New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS
Subchapter 6 - RADIOCHEMICAL TESTING PROCEDURES INCLUDING RADON GAS/RADON PROGENY
Section 7:18-6.2 - Requirements for radiochemistry environmental laboratory facilities
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:18-6.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(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.
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