Useful Links

Reference Material Providers

• Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/bloodproducts/ref_materials/en/ )
• Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET)
• National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
• National Water Research Institute (NWRI)
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Resource Technology Corporation (RTC)
• LGC Promochem
• Bureau of Analysed Samples Ltd (BAS)

Suppliers of calibrated radioactive standards

• ENEA, Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti, Italy
• National Physical Laboratory, Centre for Ionising Radiation Metrology, UK
• POLATOM Institute of Atomic Energy, Poland (http://www.polatom.pl/ )

International and Regional Organizations

• Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)
• International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) http://www.icru.org/
• International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology (ICRM) http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div846/ICRM/index.html
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
• International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• UNIDO/WAITRO Labnetworkhttp://www.labnetwork.org/
• Eurachem
• ASTM http://www.astm.org/index.shtml
• South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association http://www.spera.org.au/spera_home.php

Databases

• COMAR database of reference materials and producers
• EPTIS proficiency testing information system (http://www.eptis.bam.de/en/index.htm )

Nuclear Data

• IAEA Nuclear Data Section
• Table of Radionuclides - Recommended Data