Publications related to IAEA Reference Products

 

External Publications related to IAEA Reference Products

The following are published externally to the IAEA, and availability will depend upon the policy of the copyright holder.

Reference Materials

• The new IAEA-372 grass-certified reference material for ⁴⁰Kand ¹³⁷Cs. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 66, 1718 - 1721 (2008).
• Certified reference material for radionuclides in fish flesh sample IAEA-414 (mixed fish from the Irish Sea and North Sea). Appl. Rad. Isotop. 64 (2006), 1253-1259.
• Reference Material for radionuclides in sediment IAEA-384 (Fangataufa Lagoon sediment). Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 273, 2 (2007) 383-393.
• A New Certified Reference Material for Radionuclides in Irish Sea Sediment (IAEA-385). Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 66 (2008) 1711-1717
• IAEA programme on the quality of marine radioactivity data. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 99 (2008) 1680-1686.

Interlaboratory Comparisons/Proficiency Tests

• 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

• Determination of Pu isotope concentrations and isotope ratio by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: A review of analytical methodology.Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry,22, 827 - 841 (2007).
• Determination of Po-210 in environmental materials: A review of analytical methodology. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 65, 267 - 279 (2007).
• Estimation of the uncertainty components associated with the measurement of  radionuclides in air filters using gamma-ray spectrometry. Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 10, 269 – 276 (2005).
• Routine analysis of naturally occurring radionuclides in environmental samples by alpha-particle spectrometry. Supervising Scientist Report 180 (2004).

• Assessment of measurement result uncertainty indetermination of 210Pb with the focus on matrix composition effect in gamma-rayspectrometry
  

Sampling Strategies and Techniques

• Terminology in soil sampling (IUPAC Recommendations 2005). Pure and Applied Chemistry, 77, 827 – 841 (2005).
• Sampling of radionuclides in the environment. ICRU Report 75.
• IAEA TRS486 - Guidelines-on-soil-and-vegetation-sampling-for-radiological-monitoring

Technical Notes

• TEL Technical Note 01: SICalib User Manual (Stable Isotope Calibration for routine δ-scale measurements) Ver 2.16j
• TEL Technical Note 02: Performance assessment of stable isotope ratio measurements for highly enriched and highly depleted water samples by laser spectrometry
• TEL Technical Note 03: Stable Isotope Internal Laboratory Water Standards: Preparation, Calibration and Storage

• Consultants meeting on stable isotope standards and intercalibration in hydrology and in geochemistry, IAEA, Vienna, 8 - 10 Sept. 1976
  
• Advisory group meeting on stable isotope reference samples for geochemical and hydrological investigations, IAEA, Vienna, 19 -  21 Sept. 1983
  
• Consultants group meeting on stable isotope reference samples for geochemical and hydrological investigations, IAEA, Vienna, 16 - 18 Sept. 1985
• Intercomparison of enriched stable isotope reference materials for medical and biological studies, NAHRES-5, IAEA, Vienna, 1991
• Report of Sulfur Isotope Working Group, 8th Advisory Group Meeting on Future Trends in Stable Isotope Reference Materials and Laboratory Quality Assurance, IAEA, Vienna 18 - 22 Sept. 2000
  
• Report of the Technical Meeting on the Development of IAEA Stable Isotope Reference Products, IAEA, Vienna, 21-25 Nov. 2016
  

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