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New certified reference materials and proficiency test for environmental radioactivity measurements
- Source :
- Accreditation and Quality Assurance. 21:351-360
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- A reliable determination of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in environmental samples is necessary to comply with the radiation protection and environmental regulations. This paper presents the results of the characterisation of massic activities of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in soil and water matrices produced as test items to conduct the proficiency test ERAD-PT-2013. The proficiency test ERAD-PT-2013 was designed to investigate analytical performance in analysing both natural and anthropogenic radionuclides, to assist laboratories to identify analytical problems, and to improve the quality of measurement results. The proficiency test items, their spectral interferences and the activity concentration levels of the analytes were designed in a way to enable identification of potential analytical problems. Methodologies, data evaluation approach and evaluation of proficiency test results for each radionuclide are described and discussed.
- Subjects :
- Anthropogenic radionuclides
Engineering
Waste management
business.industry
General Chemical Engineering
010401 analytical chemistry
General Chemistry
Proficiency test
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Test (assessment)
010309 optics
Certified reference materials
0103 physical sciences
Activity concentration
Forensic engineering
Environmental radioactivity
Water quality
Radiochemical analysis
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
business
Instrumentation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14320517 and 09491775
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Accreditation and Quality Assurance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4cc003d526854a49321619870cb44c28