Certified reference materials for radionuclides in Bikini Atoll sediment (IAEA-410) and Pacific Ocean sediment (IAEA-412)

M K Pham; P van Beek; F P Carvalho; E Chamizo; D Degering; C Engeler; C Gascó; R Gurriaran; O Hanley; A V Harms; J Herrmann; M Hult; Y Ikeuchi; C Ilchmann; G Kanisch; G Kis-Benedek; M Kloster; M Laubenstein; M Llaurado; J L Mas; M Nakano; S P Nielsen; I Osvath; P P Povinec; U Rieth; J Schikowski; P A Smedley; M Suplinska; I Sýkora; S Tarjan; B Varga; E Vasileva; T Zalewska; W Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.11.041

Certified reference materials for radionuclides in Bikini Atoll sediment (IAEA-410) and Pacific Ocean sediment (IAEA-412)

Appl Radiat Isot. 2016 Mar:109:101-104. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.11.041. Epub 2015 Nov 26.

Authors

M K Pham¹, P van Beek², F P Carvalho³, E Chamizo⁴, D Degering⁵, C Engeler⁶, C Gascó⁷, R Gurriaran⁸, O Hanley⁹, A V Harms¹⁰, J Herrmann¹¹, M Hult¹², Y Ikeuchi¹³, C Ilchmann¹⁴, G Kanisch¹⁵, G Kis-Benedek¹⁶, M Kloster¹⁴, M Laubenstein¹⁷, M Llaurado¹⁸, J L Mas¹⁹, M Nakano²⁰, S P Nielsen²¹, I Osvath¹⁰, P P Povinec²², U Rieth²³, J Schikowski²⁴, P A Smedley²⁵, M Suplinska²⁶, I Sýkora²², S Tarjan¹⁵, B Varga²⁷, E Vasileva¹⁰, T Zalewska²⁸, W Zhou²⁹

Affiliations

¹ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Environment Laboratories (EL), MC 98000, Monaco. Electronic address: [email protected].
² LEGOS/LAFARA, Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France.
³ Instituto Superior Técnico, Laboratório de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica, E.N. 10, km 139,7, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal.
⁴ Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA) (Universidad de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Junta de Andalucía), Avda/ Thomas Alva Edison 7, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
⁵ Verein für Kernverfahrenstechnik und Analytik Rossendorf e.V, Postfach 510119, 01314 Dresden, Germany.
⁶ Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management, Zuiderwagenplein 2, NL-8224 AD Lelystad, The Netherlands.
⁷ CIEMAT (RAyVR), Avda de la Complutense 40. Madrid 28040, Spain.
⁸ IRNS/PRP-EVN/STEME/LMRE, Bat 501, Bois des Rames, 91400 Orsay, France.
⁹ Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiological Protection, 3 Clonskeagh Square, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 14, Ireland.
¹⁰ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Environment Laboratories (EL), MC 98000, Monaco.
¹¹ Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (FMHA), Radioactivity of the Sea, Wuestland 2, DE-22589 Hamburg, Germany.
¹² EC-JRC, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Retieseweg 111, B-2440 Geel, Belgium.
¹³ Japan Chemical Analysis Center, 295-3 Sanno-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-0002, Japan.
¹⁴ Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Strahlenmessstelle Rubensstraße, 111- 113, d-12157 Berlin, Germany.
¹⁵ Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology, 20539 Hamburg, Germany.
¹⁶ IAEA Environment Laboratories, Terrestrial EnviromentLaboratory, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
¹⁷ Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso-I.N.F.N., Via G. Acitelli, 22, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy.
¹⁸ Lab. de Radiologia Ambiental, Dept. de Quimica Analitica, Facultat de Quimica, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁹ Servicio de Radioisotopos, CITIUS, Avda. Reina Mercedes 4B, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
²⁰ Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4-33, Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1194, Japan.
²¹ Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
²² Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina F1, Bratislava, Slovakia.
²³ Landesmessstelle für Radioaktivität, Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt, Marckmannstraße 129, 20539 Hamburg, Germany.
²⁴ Physikalische Chemie, Isotopenlabor, Tammannstrabe 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
²⁵ CEFAS, Lowestoft Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, United Kingdom.
²⁶ Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Konwaliowa 703-194, Warsaw, Poland.
²⁷ National Food Chain Safety Office, Food and Feed Safety Directorate, Hungary.
²⁸ Institute of Meteorology and Water, Management- National Research Institute, Maritime Branch, Waszyngtona 42, 81-342 Gdynia, Poland.
²⁹ Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 10 Fenghui South Road, High-Tech Zone, Xi'an 710075, PR China.

PMID: 26631455
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.11.041

Abstract

The preparation and characterization of certified reference materials (CRMs) for radionuclide content in sediments collected offshore of Bikini Atoll (IAEA-410) and in the open northwest Pacific Ocean (IAEA-412) are described and the results of the certification process are presented. The certified radionuclides include: (40)K, (210)Pb ((210)Po), (226)Ra, (228)Ra, (228)Th, (232)Th, (234)U, (238)U, (239)Pu, (239+240)Pu and (241)Am for IAEA-410 and (40)K, (137)Cs, (210)Pb ((210)Po), (226)Ra, (228)Ra, (228)Th, (232)Th, (235)U, (238)U, (239)Pu, (240)Pu and (239+240)Pu for IAEA-412. The CRMs can be used for quality assurance and quality control purposes in the analysis of radionuclides in sediments, for development and validation of analytical methods and for staff training.

Keywords: Certified reference material; Marine sediment; Quality assurance; Quality control; Radionuclides.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Certification / standards
Geologic Sediments / analysis*
Geologic Sediments / chemistry
Micronesia
Pacific Ocean
Radioisotopes / analysis*
Radioisotopes / chemistry
Radioisotopes / standards*
Radiometry / standards*
Reference Values
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / chemistry
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / standards*

Substances

Radioisotopes
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive