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Reference Materials

Coquery, M., Carvalho, F. P., Azemard, S., Bachelez, M., & Horvat, M. (2000). Certification of trace and major elements and methylmercury concentrations in a macroalgae (Fucus sp.) reference material, IAEA-140. Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 366(8).
Horvat, M., Liang, L., Azemard, S., Mandić, V., Villeneuve, J.-P., & Coquery, M. (1997). Certification of total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in mussel homogenate (Mytilus edulis) reference material, IAEA-142. Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 358(3).
Vasileva, E., Azemard, S., Oh, J., Bustamante, P., & Betti, M. (2011). Certification for trace elements and methyl mercury mass fractions in IAEA-452 scallop (Pecten Maximus) sample. Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 16(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-011-0793-y
Vassileva, E., Azemard, S., & Mandjukov, P. (2018). Certification for trace elements and methyl mercury mass fractions in IAEA-456 marine sediment sample. Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 23(1), 29–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-017-1297-1
E.Vasileva, S. Azematd and M.O. Angelidis, Trace Elements Reference Materials and Recommended Methods for a Global Mercury Monitoring in the Marine Environment. International Environment Technology; May/June, 2013 p.1-5.
E. Wyse, E. J., Coquery, M., Azemard, S., & De Mora, S. J. (2004). Characterisation of trace elements and methylmercury in an estuarine sediment reference material, IAEA-405. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1039/b308584h
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

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

Azemard, S., Vassileva, E. (2015). Determination of methylmercury in marine biota samples with advanced mercury analyzer: Method validation. Food Chemistry, 176, 367–375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.12.085
Carrasco, L., Vassileva, E. (2014). Talanta Determination of methylmercury in marine biota samples : Method validation. Talanta, 122, 106–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2014.01.027
Carrasco, L., Vassileva, E. (2015). Determination of methylmercury in marine sediment samples: Method validation and occurrence data. Analytica Chimica Acta, 853(1), 167–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2014.10.026
García, M., Vassileva, E., Azemard, S., Canals, A. (2020). Reference Measurements for Priority and Essential Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury with Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry for Seafood Safety Assessment and CRM Production. Food Analytical Methods, 13(2), 390–402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-019-01661-x
Vassileva, E., Krata, A. A., Azemard, S. (2020). Environmental monitoring of total mercury content in different and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry determination. Submited, 25(3), 221–231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-020-01434-8
I. Wysocka, E. Vassileva, Method validation for HR ICP-MS determination of the emerging contaminants in the open ocean: REEs as a case study. Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 128 (2017) 1–10.
I. Wysocka, E. Vassileva Determination of ultra-trace level of thorium in seawater by ICP-SFMS after matrix separation and preconcentration, Analytica Chimica Acta, 1000, 1-11, 2018.
E.Vassileva, Recommended analytical methods for global mercury monitoring in the marine environment, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU 2018-18212, 2018, EGU General Assembly , Vienna, 9-13 of April, 2018
E.Vassileva, I.Wysocka, A.M. Orani, C. Quétel, Off-line preconcentration and ICP-SFMS simultaneous determination of the Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn mass fractions in open ocean waters: procedure validation, Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 153 (2019) 19–27.
A. Krata and E. Vassileva, Cold vapor matrix-independent generation and isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for reference measurements of mercury content in marine environmental samples, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26 (2019) 22951-22060.
A.Krata, M. Wojciechowski, E. Vassileva, E. Bulska, Reference measurements of mercury species in seafood using isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 86 (2020) 103381.
A.Krata, E. Vassileva, Environmental monitoring method for total mercury content in different marine compartments with the use of cold vapor generation system and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Accreditation and Quality Assurance..(2020) 25:221–231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-020-01434-8.
A. Krata, E. Vassileva, Simultaneous measurements of mercury species in marine origin samples by high performance liquid chromatography with double species-specific isotope dilution mass spectrometry, Talanta 127, (2020) 121113.
M. Garcia, M. Ángel Aguirre, E. Vassileva and A. Canals "Multinebulization technique for the determination of trace metals in marine biota sample by on-line isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (OID-ICP-MS)" Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 2020,35, 2509-2516.
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

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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