N.J. Admin. Code § 7:18-6.2 - Requirements for radiochemistry environmental laboratory facilities

(a) The laboratory shall not perform radiochemical testing unless its facilities meet the requirements of (a)1 and 2 below, the applicable requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:18-3, and the requirements of the applicable DSAM.

1. The laboratory shall properly ground counting instruments required to measure activities or specific radionuclides described in 40 CFR l4l, Methods for the Safe Drinking Water Act. The laboratory shall have available a regulated power supply, either external or internal, for use with each such instrument. The laboratory shall not locate any such instruments:

i. In a room in which samples and standards are being prepared; or

ii. In a room in which other types of chemical analyses are being performed.

2. To avoid contamination of work surfaces and personnel in areas in which radioactive standards are being prepared, the laboratory shall use work surfaces meeting the requirements of (a)2i or ii below:

i. Bench surfaces of an impervious material covered with absorbent paper; or

ii. Trays constructed of stainless steel, plastic, or fiberglass and lined with absorbent paper.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:18-6.2