Laboratory Procedures Manual
The Laboratory Procedures Manual describes the processes and procedures performed by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education’s (ORISE) Independent Environmental Assessment and Verification programs. It is the responsibility of ORISE’s laboratory staff to assure that these procedures are followed and to continually evaluate analytical results for accuracy and precision.
Under the direction of the laboratory manager, the laboratory staff members develop new procedures, review this manual annually and initiate revisions as needed.
The Laboratory Procedures Manual is available in PDF format and can be viewed by section. To view these files, you will need the Adobe Reader, which is available free on the Adobe Support Site.
Laboratory Procedures Manual
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Organization and Responsibilities
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- QCP1 - Training and Certification
- QCP2 - Balance Quality Control
- QCP3 - Preparation, Control, and Traceability of Standards
- QCP4 - Control of Laboratory Logbooks
- QCP5 - Analytical Quality Control and Sample Flow
- QCP6 - Radiochemical Contamination Control
- QCP7 - Automatic Pipet Quality Control
- QCP8 - Counting Room Quality Control
- QCP9 - pH Meter Quality Control
- SP1 - Sample Screening and Receipt
- SP2 - Sample Log-In
- SP3 - Sample Preparation
- AP1 - Gross Alpha and Beta for Various Matrices
- AP2 - Determination of Tritium
- AP3 - Isotopic Determination of Americium, Plutonium, Uranium, Neptunium, and/or Thorium in Soil, Water, Air Filters, and Biotic Material (this section was deleted from the manual on June 30, 2008)
- AP4 - Determination of Total Radiostrontium in Environmental Samples
- AP5 - Determination of Technetium-99
- AP6 - Determination of Carbon-14 and Tritium Using The Biological Material Oxidizer
- AP7 - Radium-226 in Water and Soil Using Alpha Spectroscopy
- AP8 - Radium-228 in Water
- AP9 - Determination of Carbon-14 in Water and Smears
- AP10 - Analysis of Plutonium-241 in Environmental Samples by Liquid Scintillation Analysis
- AP11 - Sequential Determination of the Actinides in Environmental Samples Using Total Sample Dissolution and Extraction Chromatography
- AP12 - Determination of Nickel-63 in Environmental Samples
- AP13 - Determination of Iron-55 in Water
- AP14 - Determination of Sulfur-35 in Solid Environmental Samples
- AP15 - Analysis of Polonium-210 in Water, Soil, Air Filters, Miscellaneous Samples and Biota
- AP16 - Determination of Iron-55 in Soil and Other Solid Matrices
- AP18 - Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry
- AP19 - Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) for Metals Analysis
- AP20 - Sample Preparation for ICP-MS
- CP1 - Gamma Spectroscopy
- CP2 - Alpha Spectroscopy
- CP3 - Low Background Alpha/Beta Counter
- CP4 - Liquid Scintillation Analyzer (LSA)
- WP1 - Waste Management Procedure
- Appendix A: Job Hazard Analyses
- Appendix B: Minimum Detectable Concentrations of Commonly Reported Radionuclides
- Appendix C: Analytical Procedures Cross-Walk
