Vendor Supplied Project

Opti-Thin EDXRF (Advanced Analytical Products & Services):
Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Site Name: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Site Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
This project took place at named site.
This project took place at another site (ie. test facility).

Volume/Quantity Treated:	0
Area treated (in situ projects):	0
Depth treated (for in situ projects):	0

Equipment Scale: Pilot Scale

Project Status:

Contracted: 00

Site Type or Waste Source:
Munitions Manufacturing/Storage
Other Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing/Use

Project Type:
Full-Scale (other)
Research (other)

Regulation/Statute/Organization
Information not provided.
Lead Agency
DOE Lead/Federal Oversight

Media Treated
Sludge (does not include municipal sewage sludge)

Performance Data

Contaminant or Pollutant Parameter	Matrix	Method Detection Limits (Min to Max)	Units	Concentration Range	Units
Plutonium		to		to
Technetium		to		to
Thorium		to		to
Uranium		50 to 50000	ppb	40 to 500	ppb

Conditions or interference adversly affecting performance:
No conditions specified.

Cost Information
Estimated or actual cost of using this technology for this project:
Information not provided.

Person outside of the company familiar with project:

George Havrilla Los Alamos National Laboratory, CST-1 Mail Stop G-740 Los Alamos, NM 87545 (505) 667-9627

Is literature available on this project?

Additional project information:
This project involves measuring trace elements in process streams of plutonium processing. This includes certain non-metals, transition metals, some rare earth elements, uranium, plutonium, etc. Also, measurement of elemental content of radioactive solids/sludges. Call Dr. George Havrilla for further information.

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