chapter 1 Introduction: current issues in decommissioning and the MARSSIM overview -- chapter 2 Decommissioning project overview and regulatory agency interface -- chapter 3 Characterization and the data quality objectives process -- chapter 4 Guidelines and dose-based release criteria -- chapter 5 Exposure pathway modeling—DCGLs and hazard assessments -- chapter 6 Preliminary survey design concerns and application of DCGLs -- chapter 7 Background determination and background reference areas -- chapter 8 Survey instrumentation selection and calibration -- chapter 9 Detection sensitivity—static and scan MDCs -- chapter 10 Survey procedures and measurement data interpretation -- chapter 11 Statistics and hypothesis testing -- chapter 12 The MARSSIM final survey design and strategies -- chapter 13 The MARSSIM data reduction -- chapter 14 Decommissioning survey applications at various facility types -- chapter 15 Final status survey reports -- chapter 16 Practical applications of statistics to support decommissioning activities -- chapter 17 International decommissioning perspectives.