Designation:D5608−10StandardPracticesforDecontaminationofFieldEquipmentUsedatLowLevelRadioactiveWasteSites1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5608;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thesepracticescoverthedecontaminationoffieldequipmentusedinthesamplingofsoils,soilgas,sludges,surfacewaterandgroundwateratwastesitesknownorsuspectedofcontaininglowlevelradioactivewastes.1.2Thispracticeisapplicableatsiteswherelowlevelradioactivewastesareknownorsuspectedtoexist.Thispracticemayalsobeapplicableforthedecontaminationofequipmentusedinknownorsuspectedtransuranic,ormixedwasteswhenusedbyitselforinconjunctionwithPracticeD5088.1.3Proceduresarecontainedinthispracticeforthedecon-taminationofequipmentthatcomesintocontactwiththesamplematrix(samplecontactingequipment),andforancil-laryequipmentthathasnotcontactedthesample,butmayhavebecomecontaminatedduringuse(non-contactingequipment).Forsamplecontactingequipmenttherearefourseparateprocedures(ProcedureAthroughD)inSection8.Fornon-contactingequipment,oneprocedureispresentedascoveredinSection9.1.4Thispracticeisapplicabletomostconventionalsam-plingequipmentconstructedofmetallicandhard,smoothsyntheticmaterials.Materialswithroughorporoussurfaces,orhavingahighsorptionrateshouldnotbeusedinradioactivewastesamplingduetothedifficultieswithdecontamination.1.5Inthosecaseswheresamplingwillbeperiodicallyperformed,suchassamplingofwells,considerationshouldbegiventotheuseofdedicatedsamplingequipmentiflegitimateconcernsexistfortheproductionofundesirableorunmanage-ablewastebyproducts,orboth,duringthedecontaminationoftoolsandequipment.1.6Thispracticedoesnotaddressregulatoryrequirementsforpersonnelprotectionordecontamination,orforthehan-dling,labeling,shipping,orstoringofwastesorsamples.Specificradiologicalreleaserequi...
