Conducting subsurface soil and groundwater radiological investigations: A case study from the University of Rochester

The University of Rochester performed subsurface soil and groundwater radio logical assessments in the vicinity of a research building to investigate f or contamination from possible past releases of licensed radioactive materi als. During the course of this investigation, our contractors developed can didate well drilling and sampling plans. The University of Rochester select ed one of these plans, which was subsequently modified due to unexpected co sts associated with the local geology. This paper describes the factors tha t were considered during the development anti implementation of the drillin g anti sampling plan, as well as other considerations and concepts that are inherent in many environmental investigations.