Abstract
An interlaboratory comparison was organised by JRC-IRMM among environmental radioactivity monitoring laboratories for the determination of gross alpha/beta activity concentration in drinking water. Independent standard methods were used for the reference value determination. The performance of participating laboratories was evaluated with respect to the reference values using relative deviations. Sample preparation and measurement methods used by the participating laboratories are detailed, in particular in the view of method-dependency of the results. Many of the participants’ results deviate by more than two orders of magnitude from the reference values regardless of the techniques used. This suggests that gross methods need revision.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 325-331 |
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Journal | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
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Volume | 306 |
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Issue number | 1 |
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DOIs | |
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Publication status | Published - Oct 2015 |
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Event | IV. Terrestrial Radionuclides in Environment International Conference on Environmental Protection - University of Pannonia, Social Organization for Radioecological Cleanliness and the Hungarian Biophysical Society, Veszprém, Hungary Duration: 21 May 2014 → 23 May 2014 |
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