Interim Baseline Radiological Investigation Report in
Support of the Upton Rare Earth Processing Plant
November 15, 2012
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Acronym
Definition
cm
centimeters
cpm
counts per minute
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERG
Environmental Restoration Group
GPS
Global Positioning System
HPIC
High Pressure Ion Chamber
in.
inch
IQR
interquartile range
km
kilometer
LLD
lower limit of detection
μR hr
-1
microRoentgens per hour
m, m s
-1
meter, meters per second
MDL
method detection limit
mg kg
-1
milligrams per kilogram
n
number of observations
pCi g
-1
picocuries per gram
pCi m
-2
s
-1
picocuries per meter squared per second
PM
10
,
2.5
Project
particles with a nominal diameter less than 10 or 2.5 microns
Upton Project
QA/QC
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Ra-226
radium-226
Ra-228
radium-228
RER
Rare Element Resources, Inc.
RER
replicate error ratio
RL
reporting limit
Rn-222
radon-222, or radon
RPD
relative percent difference
SAP
Sampling and Analysis and Quality Assurance Plans (Draft)
