Test Report: RK5682 Radiochemical Analysis of Soil Samples Prepared for Chris Busby Green Audit December 2011Radiochemical Analysis of Soil Samples Client: Testing Facility: Laboratory Reference: Customer Reference: Quote Numb Samples Received: ‘Sample Condition: Analysis Completed: Report Author: Author's Name: Job Title Approved By: Date: Approver's Name: Job Title: Report Date: 1015 Green Audit Castle Cottage Sea View Place Aberystwyth SY23 1DZ Environmental Scientifics Group Unit 12 Moorbrook Southmead Industrial Estate Didcot Oxon OX11 7HP RK5682 - RKS6EBS GA061111, GAO7113 ENR-ANU-6845REV2 15 November 2011 Good 15 December 2011 Robert Hackett Senior Analyst 15 December 2011 Test Report RKS882: Page 1 of 4S12 « Scientifics Introduction The sampie(s) were received in good condition and logged into the ESG sample receipt system. Experimental ‘Sample Preparation The samples are placed in containers to match the appropriate calibration geometry and then measured by high-resolution gamma ray spectrometry Radioactivity Analysis by Gamma Ray Spectrometry (HS/WI/2029 Issue 8) The measurement technique is based on the use of high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors coupled to an Ortec gamma ray spectroscopy system, The gamma ray spectra are stored on a computer and analysed using the software programme Fitzpeaks for pholopeak identification and quantification. The detectors are calibrated for efficiency using a mixed radionuclide standard, which covers an energy range of approximately 60-2000 keV. The efficiency of gamma rays between 30 keV and 120 keV are determined on an individual basis. Application of decay corrections for the naturally occurring daughter radionuclides of uranium and thorium assumes that the series daughter radionuclides are all in secular equilibrium and therefore decay with the half-life of the first radionuclide in the series. Measurement of Plutonium-239+240 in Soils and Vegetation (WI/2117 Issue 4) ‘The appropriate intemal yield tracers were added to a dried and ground aliquot of the sample and ashed in a furnace overnight. The sample was then digested in aqua regia. After co-precipitation of the nuclides of interest with iron hydroxide, ion-exchange chromatography is used to further purify and separate the americium and plutonium, which was then electrodeposited onto stainless-steel discs. Measurement of the plutonium isotopes was carried out by alpha-spectrometry. Results Results are presented in the following tables. Result uncertainties for each analysis are stated in the results tables or beneath the tables where applicable. It should be noted that tests/sampling marked with an asterisk“ in this report are not included in the UKAS accreditation schedule for the laboratory. Test Report RK5682: Page 2 of 4