ASTM International is one of a number of standards development organizations (SDOs) that develops voluntary consensus standards (VCS) in the area of environmental radiochemistry.Other SDOs providing similar standards includes Standard Methods (www.standardmethods.org)<br/>and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The standards published by these organizations provide detailed and validated methodologies for the analysis of radioactive constituents in a range of environmental media. Such standards can be of value to both the<br/>experienced and new practitioner. Some of these standards are referenced by governmental agencies as part of a regulatory structure (e.g. U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Act) to help assure the generation of quality data.<br/><br/>Organized in 1898, ASTM International is one of the world's largest international standards developing organizations and ASTM standards improve the lives of millions every day. ASTM is driven by the expertise and commitment of its 30,000 members, who hail from more than 140 countries. The efforts of those ASTM members organized in 150 technical committees provides over 12,000 ASTM standards that can be found in the 80+-volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards or on the ASTM website. The ASTM standards development process is available and open to all interested parties at any time and membership in ASTM is quite economical. The U.S. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) directs U.S. Federal agencies to adopt voluntary consensus standards wherever possible (avoiding development of unique government standards) and establishes reporting requirements for federal agencies.

Role of methods from voluntary consensus standards development organizations

256th National Meeting (2018)

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