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RECORD NUMBER: 1887 OF 2069Main Title | Test Procedure for Gamma Emitters in Drinking Water: Interlaboratory Collaborative Study. | |||||||||||
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Author | Casella, V. R. ; Bishop, C. T. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Monsanto Research Corp., Miamisburg, OH. Mound Facility.;Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab., Las Vegas, NV.;Department of Energy, Washington, DC. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1983 | |||||||||||
Report Number | DE-AC04-76-DP00053; EPA-600/4-83-018; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB83-207381 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Potable water ; Radioactive contaminants ; Gamma rays ; Water analysis ; Cobalt 60 ; Cesium 137 ; Sensitivity ; Tests ; Chemical analysis ; Sampling ; Water pollution ; Concentration(Composition) ; Water pollution detection ; Ruthenium 106 ; Gamma detection | |||||||||||
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Collation | 69p | |||||||||||
Abstract | An interlaboratory collaborative study was conducted to test a procedure for the measurement of gamma emitters in drinking water. Thirty-two laboratories participated in the study. Four reference water samples containing three or all four of the gamma emitters, cobalt-60, ruthenium-106, cesium-134 and cesium-137, at concentrations ranging from 6 to 400 pCi/l, were analyzed in the study. Except for ruthenium-106, the test procedure was shown to provide adequate sensitivity of measurement for the radionuclides analyzed, as required by the National Interim Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NIPDWR), without preconcentration of the radionuclides from the samples. |