2 Pine Trees, Chertsey Lane, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HR, UK Greeson Court Contact: Janet Bell Westlakes Science Park Tel: +44 (0)1928 705365 Moor Row Fax: +44 (0)1946 5350 Cumbria E-Mail: janet.bell@cavendishnuclear.com CA24 3HZ Website: www.cavendishnuclear.com Testing performed at the above address only AERIAL EFFLUENT MONITORING SAMPLES DETAIL OF ACCREDITATION Analysis Air (water bubblers) 3 BaCO3 14 C QAAM 680 : LSC Charcoal granules Sr QAAM 643 : CC Dissolved GF filter papers Total Beta (relative to Sr /Y ) QAAM 523 : PC Filter papers (2, 4 and 6 cm diameter filter papers and High Volume air sample papers) High volume air sample filter (borosilicate microfibre) Total alpha (relative to Pu 239+240 ) Total Beta (relative to Sr /Y ) Uranium (U) QAAM 620 : GS QAAM 834 : ASC QAAM 834 : PC QAAM 834 : ICP-MS Pu Am Total Am + Cm QAAM 835 : AS /LSC Assessment Manager: DC1 Page 1 of 8
AERIAL EFFLUENT MONITORING SAMPLES (cont d) Glass fibre filter papers Total Alpha (relative to Pu 239+240 ) QAAM 523 : ASC Total Beta (relative to Sr /Y ) QAAM 523 : PC Sr QAAM 643 : CC/PC QAAM 418 : ASC Pu QAAM 418 : LSC Total Am + Cm Alpha QAAM 418 : ASC Polypropylene HVAS Pu Isotopics: 238 Pu, 239+240 Pu, Am QAAM 831 : AS Pu QAAM 831 : LSC U Isotopics: 234 U, 235 U QAAM 831 : AS 238 U QAAM 831 : ICP-MS Cm Isotopes: 242 Cm, 243+244 Cm QAAM 831 : AS Sr QAAM 831/643 : CC/PC 137 Cs QAAM 831/620 : GS BIOASSAY AND PERSONNEL MONITORING SAMPLES Faeces QAAM 3 : ASC/AS Am QAAM 3 : AS U Nat (assuming natural abundance with direct measurement of 238 U) Urine Creatinine QAAM 571 : SP 3 QAAM 398 : AS QAAM 854 : AS Am QAAM 398 : AS QAAM 854 : AS Sr QAAM 643 : PC QAAM 627 : GS U Nat (assuming natural abundance with direct measurement of 238 U) U Isotopics: 234 U, 235 U, 236 U, 238 U Nose blows/wound samples/dressings Am Total U Alpha QAAM 3 : ASC/AS QAAM 3 : AS QAAM 3 : ICP-MS Assessment Manager: DC1 Page 2 of 8
FOODSTUFFS Analysis Environmental samples including: 238 U QAAM 819 : ICP-MS Vegetation, silt and soil 234 U, 235 U QAAM 819 : AS Foodstuffs including: 239+240 Pu, 238 Pu, Am QAAM 819 : AS Fish and meat Pu QAAM 819 : LSC Drinking water, groundwater, surface/fresh water, trade effluent (to controlled water), trade effluent Total Alpha (relative to 239+240 Pu) Total Beta (relative to Sr/ Y or 40 K) QAAM 131 : ASC QAAM 131 : CC/PC (to sewer) and leachate (from Sr QAAM 643 : CC/PC landfill) 55 Fe/ 63 Ni QAAM 842 : LSC 3 129 I QAAM 80 : LSC 14 C QAAM 680 : LSC QAAM 426/QAAM 484 : AS 239+240 Pu 238 Pu QAAM 426 : AS Pu QAAM 426: LSC Total Am + Cm Alpha QAAM 426/QAAM 484 : AS Cm isotopes: 242 Cm, 243+244 Cm QAAM 426 : AS Tc QAAM 674/QAAM679 : ICP-MS/PC 237 Np 36 Cl QAAM 808 : PC Uranium (assuming natural abundance with direct measurement of 238 U) and LEPS for 129 I, Am Fluoride Chloride Nitrite Nitrate Sulphate Phosphate Ammonia QAAM 131 : GS QAAM 627: GS Documented In-House Method based on DIONEX AS11 column QAAM 837 : HPLC QAAM 843 : HPLC Assessment Manager: DC1 Page 3 of 8
FOODSTUFFS (cont'd) Drinking water, groundwater, surface/fresh water, trade effluent (to sewer) and trade effluent (to controlled water), leachate (from landfill) (cont d) Calcium (Ca) Magnesium (Mg) Potassium (K) Sodium (Na) Trace elements: Li, Be, B, Al, P, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Sr, Y, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Ba, Ce, Hg, Pb, Gd, Tl QAAM 843 : HPLC Total Alkalinity QAAM 824 COD QAAM 806 : Sp Conductivity QAAM 827 ph QAAM 826 Suspended Solids QAAM 827 Drinking water, groundwater, surface/fresh water and trade effluent (to controlled water) Am QAAM 426 : AS Drinking water Colour QAAM 827 : HACH 8025 Turbidity QAAM 827 : HACH 8237 Total Hardness QAAM 827 Groundwater, surface/fresh water and leachate (from landfill) Groundwater, leachate (from landfill) Groundwater, leachate (from landfill), drinking water (non-regulatory) Dissolved Oxygen Ca, Mg, K and Na Sulphate measured as Sulphur QAAM 845 : DOE QAAM 847 : ICP-OES QAAM 847 : ICP-OES Groundwater, surface/fresh water U Isotopics: 234 U, 235 U, 236 U, 238 U Saline/seawater % Seawater QAAM 76 : Titration Conductivity QAAM 827 ph QAAM 826 Assessment Manager: DC1 Page 4 of 8
FOODSTUFFS (cont'd) Saline/seawater (cont d) Milk Fluoride Chloride Nitrite Nitrate Sulphate Phosphate Total Alpha: relative to 239+240 Pu Documented In-House Method based on DIONEX AS11 column QAAM 837 : HPLC QAAM 131 : ASC Total Beta (relative to 40 K) QAAM 131 : CC/PC 14 C QAAM 680 : LSC Sr QAAM 822 : PC 55 Fe/ 63 Ni QAAM 842 : LSC 237 Np QAAM 803 : ICP-MS 238 Pu, 239+240 Pu, Pu and Am QAAM 844 : AS Uranium (assuming natural abundance with direct measurement of 238 U) and LEPS for 129 I, Am Boron Tc QAAM 131 : GS QAAM 627 : GS Carbon (Bq kg -1 ) by 14 C QAAM 828 : LSC 3 129 I QAAM 80 : LSC 35 S QAAM 68 : LSC Sr QAAM 822 : PC Total 14 C QAAM 839 : Pyr/LSC Milk, soil, potato Total 3 H (organically bound tritium) QAAM 838 : Pyr/LSC Potato Total 14 C QAAM 839 : Pyr/LSC Meat Pu Alpha: 238 Pu, 239+240 Pu QAAM 460 : AS Am QAAM 460 : AS Assessment Manager: DC1 Page 5 of 8
FOODSTUFFS (cont'd) Fish, shellfish Sr QAAM 643 : PC 237 Np QAAM 803 : ICP-MS Uranium (assuming natural abundance with direct measurement of 238 U) QAAM 821 : ICP-MS Fish Carbon (Bq kg -1 ) by 14 C QAAM 828 : LSC QAAM 460 : ASC Am Total 3 H (organically bound tritium) Total 14 C QAAM 460 : AS QAAM 838 : Pyr/LSC QAAM 839 : Pyr/LSC Shellfish, 238 Pu, 239+240 Pu QAAM 417 : LSC/AS Pu QAAM 417 : LSC Am QAAM 417 : GS/AS Cm isotopes: 242 Cm, 243+244 Cm QAAM 417 : AS Shellfish (Alpha < 50 Bq/Kg) QAAM 460 : ASC Am QAAM 460 : AS Mollusca, crustacea, seaweed Total 14 C QAAM 839 : Pyr/LSC Vegetation Carbon (Bq kg -1 ) by 14 C QAAM 828 : LSC 3 35 S QAAM 68 : LSC Sr QAAM 643 : PC Pu Alpha: 238 Pu, 239+240 Pu QAAM 460 : AS Environmental samples including: vegetation, silt and soil Foodstuffs including: shellfish, fish and meat Granular materials: concrete and brick Am QAAM 460 : AS Total 3 H (organically bound tritium) QAAM 838 : Pyr/LSC Total 14 C QAAM 839 : Pyr/LSC Total Alpha: relative to 239+240 Pu QAAM 482 : ASC Total Beta: relative to 40 K QAAM 483 : GM Gamma Spectrometry QAAM 626 : GS and LEPS for 129 I, Am Assessment Manager: DC1 Page 6 of 8
FOODSTUFFS (cont'd) Silts, sands and sediments Sr QAAM 643 : CC QAAM 417 : ASC Pu QAAM 417 : LSC Am QAAM 417 : GS Uranium (assuming natural abundance with direct measurement of 238 U) QAAM 821 : ICP-MS ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES Soils, silts and sediments Tc QAAM 846 : ICP-MS Soil (distilled) 3 Soil Metals: As, Ba, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mo, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Sb, V, Zn Metals: As, Ba, Cr, Co, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Ni, V, Zn QAAM 676/674 : ICP-MS QAAM 847 : Microwave Dissolution/ICP-OES 55 Fe/ 63 Ni Total 14 C QAAM 842 : LSC QAAM 839 : Pyr/LSC QAAM 417 : ASC Pu QAAM 417 : LSC Am QAAM 417 : GS Waste oil Total Alpha QAAM 638 : ASC Total Beta QAAM 638 : CC (Energy Range: 30-1460 kev) for 129 I, Am QAAM 638 : GS Assessment Manager: DC1 Page 7 of 8
KEY TO ANALYTICAL METHODS / ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS: AS Alpha Spectrometry/ASI9E, GSI040/43/34 ASC Alpha Scintillation Counting/ASI5E CC Cerenkov Counting/ASI8E DOE Dissolved Oxygen Electrode GM Geiger-Muller Counting/ASI6E GS Gamma or Low Energy Photon Spectrometry/GSI047 HPLC High Pressure Liquid Chromatography/GSI061 ICP-MS Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry/ASI82E, ASI355E ICP-OES Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry/GSI064 ISE Ion Selective Electrode LSC Liquid Scintillation Counting/ASI8E PC Gas Flow Proportional Counting/ASI49E, GSI038 Sp Colorimetric Technique/Spectrophotometry Pyr Pyrolyser END Assessment Manager: DC1 Page 8 of 8