A new certified reference material IAEA-465 for radionuclides in Baltic Sea sediment

M K Pham; M-O Aust; J Bartocci; O Blinova; F P Carvalho; E Chamizo; M Cook; D Degering; M Fujak; C Gascó; R Gurriaran; V Jobbágy; J Herrmann; M Hult; C Ilchmann; J La Rosa; M Laubenstein; S-H Lee; I Levy; J L Mas; P Mc-Ginnity; J W Mietelski; T Morimoto; M Nakano; S P Nielsen; S Nour; I Osvath; P P Povinec; U Rieth; J Schikowski; P Smedley; M Suplinska; I Sýkora; P Van Beek; V-P Vartti; T Zalewska

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2024.107499

A new certified reference material IAEA-465 for radionuclides in Baltic Sea sediment

J Environ Radioact. 2024 Sep:278:107499. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2024.107499. Epub 2024 Jul 29.

Authors

M K Pham¹, M-O Aust², J Bartocci³, O Blinova³, F P Carvalho⁴, E Chamizo⁵, M Cook⁶, D Degering⁷, M Fujak³, C Gascó⁸, R Gurriaran⁹, V Jobbágy¹⁰, J Herrmann¹¹, M Hult¹⁰, C Ilchmann¹², J La Rosa¹³, M Laubenstein¹⁴, S-H Lee¹⁵, I Levy³, J L Mas¹⁶, P Mc-Ginnity³, J W Mietelski¹⁷, T Morimoto¹⁸, M Nakano¹⁹, S P Nielsen²⁰, S Nour¹³, I Osvath³, P P Povinec²¹, U Rieth²², J Schikowski²³, P Smedley²⁴, M Suplinska²⁵, I Sýkora²¹, P Van Beek²⁶, V-P Vartti²⁷, T Zalewska²⁸

Affiliations

¹ IAEA -Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000, Principality of Monaco. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Institut für Fischereiökologie, Marckmannstraße 129b, Haus 4, 20539, Hamburg, Germany.
³ IAEA -Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000, Principality of Monaco.
⁴ Laboratório de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica, Instituto Superior Técnico/Campus, Tecnológico Nuclear Estrada Nacional 10, km 139,7, 2695-066, Bobadela, LRS, Portugal.
⁵ Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, Isla de la Cartuja, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.
⁶ IAEA -Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000, Principality of Monaco; Radiation and Nuclear Sciences, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Department of Health, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, QLD, 4108, Australia.
⁷ VKTA - Strahlenschutz, Analytik & Entsorgung Rossendorf e. V., Postfach 510119, 01314, Dresden, Germany.
⁸ CIEMAT (RAyVR), Edificio 70 Planta 2, Despacho 11 Avda de la Complutense 40, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
⁹ IRNS/PRP-EVN/STEME/LMRE, LMRE Bat 501 - Bois des Rames, 91400, Orsay, France.
¹⁰ European Commission, JRC - Geel, Retieseweg 111, 2440, Geel, Belgium.
¹¹ Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (FMHA), Radioactivity of the Sea, Wuestland 2, 22589 Hamburg, Germany.
¹² Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz, Abteilung II (Integrativer, Umweltschutz), Strahlenmessstelle Berlin, Rubensstraße 111-113, 12157, Berlin, Germany.
¹³ National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Radiation Protection, Bldg. 245, room B131, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA.
¹⁴ Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, S.S. 17/bis km 18+910, 67100, Assergi, AQ, Italy.
¹⁵ Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, 1 Doryong-Dong, Yuseoung-Gu, Daejeon, 305-340, Republic of Korea.
¹⁶ Servicio de Radioisotopos, CITIUS, Avda. Reina Mercedes 4B, 41012, Sevilla, LRS, Spain.
¹⁷ Nuclear Physical Chemistry Department, The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31-342 Krakow, Radzikowskiego 152, Poland.
¹⁸ Japan Chemical Analysis Center, 295-3 Sanno-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 263-0002, Japan.
¹⁹ Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4-33, Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1194, Japan.
²⁰ DTU Nutech Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksborgvej 399, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
²¹ Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, SK-84248 Bratislava, Slovakia.
²² Landesmessstelle für Radioaktivität, Behörde für Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz, Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt, Marckmannstraße 129b, Haus 6, 20539, Hamburg, Germany.
²³ Georg-August-Universität, Physikalische Chemie, Tammannstr. 6, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
²⁴ Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK.
²⁵ Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Konwaliowa 7, 03-194, Warsaw, Poland.
²⁶ LEGOS/LAFARA, Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France.
²⁷ STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, P.O. Box 14, 00881, Helsinki, Finland.
²⁸ Institute of Meteorology and Water, Management, Maritime Branch, Waszyngtona 42, 81-342, Gdynia, Poland.

PMID: 39079350
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2024.107499

Abstract

Certified reference material (CRM) for natural (⁴⁰K,²¹⁰Pb,²¹⁰Po,²²⁶Ra,²²⁸Ra,²²⁸Th,²³⁰Th,²³²Th,²³⁴U,²³⁵U, and²³⁸U) and anthropogenic (¹³⁷Cs,^239+240Pu, and²⁴¹Am) radionuclides in marine sediment from the Baltic Sea (IAEA-465) has been developed. Information values are given for ²³⁸Pu,²³⁹Pu and²⁴⁰Pu. Altogether 27 laboratories participated in this exercise. Radiometric (alpha-spectrometry, gamma-spectrometry and beta counting, as well as mass spectrometry (ICP-MS and AMS) techniques were applied in measurements. The CRM is intended to be used for Quality Assurance/Quality Control of radionuclide analyses, for the development and validation of analytical methods, for the development of reference methods and for training purposes.

Keywords: Baltic Sea; Certified reference material; IAEA-465; Marine sediment; Radionuclides.

MeSH terms

Cesium Radioisotopes / analysis
Geologic Sediments* / chemistry
Plutonium / analysis
Radiation Monitoring*
Radioisotopes / analysis
Reference Standards
Thorium / analysis
Water Pollutants, Radioactive* / analysis

Substances

Water Pollutants, Radioactive
Plutonium
Radioisotopes
Cesium Radioisotopes
Thorium