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Radiation Chemistry
Vacant, Senior Scientist
Forbes Field, Building 740
Topeka, KS 66620
Phone: (785) 296-1629
FAX: (785) 291-3015The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Radiochemistry Laboratory is one of three chemistry sections of the Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories. Established over 25 years ago, the laboratory is certified by US-EPA to perform radio-analytical testing of public drinking water samples as mandated by the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) and in accordance with provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Additionally, the laboratory provides radioanalytical support for Kansas Department of Health and Environment's monitoring of Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Generating Station in Burlington, Kansas.
The laboratory is also currently a member of a working group organized by the Department of Homeland Security to develop a performance testing program. Other programs in which the laboratory participates are the Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS) and the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN).
The radiochemistry laboratory also analyzes ambient water (stream, lake, and river) samples and samples that relate to issuance of radioactive material licenses.
The radiochemistry laboratory employs instrumentation and methodology which adheres to the current acceptable standards for the types of analyses performed and agencies served. Low background alpha/beta counters, gamma spectrometers, gas proportional counters, and liquid scintillation counters are routinely utilized. Appropriate quality control measures and statistical assurances have been adopted and are specific to instrumentation and methods employed. As the laboratory continues to expand, attention will be focused upon development of rapid radiochemical methods for analyzing environmental emergency and radio-bioassay samples.
