Publications

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Selected Publications

The IAEA’s ‘ALMERA Network’ proficiency test on the determination of gamma-emitting radionuclides: A test of results comparability, Abdulghani Shakhashiro, Alexander Trinkl, Umberto Sansone, Applied Radiation and Isotopes 66 (2008) 1722– 1725.
The new IAEA-372 grass-certified reference material for K-40 and Cs-137. A. Shakhashiro, U. Sansone , D. Arnold , P. Dryak , Jerome J. La Rosa , S.M. Jerome,M. Makarewicz , J. Mentcheva , K. Sato, S. Tarjan, Applied Radiation and Isotopes 66 (2008) 1718– 1721.
Results of an IAEA inter-comparison exercise to assess Cs-137 and total Pb-210 analytical performance in soil, A.Shakhashiro, L.Mabit, Applied RadiationandIsotopes67(2009)139–146.
Matrix materials for proficiency testing:optimazation of a procedure for spiking soil with gamma-emitting radionuclides, A. Shakhashiro, A. M. Gondin da Fonseca Azeredo,U. Sansone, A. Fajgelj, Anal Bioanal Chem (2007) 387:2509–2515.
Intended Use of the IAEA Reference Materials. Part I: Examples on Reference Materials for the Determination of Radionuclides or Trace elements. In The Use of Matrix Reference Materials in Environmental Analytical Processes, Eds. Fajgelj and Parkany, 1999, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK (.pdf)
Intended Use of the IAEA Reference Materials. Part II: Examples on Reference Materials for Stable Isotope Composition. In The Use of Matrix Reference Materials in Environmental Analytical Processes, Eds. Fajgelj and Parkany, 1999, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK (.pdf)
IAEA Reference Materials for Quality Assurance of Marine Radioactivity Measurements, by P.P. Povinec () & M.K. Pham, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 248, No. 1 (2001) 211 - 216

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Last updated 25 February 2004