MARLAP Online Training

The Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual (MARLAP) provides guidance for the planning, implementation and assessment phases of projects that require laboratory analysis of radionuclides. An online training course for MARLAP consists of the 10 video modules presented below.

Module 1 Video:  Introduction

• Module 1 Slides  (pdf) (468.26 KB)

Module 2 Video: Project Planning Process

• Module 2 Slides (pdf) (1.32 MB)

Module 3 Video: DQOs and the Development of MQOs

• Module 3 Slides (pdf) (1.75 MB)

Module 4: Key Analytical Planning Issues

• Module 4 Slides (pdf) (2.25 MB)
• Handout – Sr-90 Analytical Protocol Specification (pdf) (90.62 KB)
  This handout shows participants an analytical protocol specification (APS).
• Handout—APS_Template (pdf) (131.03 KB)
  This handout shows participants an analytical protocol specification (APS) for a project involving measuring Sr90 in milk.
• Handout— Answers to Analytical Protocol Specification APS for H3 in Concrete (pdf) (269.1 KB)

Module 5: Obtaining Laboratory Services

• Module 5 Slides 
• Handout—Proposal Evaluation Plan (docx) (25.63 KB)

Module 6: Measurement Uncertainty

• Module 6 Slides (pdf) (1.11 MB)

Module 7: Evaluating Measurement Uncertainty

• Module 7 Slides (pdf) (1.45 MB)

Module 8: Method Validation — A Performance-Based Approach

• Module 8 Slides (pdf) (4.12 MB)
• Handout-Method Validation Review Forms  (pdf) (572.97 KB)
  This handout expands on the Sr90 in milk project in Module 5 and asks participants to fill out method validation review forms based on the provided data.

Module 9: Evaluating Methods and Laboratories

• Module 9 Slides  (pdf) (1.22 MB)

Module 10: Radiological Data Verification and Validation

• Module 10 Slides (pdf) (1.91 MB)
• Handout—Verify and Validate Project Data Forms (pdf) (4.97 MB)
  This handout expands on the Sr90 in milk project in Module 8 and asks participants to verify and validate data for the project.