Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory

The Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (RESL) is a government-owned and government-operated laboratory operated by the U.S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office. It reports directly to the DOE-ID Assistant Manager for Technical Programs and Operations, and is located at the IRC in Idaho Falls, Idaho. RESL and its predecessor organizations have been part of the DOE-ID since 1949.

RESL provides an unbiased technical component to DOE oversight of contractor operations at DOE facilities and sites. As a reference laboratory, it conducts cost-effective measurement quality assurance programs that help assure that key DOE missions are completed in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. By assuring the quality and stability of key laboratory measurement systems throughout DOE, and by providing expert technical assistance to improve those systems and programs, it assures the reliability of data on which decisions are based. As a result, customers and stakeholders have greater confidence that those programs protect workers, the public, and the environment.

RESL’s core scientific capabilities are in analytical chemistry and radiation calibrations and measurements. The RESL staff includes professional chemists, physicists, health physicists, engineers, computer programmers, and technicians, many of whom have advanced degrees. Their professional involvement includes participating in professional society activities, acting as reviewers and participating on working groups and committees for organizations such as the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Health Physics Society, the American Chemical Society, the Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards, the American Water Works Association, the American National Standards Institute, and the International Standards Organization.

References

External links

• http://www.id.energy.gov/resl/
• http://www.hps.org/

Agencies under the United States Department of Energy
Headquarters: James V. Forrestal Building Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Deputy Secretary of Energy
Deputy Secretary of Energy	Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Energy Information Administration ARPA-E
Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment	Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security	National Nuclear Security Administration
Under Secretary of Energy for Science	Office of Science OSTI
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy	Office of Nuclear Energy
Power Marketing Administration	Bonneville Power Administration Southeastern Power Administration Southwestern Power Administration Western Area Power Administration
National Laboratory System	Ames Argonne NBL CNM APS ATLAS EMC Berkeley ALS MF NCEM NERSCC ESN JGI Brookhaven AGS CFN NSLS NSLS II RHIC Fermilab TeV Idaho RESL JLab Livermore NARAC NIF Los Alamos DARHTF NETL Albany NREL Oak Ridge SNS CNMS HFIR NCCS Pacific Northwest EMSL PPPL NSTX TFTR SRNL Sandia Z SLAC SSRL
Energy Department Facilities and Reservations	Fernald NLO Hanford K-25 Kansas City Plant Nevada Test Site Area 19 Area 20 NHHOR Pantex Rocky Flats SSFL ETEC SRE SRS SPR WIPP Y-12 Yucca Mountain
Independent Agency	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Coordinates: 43°30′57″N 112°02′06″W / 43.51583°N 112.03500°W / 43.51583; -112.03500