1. A new reference material for radionuclides in the mussel sample from the Mediterranean Sea (IAEA-437)
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Zsolt Varga, E. C. Calvo, M. Kloster, M. K. Pham, A. Nourredine, F. Legarda, J. Schikowski, Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza, M. Pellicciari, Matthias Köhler, Mikael Hult, M. Takeishi, G. Kanisch, Elis Holm, M. Llaurado, M. Betti, J. La Rosa, Hervé Thébault, U. Rieth, M. Benmansour, Pavel P. Povinec, C. Ilchmann, H. Satake, A. M. Rodriguez y Baena, P. Bouisset, R. Bojanowski, J.-S. Oh, G. J. Ham, Marine Environment Laboratories [Monaco] (IAEA-MEL), International Atomic Energy Agency [Vienna] (IAEA), Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia, CNESTEN, Centre National de l'Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucléaires, PRP-ENV/STEME/LMRE, Laboratoire de Mesure de la Radioactivité dans l’Environnement, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, Sevilla, Spain, Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England [London], Lund University and Lund University Hospital, JRC Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements [Geel] (IRMM), European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Geel] (JRC), Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Institute of Sea Fisheries, National Institute of Standards and Technology [Gaithersburg] (NIST), Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne] (UPV/EHU), Centre de Recherche Nucléaire d'Alger (CRNA), COMENA, National Oceanography Centre [Southampton] (NOC), University of Southampton, Università dell’Insubria, The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM), Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute, Laboratoire d'étude radioécologique du milieu continental et marin (LERCM), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN)-Direction de l'Environnement et de l'Intervention, Institute of Isotopes (II), and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
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uranium 238 ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,uranium 234 ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,uranium 235 ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,water quality ,plutonium 240 ,Analytical Chemistry ,thorium 232 ,Mediterranean sea ,thorium 230 ,americium 241 ,Spectroscopy ,article ,Pollution ,Environmental chemistry ,laboratory test ,radioactivity ,Strontium-90 ,strontium 90 ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Radon ,lead 210 ,010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry ,radium 226 ,Plutonium-240 ,radium 228 ,Mediterranean Sea ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,14. Life underwater ,radioisotope ,quality control ,potassium 40 ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Radionuclide ,nonhuman ,cesium 137 ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Mussel ,0104 chemical sciences ,Nuclear Energy and Engineering ,chemistry ,Mytilus galloprovincialis ,plutonium 239 ,plutonium 238 ,Environmental science ,Water quality ,iodine 129 ,polonium ,Plutonium-238 - Abstract
A new Reference Material (RM) for radionuclides in mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from the Mediterranean Sea (IAEA-437) is described and the results of the certification process are presented. Four radionuclides ( 40K, 234U, 238U, and 239+240Pu) have been certified, and information values on massic activities with 95% confidence intervals are given for nine radionuclides (137Cs, 210Pb(210Po), 226Ra, 228Ra, 228Th, 230Th, 232Th, 235U, and 241Am). Results for less frequently reported radionuclides ( 90Sr, 129I, 238Pu, 239Pu, and 240Pu) are also reported. The RM can be used for quality assurance/quality control of the analysis of radionuclides in mussel samples, for the development and validation of analytical methods and for training purposes. The material is available in 200 g units.
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- 2010