RADIO-CHEMISTRY LABORATORY PRIORITY OPERATIONS DATE DRAFTED: 22 April 1978 DOE/ERSP PROCEDURE NO. 19 APPROVED: 27 April 1978 by Bruce W. Church (ERSP Manager) Samples submitted to the Radio~Chemistry Laboratory will be analyzed on a routine basis unless otherwise specified by the ERSP Technical Adviser or the ERSP Manager. Sample analyses may be processed within a different time schedule depending on the degree of priority. Priority #1 (Routine) The samples will enter the system at the end of the line of samples and analyses currently in process. The analyses on these samples will be completed within six (6) days. (Notes 1 and 2). Priority #2 (Facilitate) Priority assigned by the Technical Adviser. The samples will enter the system ahead of the line of samples and analyses currently in process. Results on these samples will be available within six (6) days. (Note 2). Priority #3 (Rush) Priority assigned by the ERSP Manager. The samples will enter the system immediately and pre-empt all samples and analyses in process. Laboratory operations will be assigned to a 24 hour work sheedule. Results will be available within three (3) days. (Note 2). Priority #4 (Super Rush) Priority assigned by ERSP Manager. The samples will enter the system immediately and pre-empt all samples and analyses in process. Laboratory operations will be assigned to a 24-hour work schedule. Results will be available in one (1) to three (3) days. In order to obtain results in such a short time, accuracy and reliability will be sacrificed. Other laboratory operations such as drying, balimilling, muffling, counting, etc., will be limited to meet the above reporting period. Note #1: Allow one (1) additional day for each ten (10) plutonium and americium chemical analyses and/or fifteen (15) gamma or alpha analyses in process of samples submitted. Note #2: Allow one (1) additional day for each ten (10) plutonium and americium chemical analyses and/or fifteen (15) gamma or alpha analyses. In all the above cases except for routine analyses, the request is to be directed to the Laboratory Manager in a written form. A-19-1