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Reference Materials

Interlaboratory Comparisons/Proficiency Tests

  • E. Vasileva,  S. Azemard,  Worldwide Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in IAEA-452 Biota Sample, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series IAEA/AQ/23, IAEA, Vienna, 2012.
  • S. Azemard and E. Vassileva, Worldwide interlaboratory comparison on the determination of trace elements in a fish sample IAEA-MESL-ILC-TE-BIOTA-2017, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series, IAEA/AQ/55, ISSN 2074–7659, Vienna 2018C.
  • Cattini, P. Mandjukov, I. Tolosa, and E. Vasileva,Worldwide and Regional Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Organochlorine Compounds, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Petroleum Hydrocarbons in IAEA-451 Clam (Gafrarium Tumidium) Sample, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series IAEA/AQ/28, IAEA, Vienna, 2013.
  • E. Vassileva, S. Azemard, Worldwide interlaboratory comparison on the determination of trace elements in Oyster biota sample, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series, IAEA/AQ/56, ISSN 2074–7659, Vienna 2018.
  • S. Azemard and E. Vassileva, Worldwide interlaboratory comparison on the determination of trace elements and methyl mercury in sediment sample IAEA-MESL-ILC-TE-SEDIMENT-2018, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series, IAEA/AQ/60, ISSN 2074–7659, Vienna 2019.
  • Coquery, M., Carvalho, F. P., Azemard, S., & Horvat, M. (1999). The IAEA worldwide intercomparison exercises (1990-1997): Determination of trace elements in marine sediments and biological samples. Science of the Total Environment, 237–238. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00161-8
  • Results of an IAEA intercomparison exercise to assess 137Cs and total 210Pb analytical performance in soil. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 67, 139 - 146 (2009).
  • A soil sampling intercomparison exercise for the ALMERA network. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 100, 982-987 (2009).

Analytical Methods

Sampling Strategies and Techniques

Internal Publications related to IAEA Reference Products

Analytical Quality Series Publications

Analytical Methods

IAEA/AQ/49
In Situ Analytical Characterization of Contaminated Sites Using Nuclear Spectrometry Techniques, Review of Methodologies and Measurements download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/48 Determination and Interpretation of Characteristic Limits for Radioactivity Measurements, Decision Threshhold, Detection Limit and Limits of the Confidence Interval download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/39 A Procedure for the Rapid Determination of Ra-226 and Ra-228 in Drinking Water by Liquid Scintillation Counting download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/37 A Procedure for the Sequential Determination of Radionuclides in Environmental Samples, Liquid Scintillation Counting and Alpha Spectrometry for Sr-90, Am-241 and Pu Radioisotopes download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/34 A Procedure for the Sequential Determination of Radionuclides in Phosphogypsum, Liquid Scintillation Counting and Alpha Spectrometry for Po-210, Pb-210, Ra-226, Th and U Radioisotopes download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/33 National and Regional Surveys of Radon Concentration in Dwellings, Review of Methodology and Measurement Techniques download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/27 Rapid Simultaneous Determination of 89Sr and 90Sr in Milk: A Procedure Using Cerenkov and Scintillation Counting download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/19 Analytical Methodology for the Determination of Radium Isotopes in Environmental Samples download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/12 A Procedure for Determination of Po-210 in Water Samples by Alpha Spectrometry download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/11 A Procedure for the Rapid Determination of Pu Isotopes and Am-241 in Soil and Sediment Samples by Alpha Spectrometry download (pdf)

Reference Materials

IAEA/AQ/63 Certification Report on Value Assignment for the d2H and d18O Stable Isotopic Composition in the Water Reference Material GRESP download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/62 Certification of Trace Element Mass Fractions in Marine Sediment IAEA-475
download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/61 Certification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mass Fractions in IAEA-477 Sediment Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/57 Certification of Trace Elements and Methylmercury Mass Fractions in Fish Homogenate IAEA-476 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/56 Worldwide Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in Oyster Biota Sample IAEA-470 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/54 Certification of Massic Activities of Radionuclides in IAEA-412 Pacific Ocean Sediment download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/53 Certification of Massic Activities of Radionuclides in IAEA-410 Bikini Atoll Sediment download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/52 Certification of Mass Fractions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Organochlorines and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in IAEA-459 Marine Sediment Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/50 Certification of Trace Elements and Methylmercury Mass Fractions in Tuna Fish Flesh Homogenate IAEA-436A download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/47 Certification of Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury Mass Fractions in IAEA-470 Oyster Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/46 Worldwide Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in the IAEA-457 Marine Sediment Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/45 Certification of Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury Mass Fractions in IAEA-456 Marine Sediment Samples download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/44 Certification of Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury Mass Fractions in IAEA-461 Clam (Gafrarium tumidum) Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/31 Certification of Trace Element Mass Fractions in IAEA-458 Marine Sediment Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/30 Certified Reference Material IAEA-448: Soil from Oil Field Contaminated with Technically Enhanced Radium-226 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/28 Worldwide and Regional Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Organochlorine Compounds, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Petroleum Hydrocarbons in IAEA-451 Clam (Gafrarium tumidum) Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/26 Certification of Trace Element Mass Fractions in IAEA-457 Marine Sediment Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/25 Worldwide Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Radionuclides in IAEA-446 Baltic Sea Seaweed (Fucus vesiculosus) download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/24 Certification for Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury Mass Fractions in IAEA-452 Scallop (Pecten maximus) Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/23 Worldwide Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in IAEA-452 Biota Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/21 Certified Reference Materials for Radioactivity Measurements in Environmental Samples of Soil and Water, IAEA-444 and IAEA-445 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/17 Reference Material IAEA 434: Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Phosphogypsum download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/14 Reference Material IAEA 413: Major, Minor and Trace Elements in Algae download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/10 Interlaboratory Comparison: Radionuclides in Irish Sea Water, IAEA 443 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/9 Certified Reference Material IAEA-418: I-129 in Mediterranean Sea Water download (pdf)


Proficiency Tests

IAEA/AQ/60 Worldwide Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury in Sediment Sample IAEA-MESL-ILC-TE-SEDIMENT-2018 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/59 Interlaboratory Comparisons 2014–2016: Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water, Sediment and Fish download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/58 IAEA-RML-2016-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/55 Worldwide Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in a Fish Sample IAEA-MESL-ILC-TE-BIOTA-2017 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/51 IAEA-RML-2015-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/43 IAEA-RML-2014-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/42 IAEA-RML-2013-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/41 IAEA-RML-2014-02 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/40 IAEA-RML-2012-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/32 ALMERA Proficiency Test: Determination of Natural and Artificial Radionuclides in Soil and Water IAEA-TEL-2011-04 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/29 Emergency Response Proficiency Test for Japanese Laboratories: Determination of Selected Radionuclides in Water, Soil, Vegetation and Aerosol Filters download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/22 World Wide Proficiency Test: Determination of Natural and Artificial Radionuclides in Moss-Soil and Water IAEA-CU-2009-03 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/18 Worldwide Open Proficiency Test: Determination of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Phosphogypsum and Water, IAEA-CU-2008-03 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/16 Almera Proficiency Test: Detremination of Gamma Emitting Radionuclides in Simulated Air Filters, IAEA-CU-2009-04 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/15 Almera Proficiency Test: Determination of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Phosphogypsum and Water, IAEA-CU-2008-04 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/13 HELCOM-MORS Proficiency Test Determination of Radionuclides in Fish Flesh Sample download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/8 Worldwide Open Proficiency Test on the Determination of Radionuclides in Spinach, Soil and Water, IAEA-CU-2007-03 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/7 Worldwide Open Proficiency Test IAEA-CU-2007-09: A-Determination of PO-210 in Water download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/6 Proficiency Test of Ukrainian Laboratories Determination of Gamma Emitting Radionuclides download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/4 ALMERA Proficiency Test on the Determination of Po-210 in Water, IAEA-CU-2007-09 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/3 ALMERA Proficiency Test on the Determination of Radionuclides in Spinach, Soil and Water, IAEA-CU-2007-04 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/2 Mediterranean Region Proficiency Test on the Determination of Radionuclides in Air Filters, IAEA-CU-2008-02 download (pdf)
IAEA/AQ/1 Soil Sampling Intercomparison Exercise by Selected Laboratories of the ALMERA Network download (pdf)



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