Re: outdoor air sampling questions

[asanford@snd10.med.navy.mil (Abra Sanford)]

>Radsafers,
>
>We are a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor at the Hanford Site in
Washington
>state.  Our team is trying to upgrade the training on outdoor radiological air 
>sampling.  Could you please help us find information on outdoor air sampling 
>programs (for radio nuclides).  I'm interested in emergency response sampling 
>such as plume tracking, command center habitability monitoring (outdoors,
as in 
>the case of a transportation accident), general area sampling, breathing air
>sampling and resuspension sampling.  How are the samplers powered?  What 
>samplers are used, and what flow rate capabilities are needed.  Has anyone 
>developed lab exercises to demonstrate these aspects of air sampling?  Are
there
>any guidelines or training programs that teach techniques for normal sampling 
>during outdoor maintenance and repair work on contaminated equipment or
systems.
>Is air sampling outdoors meaningful at low flow rates (2-4cfm) for short
periods
>of time (30-40 minutes) if you need to quantitatively evaluate results and use 
>them for protective recommendations? 
>
>Thank you in advance for your help.
>
>Please direct all responses to d_s_gunnink@rl.gov 
>
>                    or     brian_l_killand@rl.gov
>
>PS - What isotopes decay by double Beta decay (page 19, 14th Ed., Chart of the 
>     Nuclides, GE)


Try your Sister or Brother facility, Los Alamos National Lab Envronmental
Protection Department.  I did a summer fellowship there a couple of years
ago and they do a lot of air sampleing.

Good Luck

Paul>