Proficiency Tests
The IAEA-CU-2007-04 ALMERA
proficiency test on the determination of radionuclides in
water, soil and vegetation
Download the draft of the ALMERA summary report
The objective of this proficiency test is to evaluate the performance of the ALMERA network laboratories performing measurements of radionuclides in soil, vegetation and water matrices. Participation in this proficiency test is voluntary and at no cost to the laboratories.
List of analytes(tentative):
Soil and water : Mn-54, Co-57, Co-60, Zn-65, Cs-134, Cs-137, Pb-210, Am-241
Spinach : K-40, Sr-90, Cs-137, U-234, U-238, Pu-239+240, Pu-238, Am-241
Deadlines (tentative):
Dispatch of samples By the first week of November 2007
Reporting results deadlines
For gamma emitting radionuclides:
Rapid
reporting: 1 day from the date of
sample receipt confirmed by DHL
Long term
reporting: 30 January 2008
For Sr-90, U-234, U-238, Pu-238, Pu-239+240, Am-241
Rapid
reporting: 1 week from the date of sample receipt confirmed by DHL
Long term reporting: 2 February 2008
Individual performance evaluation report : End of March 2008
Summary report :
30 June 2008
Last updated 13 June 2008
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