Proficiency Tests

 
The world wide open proficiency test IAEA-CU-2007-03

on the determination of  radionuclides in water, soil and vegetation   

Download  the summary report (final draft)

The objective of this proficiency test is to evaluate the performance of laboratories performing measurements of radionuclides in soil, spinach 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-60, Zn-65, Cd-109, Cs-134, Cs-137, Pb-210, Am-241

Spinach            : K-40, Cs-137, Sr-90, U-234, U-238, Pu-239+240, Pu-238, Am-241

Deadlines (tentative):
                

                     By first week of November 2007             Sample dispatch

                     02 Febryary  2008                                   Results reporting 

                     31 March 2008                                       Individual evaluation reports

                     30 June 2008                                          Final report

For more information contact the PT Officer Mr. Abdulghani Shakhashiro at: ashakhashiro@iaea.org

Last updated 29 June 2009