Sample Screening Analysis Guide for Incidents of National Significance, June 2009 (EPA 402-R-09-008) (PDF) (44 pp, 1.1M)
- Method Validation Guide for Qualifying Methods Used by Radiological Laboratories Participating in Incident Response Activities, June 2009 (EPA 402-R-09-006) (PDF) (71 pp, 1.3M)
- Radiological Laboratory Sample Analysis Guide for Incidents of National Significance Radionuclides in Air, June 2009 (EPA 402-R-09-0078) (PDF) (99 pp, 1.6M)
- Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols (MARLAP) Manual (EPA 402-B-04-001B/NUREG-1576)
- Inventory of Radiological Methodologies For Sites Contaminated With Radioactive Materials, October 2006 (EPA 402-R-06-007) (PDF) (114 pp, 905K)
- The Use of Swipe Samples in Response to a Radiological or Nuclear Incident of National Significance (in preparation)
- Guide for Radiological Laboratories for the Identification, Preparation, and Implementation of Core Operations for Radiological Incident Response (in preparation)
- Guide for Radiological Laboratories for the Control of Radioactive Contamination and Radiation (in preparation)
- Radiological Laboratory Sample Analysis Guide for Incidents of National Significance – Radionuclides in Soil (in preparation)