DOE Analytical Services Program
(ASP)

Welcome to the Department of Energy's Analytical Services Program (ASP) web site.

The ASP is a corporate Departmental program, crossing all Departmental program line organizations and assuring DOE managers, workers and the public that the data results acquired from analytical environmental laboratories are valid, reliable and defensible, and that treatment and disposal of DOE low-level radioactive and mixed waste is accomplished in accordance with all applicable regulations and in a manner protective of human health and the environment.

The ASP has three component elements: the Department of Energy's Consolidated Audit Program (DOECAP), the Mixed Analyte Performance Evaluation Program (MAPEP), and the development of software toolkits to support field environmental sampling and enhance environmental decision-making, and accompanying field training of the software packages. The ownership of the ASP resides within the Department's Office of Health, Safety and Security, Office of Corporate Safety Analysis, Office of Corporate Safety Programs. This web site is designed to share information on the purpose, process, and results of the ASP.

Ever wonder how the DOECAP has reduced the number of annual audits of commercial analytical environmental laboratories, and waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities by over half the number at a cost savings to the taxpayer of over $1.3 million? The MAPEP has over one hundred participating environmental laboratories, and a dozen international laboratories involved in quality assurance proficiency testing and evaluation to assure the quality of analytical data reported to the Department's field sites. Software is being developed to better plan and design environmental field sampling and improve upon environmental decision-making. Training is scheduled at various Department field sites to roll out the new software toolkits.

Please contact us if you have any questions or comments.

George E. Detsis
Manager, Analytical Services Program
U.S. Department of Energy
HS-31, GTN, 270CC
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20585-0270

George.Detsis@hq.doe.gov
301-903-1488