Operation SWAB: Monitoring of Ship Contamination

迈阿密大学罗森斯泰尔学院将重新获得对“棉签行动”的支持。在船只或实验室操作员的要求下，迈阿密大学氚实验室的工作人员将前往设施，并在非常低的水平上测试放射性泄漏。将提供关于背景污染的详细报告，并就如何最好地清洁受影响地区提供建议。其目的是为放射性示踪剂提供安全和有效的船上和现场采样操作。这些方法的灵敏度是安全和健康相关辐射控制法规要求的100倍。这种灵敏度是必要的，因为海洋、大气和极地冰芯样品中的痕量放射性水平极低。拭子操作可以向设施操作员和用户保证，背景辐射水平适合进行NSF赞助的一系列调查，这些调查涉及海洋、大气和极地冰盖中的自然和人为同位素分布。

The Rosensteil School of the University of Miami will receive renewed support for "Operation SWAB." Upon request from a ship or laboratory operator, personnel from the U. of Miami tritium laboratory will travel to and test the facilities for radioactive spills at very low levels. A detailed report on background contamina- tion will be provided and advice will be offered on how best to clean affected areas. The aim is to provide safe and effective operation of on-board and on-site sampling for radioactive tracers. The methods are 100 times more sensitive than safety and health-related radiation control regulations require. This sensitivity is necessary because of the extremely low levels of trace radioactivity in ocean, atmospheric, and polar ice core samples. Operation SWAB can assure facility operators and users that background radiation levels are appropriate for conducting a range of NSF-sponsored investigations involving natural and anthropogenic isotope distributions in the oceans, atmosphere, and polar ice caps.