350 Nuclear Forensic Analysis
A counting laboratory containing the equipment described earlier, used in con-
junction
w
ith
a
m
ass
s
pectrometry
(
MS)
l
aboratory,
s
hould
b
e
s
ufcient
t
o
g
enerate
a
ll
n
eeded
r
adioforensic
d
ata
f
rom
a
s
uite
o
f
s
amples
o
f
l
imited
s
ize
i
n
a
r
eason-
able
t
ime.
R
equired
r
adiation-counting
ca
pacity
f
or
a
m
ore
e
xtensive
a
nalysis
i
s
l
arger
(
e.g.,
t
he
g
aseous-diffusion
f
acility
c
ounterforensic
i
nvestigation
d
escribed
i
n
Chapter 21).
16.1.4 chemIstry lab aPPlIcatIoN
Some radiation counting support is required directly in the radioanalytical labo-
ratory
t
o
m
onitor
t
he
p
rogress
o
f
s
eparations
a
s
t
hey
t
ake
p
lace.
F
or
e
xample,
t
he
o
peration
o
f
t
he
r
are-earth/trivalent
a
ctinide
s
eparation
o
n
a
s
aturated-HCl
cat
ion-
exchange ...