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Production and characterization of a traceable NORM material and its use in proficiency testing of gamma-ray spectrometry laboratories
- Source :
- Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 134:45-50
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- This paper outlines the process of characterizing a new NORM material for proficiency testing made of quartz sand with significantly elevated levels of 226Ra obtained from the backflush of a drinking water treatment facility. Samples of the fully characterized NORM material were sent to European laboratories concerned with radioactivity measurements and environmental monitoring by gamma-ray spectrometry for proficiency testing. The paper discusses the results, specific requirements, problems and solutions that were found during the characterization process and the proficiency test.
- Subjects :
- Radiation
business.industry
Proficiency test
010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry
01 natural sciences
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
0104 chemical sciences
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Environmental chemistry
Norm (mathematics)
Proficiency testing
Environmental science
Process engineering
business
Gamma ray spectrometry
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09698043
- Volume :
- 134
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Radiation and Isotopes
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....44fcd11a5c0b737530f7351c7d8c554f