April 26, 2012
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Monitoring & Testing Newsletter April 26, 2012 |
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Newly published research paper demonstrates test inaccuracies due to sample holding time
Phigenics LLC, an innovative water management services company, announced today the publication of a research paper that demonstrates up to 33% false-positive test results for Legionella bacteria when following conventional sampling methods. A false-positive result means the test indicated Legionella was present in the water system at detectable levels when in fact it was below detectable levels at the time the sample was taken from the building water system. The greatest degree of error was found in utility water systems where 33% of 580 samples shipped from hundreds of building water systems ... | ||
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Kurion and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Sign Agreement to Demonstrate Kurion’s Modular Vitrification System®
Kurion, Inc., an innovator in nuclear waste management, announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to test and demonstrate its Modular Vitrification System (MVS®) using radioactive waste simulants as the next step in its commercialization strategy. All testing and analysis will be performed by PNNL at its Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL, a.k.a. Building 325) located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford site. Kurion will pay a fee to cover the costs ... | ||
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