MARSSIM-Related Web Sites

• This site includes links to the EPA, DOE, NRC, and DOD homepages.
• There is a link to GPO for ordering copies of MARSSIM.
• Electronic versions of MARSSIM in .pdf and text formats can be downloaded.
• A copy of the Science Advisory Board peer review report can be downloaded.

Electronic versions of EPA quality documents can be downloaded, including:

• EPA QA/G-4 Guidance for the Data Quality Objectives Process
• EPA QA/G-4D Decision Error Feasibility Trial (DEFT) Software
• EPA QA/G-5 Guidance on Quality Assurance Project Plans
• EPA QA/G-9 Guidance for the Data Quality Assessment
• EPA QA/G-9D Data Quality Evaluation Statistical Toolbox (DataQUEST)

Links to NRC staff reports including:

• NUREG-1505 A Nonparametric Statistical Methodology for the Design and Analysis of Final Status Decommissioning Surveys
• NUREG-1507 Minimum Detectable Concentrations with Typical Radiation Survey Instruments for Various Contaminants and Field Conditions

• Examples of MARSSIM being implemented during decommissioning
• MARSSIM news and experiences
• Information on survey instrumentation

MARSSIM Power provides an easy-to-use application for evaluating alternative survey designs, calculating exact numbers of samples, and preparing prospective and retrospective power curves as described in MARSSIM. Download the latest version of MARSSIM Power and program information.

Visual Sample Plan provides statistical solutions to sampling design, mathematical and statistical algorithms, and a user-friendly visual interface, while answering two important questions in sample planning: "How many samples are needed?" and: "Where should the samples be taken?" Download the software and user’s guide.

RESRAD is a family of computer codes used to:

• Calculate radiation doses and lifetime cancer risks to a chronically exposed individual or population group and
• Derive cleanup criteria for radiologically contaminated soils and building material.

RESRAD codes are downloadable at no cost from the RESRAD web site.