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Field Equipment Cleaning and Decontamination at the FEC

Field Branch Quality System and Technical Procedures at the FEC

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Field Equipment Cleaning and Decontamination at the FEC (PDF)(20 pp, 2 MB, October 3, 2019, SESDPROC-206-R4)
This document describes general and specific procedures, methods and considerations to be used and observed when cleaning and decontaminating sampling equipment at the LSASD Field Equipment Center (FEC). For the purpose of this procedure, decontamination refers to the removal of contaminants from sampling, drilling and other field equipment to concentrations that do not impact study objectives.