N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-12.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 7:28-12.5 - Sampling, surveying and laboratory requirements

(a) Facilities licensed under 10 CFR Part 50 that have Nuclear Regulatory Commission-approved quality assurance plans are exempt from the requirements of this section. Otherwise, in addition to the requirements in N.J.A.C. 7:26E Appendix A IV.1, persons responsible for conducting remediations or licensees shall include the following in the radionuclide analysis reports:

1. Report final results as a value plus or minus the associated error for each sample;

2. Report data as calculated, and not report "less than" values for any sample;

3. Report minimum detectable activities;

4. Calculate results for single sample and composites to the sample collection period mid point;

5. Provide a quantitation report; and

6. Provide copies of the instrument run logs.

(b) If available, persons responsible for conducting remediations or licensees shall provide:

1. The Gamma Spectroscopy Report which includes sample specific header information, peak search, peak identification, background subtraction, activity, and minimum detectable activity;

2. The Gross Beta calculation worksheets and computer generated result forms;

3. Radiochemical Iodine calculation worksheets and computer generated result forms;

4. Liquid Scintillation calculation worksheets and computer-generated result forms; and

5. Gross Alpha and Gross Beta, radium-226, uranium, and strontium-89 and 90 calculation worksheets and computer-generated result forms.

(c) Any laboratory providing radiological analysis for soil or water shall be certified pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:18.

(d) Sampling and surveying for radioactive contamination shall be done in accordance with the protocol specified in that version of the Department of Environmental Protection's Field Sampling Procedure Manual's section on Radiological Assessment, incorporated herein by reference, in effect at the time of sampling and surveying which may be obtained by calling the Bureau of Environmental Radiation at (609) 984-5400 or from the Radiation Protection Program's web site at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/rpp/index.htm.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-12.5

Amended by R.2008 d.281, effective 9/15/2008 (operative September 30, 2009).
See: 40 N.J.R. 2309(a), 40 N.J.R. 5196(b), 41 N.J.R. 3415(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "CFR" for "C.F.R." and inserted "or licensees"; and in (b), inserted "or licensees"; deleted former (c); recodified former (d) and (e) as (c) and (d); and in (c), inserted "or water" and deleted "for radionuclide analysis in water and, in addition, shall have participated in and passed a soil intercomparison analysis administered by either the International Atomic Energy Agency or the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Measurements Laboratory within the year preceding the radiological analysis for the methods of interest".