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National Analytical Management Program (NAMP)Savannah River National Laboratory

U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River

National Analytical Management Program

Analytical Services Program (ASP) WorkshopSeptember 15, 2015

Cecilia DiPrete, Savannah River National LaboratoryBerta Oates, CBFO Technical Assistance Contractor, Portage, Inc.

http://infcis.iaea.org/NFCIS/

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Outline of Talking Points• History and Mission• Organizational Structure• Integrated Consortium of Laboratory

Networks (ICLN)• Environmental Response Laboratory

Network (ERLN) Coordination Office• Radiological Response Laboratory

Network (RRLN)• NAMP Initiatives within Subcommittees• Collaborations and Strategic Partnerships • Questions and Answers

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Charged with creating a DOE Environmental Response Laboratory Network Coordination Office to establish an effective integrated response in a national emergency

Background and NAMP Today

NAMP Mission• Work to serve as a focal point to

coordinate analytical resources within the DOE complex

• Help other agencies and organizations gain access to analytical capabilities and expertise within participating laboratories– Create DOE Environmental Response

Laboratory Network Coordination Office– Support the need to maintain and

expand analytical capabilities• Promote training and education

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NAMP Scope• Identify sources of analytical capability• Help coordinate internal ICLN activities• Provide a focal point for collaboration

across laboratories• Establish reimbursement mechanisms for

services• Help standardize methods and procedures• Assist in developing academic or training

opportunities in radiological sciences and radiochemistry

• Address needs for radiological reference materials

• Pursue funding for scope

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NAMP Evolution: 2010-20146

Today: NAMP Organizational Structure

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Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks (ICLN)

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• Established 2005• Signed MOA between 10 federal agencies, including EPA and DOE

• Renewed 2012• Provides a nation-wide integrated system of laboratory networks

ICLN Organization

Technical Working Groups:

• Environmental Anthrax Sampling

• Radiological Lab Response

• Sample Prioritization

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Anatomy of a Response

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Provides efficient coordination of analytical laboratory services for Chemical/Biological/Radiological incidents

• inter-network strategic and operational planning

• identification of accountabilities• communication and information

sharing• resource optimization• response coordination

Why is the ICLN Important?

Environmental Response Laboratory Network (ERLN)• All hazards-all environmental media

laboratory network• Addresses preparedness, response,

remediation, and recovery activities• EPA and DOE jointly share the

responsibility to ensure capability of response to a radiological incident

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DOE Network Missing in ICLN

The Need for a Radiological Response Laboratory Network (RRLN)

• Difficulty reaching to DOE Laboratories for support (independent entities)

• Current ICLN laboratory capacity is not sufficient• Flexibility in directing resources for emergency response• PREPARE DOE National Laboratories to respond and

assist in a nuclear incident• Capability to accept and analyze high activity radiological

samples (unique DOE infrastructure)• DOE National Laboratories bring:

– Largest analytical capacity– Technical expertise– Unique capabilities (R&D mission)– Largest laboratory infrastructure

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Radiological Response Laboratory Network (RRLN)

• Merges NAMP activities with Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) responsibilities to provide consolidated response

• Provides valuable assets to Nation during an emergency

• Reduces costs across DOE analytical laboratory complex

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Population Monitoring

Following an environmental release of radioactive material, large numbers of people may require external and/or internal monitoring and, if indicated, decontamination.

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Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Subcommittee

• Significant gap between the Nation’s radiobioassay capabilities and capacity and those that would be needed to respond to a potential radiological terrorist attack or nuclear incident

• NAMP CLIA subcommittee established to provide surge capacity

• CLIA Compliance within NAMP laboratories will allow for expansion of services to CDC and State Public Health Laboratories

• Goal is to have signed interagency (i.e. DOE / CDC) Memorandum of Understanding

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2007 Congressional Hearing The House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight revealed a significant gap between the Nation’s radiobioassay capabilities and capacity and those that would be needed to respond to a potential radiological terrorist attack or nuclear incident.

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2007 Congressional Hearing

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What is CLIA?• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of

1988 are United States federal regulatory standards that apply to all clinical laboratory testing performed on humans in the United States, except clinical trials and basic research.

• Regulated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• The CLIA regulations establish quality standards for laboratory testing performed on materials derived from the human body, such as blood, body fluid and tissue, for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings. Laboratory testing includes procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body.

Laboratory must have a quality assurance program Written procedure manual for all tests, assays, and

examinations - Establishment and verification of performance specifications- Maintenance and function checks- Calibration and calibration verification procedures- Control procedures- Comparison of test results- Corrective actions- Test records- Analytic systems assessment- Postanalytic systems- Test reports- Postanalytic systems assessment

Laboratory Director - Hold an earned doctoral degree in a chemical, physical,

biological or clinical laboratory science- Certified by a board approved by HHS

Approved proficiency testing (PT) program twice per year

State requirements, if applicable

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Subcommittee

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Quality Assurance Programs• Laboratory must have a

quality assurance program- Establishment and verification

of performance specifications- Maintenance and function

checks- Calibration verification

procedures- Control procedures- Comparison of test results- Corrective actions- Test records- Analytic systems assessment- Test reports- Postanalytic systems

assessment

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On-going Strategy to Meet Goal • Four DOE labs voluntarily pursued CLIA

Certification in accordance with 42 CFR requirements

– CMS CLIA Registration forms completed.– On-site Assessments completed at 3 of

the 4– Challenge in meeting CLIA Lab Director

requirements• Draft DOE/CDC MOU is awaiting

approval and signatures– Assumes DOE labs attain CLIA

certification– DOE signatory level needs to be

determined• The CLIA Subcommittee provides an

effective forum for constructive DOE/CDC dialogue on resource coordination during a radiological event

• DOE and CDC will continue to partner to ensure effective response preparedness in event of radiological incident

High Dose Laboratories Subcommittee

• Develop an integrated structure for moderate, high-level, and hot cell radiological laboratories

• Capacity needed for highly radioactive samples – “ground zero” of an

RDD– nuclear accident

• Shielded cells and remote analytical capabilities must be available and coordinated

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New Radiological Reference Materials

• Lack of reference materials with activity levels and diverse matrices to support consequence management and recovery

• Everyone agrees we need reference materials– Method development– Method verification– Method validation– PT testing– Exercises

• Focus on getting the message heard in high places

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PT Studies: Multi-agency Benefits

•Provides a measure of laboratory performance

•Encourages laboratories to improve performance

•Provides an opportunity for laboratories to compare methods

•Allows an opportunity to practice processes

Overall Objectives

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Education and Training Subcommittee

• Promote training and education in radiochemistry

• Avert catastrophic loss of expertise

• Partnering of federal agencies and universities

• Highly successful webinar series

• Archived webinar presentations

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Partnerships

Declining Radiochemistry Workforce

• In May 2012, the National Academy of Sciences issued a report on the demand for and supply of nuclear and radiochemistry experts

• Current workforce approaching retirement age

• Number of students opting for careers in nuclear and radiochemistry has decreased

National Research Council, “Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise, May 2012, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13308

US granted PhD degrees in Nuclear Chemistry from 1970 to 2004, ranging from 35 to 4

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• 2008: 46 active faculty identified– Across 20 universities– Producing 114 PhD’s– 7 universities were “singlets”– 5 universities were “doublets”

– Largest program was Washington State University, with 6 faculty in nuclear chemistry program

2012 Findings– Faculty base was extremely vulnerable

– Little or no undergraduate curricula– Programs with only one faculty were unsustainable– Funding was limited and unpredictable– Data sources for tracking the academic health of the field are poor or missing– Specific programs were helping, but not fast enough

Faculty Base Concerns

National Research Council, “Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise, May 2012, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13308

Ensuring Future Workforce via NAMP Webinars

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Issues and Challenges

•Aging facilities within the DOE complex•Declining workforce•Few universities teaching radiochemistry•Lack of professors•Lack of facilities for training

Radiochemistry Webinars•Promote radiochemistry education •Introduce radiochemistry to a new audience•Advance the knowledge of personnel in the discipline

Audience

•Managers•Technicians•Students•Regulators•Health Physicists•Quality Assurance Officers•Chemists

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Series 1-Actinide Chemistry April 2012 to April 2013

Series 2-Environmental Radiochemistry / Bioassay May 2013 to May 2014

Webinar Topic Attendance Archived Viewings Webinar Topic Attendance Archived

Viewings

An Overview of Actinide Chemistry 165 763 Radiological Data Validation and Verification 205 155

Uranium Chemistry 183 279 Traceability and Uncertainty 260 78

Plutonium Chemistry – General Properties of Plutonium 142 198 Bioassay 182 92

Environmental Behavior of Plutonium 136 182 Gamma Spectrometry (Part 1) 273 264

Environmental Behavior of Uranium 164 96 Gamma Spectrometry (Part 2) 184 81

Analytical Chemistry of Plutonium and Uranium 210 82 Overview of EPA Incident Response Guides and

Rapid Methods 182 46

Source Preparation for Alpha Spectroscopy 153 232 Detection Decisions and Detection Limits 234 70

Sample Dissolution 186 98 Guide to Uncertainty in Measurement 226 69

Neptunium Chemistry 157 59 Mass Spectrometry 235 53

Trivalent Actinides 151 54 Alpha Spectroscopy 237 120

Transplutonium Actinides 115 36 Applications in Liquid Scintillation Counting 236 117

Radium Chemistry 235 167 Unconventional Drilling/Hydraulic Fracturing and Natural Radioactivity 269 135

Webinar Series Participation

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Series 3 Nuclear Fuel CycleWebinar Title Presenter Date Attendance

Introduction to the Fuel Cycle Stephanie Cornet, NEA/OECD June 26, 2014 151/189Front End--Uranium Mining, Milling, Enrichment and UO2 production Mikael Nilsson, UC-Irvine July 24, 2014 211/120Environmental and human contamination in the Front End of the Fuel Cycle for Uranium Mining and Milling Kenya de Almeida, UNM August 21, 2014

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Nuclear Fuels and Fuel Fabrication Thomas Hartmann, UNLV September 25, 2014 146/78

Overview of Nuclear Reactors Roger Blomquist, ANL October 23, 2014 214Chemistry and radiochemistry of the reactor coolant system Dr. Robert Litman, EMS November 20, 2014 137/65

The PUREX Process Dr. Jimmy Bell, Bell Consultants December 11, 2014 166/65

Advanced Partitioning Technologies in the U.S. Jennifer Braley, Colorado School of Mines January 22, 2015 155/9

Advanced Partitioning Technologies in Europe Dr. Dominique Warin, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA) February 26, 2015 80/5

Radiation Chemistry at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel CycleBruce Mincher, INLSteve Mezyk, California State University Long Beach

March 26, 2015 128

Pyroprocessing Technology Supathorn PhongikaroonVirginia Common-Wealth University April 30, 2015 42

Nuclear Waste Management-Application to Technetium Edward Mausolf, PNNL June 4, 2015 109

Nuclear Repository Science and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Lindsay Shuller-Nickles, Clemson University July 16, 2015 109

High Level Waste Rick Demmer, INL August 27, 2015 129

Total Attendance 6610 Total Archived Viewings 4123

Average 174/webinar

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Mini-SeriesWebinar Title Presenter Tentative Date

High Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Analyses for Normal Operation and Radiological Incident Response

Dr. Robert Litman, Environmental Management Services September 24, 2015

Radiation Safety Dr. Dave Roelant, Florida International University October 22, 2015

The Diverse Geologic Environments of Natural Uranium Resources Dr. Phil Goodell, University of Texas El Paso November 19, 2015

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Webinar Title Presenter Tentative DateIntroduction Dr. Walter Loveland, Oregon State University December 2015

Nuclear Fission/Nuclear Devices Dr. John McCLory, US Air Force Institute of Technology January 2016

Thorium and Uranium Resources and Enrichment Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles, Clemson University February 2016

Chronometry Dr. Michael Schultz, University of Iowa March 2016

Sample Matrices and Collection, Sample Preparation Dr. Amy Hixon, University of Notre Dame April 2016

Nuclear Materials Analysis — Physical and Spectroscopic Methods Dr. Jeff Terry, Illinois Institute of Technology May 2016

Nuclear Materials Analysis — Chemical Methods Dr. Brian Powell, Clemson University June 2016

Nuclear Materials Analysis — Non-Destructive Analysis Dr. Azaree T. Lintereur, University of Utah July 2016

Nuclear Materials Analysis — Radioanalytical Methods Dr. Alena Paulenova, Oregon State University August 2016

Nuclear Materials Analysis — Mass Spectroscopy Dr. Ken Marcus, Clemson University September 2016

Development of Signatures Dr. Kiel Holliday and Dr. Leonard Grey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

October 2016

Statistics in Nuclear Forensics Dr. Luther McDonald, University of Utah November 2016

Source and Route Attribution Dr. Jenifer Braley, Colorado School of Mines December 2016

Case Studies Part 1 Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles, Clemson University January 2017

Case Studies Part 2 Dr. Timothy A. DeVol, Clemson University January 2017

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Webinar Attendee Comments

“I thought it was very interesting. The material is not often presented in other than a graduate school setting so many

of us don't have access to it; other than from books. Thank you for making it possible.”

“Only criticism - too much info too fast! providing a copy of the presentation was the cure.”

“I appreciate if you can send copy of the presentations as attached to the desired participants emails. It is good initiative to gather scientists from radiochemistry community world-wide to refresh their knowledge in such ease and advanced way.”

“Thank you for providing another

great webinars! I've been getting

caught up on some of the older ones and they are proving to be very

useful.”

“This is the most

applicable talk to my work that I have heard so far, and I can really

use the information

they are providing.”

International Programs• Promote radiochemistry and nuclear

chemistry curriculum development• Committed to foster an international

environment for nuclear science and education

• International education opportunities in radiochemistry and nuclear chemistry through student and staff exchanges

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NAMP’s Outreach

• Since 2010, the NAMP organization has significantly increased its influence, initiatives, and membership

• NAMP has established proof of concept and serves with NNSA as DOE’s liaison with DHS, EPA, CDC and other agencies

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• Participation in National Academy of Science Meetings

• Presentations in both national and international conferences

• Peer reviewed publications

• DOE EM Press Releases• Advertising in

Environmental Laboratory Newsletters

• Articles in APHL Bridges Publications

• Brochures• Website

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NAMP – In Summary• Fills need for a central point

of contact for Federal agencies to access DOE capabilities

• Serves as focal point for labs joining ERLN

• Supports coordination between laboratories and other federal agencies

• Promotes education and training

• Jointly with the FRMAC functions as the DOE RRLN

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NAMP Initiatives to Address Ongoing Needs

• Expand network laboratories – SRNL, ORNL,

Hanford, LANL, LLNL, PNNL, Pantex

• Laboratory level funding needed

• Method development

• Method validation for emergency response

• PT participation• Exercise

participation

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The Future of NAMP

• Continue to work with the roadmap that currently exists, with a focused effort on – Funding– Strategic partnerships– Productive communication

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QuestionsCecilia DiPreteNAMP [email protected]

Berta OatesTechnical [email protected]

Visit the NAMP website at: www.wipp.energy.gov/namp

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