RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 180-188.

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Report on CIRP participitation in international inter-comparison projects organized by US EML

Ren Xiaona, Song Hailong, Han Yuhu, Wang Ruijun, Huang Zhijian   

  1. China Institute for Radiation Proctection,Taiyuan 030006
  • Received:2016-09-05 Online:2017-05-20 Published:2021-11-11

Abstract: China Institute for Radiation Protection (CIRP) has participated in a quality assessment program organized by US EML for testing the quality of environmental radioactivity measurements from 1997 to 2004. A total number of 43 samples in three different matrices were analyzed, and 212 analytical results were presented. For the evaluation performance, 97% of the results were designated as A (Acceptable) and 3% as N (Not Acceptable). The N (Not Acceptable) results were found for four nuclides in all three sample matrices including 241Am, 60Co, 57Co and 54Mn. The evaluation results of this inter-comparison project showed that the efficiency calibration for γ spectrometry analysis at CIRP has been acceptable but the interferences on the low-energy radionuclides has not yet been treated very well.

Key words: environmental matrix, radionuclide measurement, interlaboratory comparison, evaluation criteriaofic

CLC Number: 

  • X830.5