# Radiochemistry Capability and Capacity Development

> **NIH FDA U19** · VA  DIVISION/CONSOLIDATED LAB SRVS · 2020 · $150,000

## Abstract

PAR-20-105 Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) (U19) Radiochemistry Capability/Capacity 
 Development Track 
 Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services 
 Project Summary 
 Principal Investigators: Christopher Waggener, Ph.D. 
 Project Director: Shane Wyatt 
Project Summary 
 The Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) is the public health laboratory for the 
Commonwealth of Virginia and offers a wide variety of laboratory testing services for state and federal 
agencies, local governments and other states in support of public health, environmental protection, and 
emergency response. DCLS provides surveillance and emergency response testing of food samples for the 
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Food Safety Program by offering nearly 
comprehensive testing of food samples by microbiology, chemistry, and radiochemical methods. DCLS is a 
long-term participating partner in the FDA Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) and is capable of providing 
screening for gamma and alpha/beta emitting radionuclides. DCLS is also able to quantitate for alpha and 
beta radiation emission. DCLS proposes to expand its capacity for the detection and quantitation of alpha 
particle emitting isotopes by purchasing a new alpha detector, implementing a method for their detection and 
participation in proficiency testing to prove competency. Participation by DCLS in this analytical track will 
ensure its capability, and expand its capacity, to act as the primary response laboratory for food radiochemistry 
testing in the Commonwealth of Virginia and support the FERN program in large scale events.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10174334
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007077-01
- **Recipient organization:** VA  DIVISION/CONSOLIDATED LAB SRVS
- **Principal Investigator:** SHANE A WYATT
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $150,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10174334

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10174334, Radiochemistry Capability and Capacity Development (1U19FD007077-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10174334. Licensed CC0.

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