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Analysis of Iraq Environmental Samples IAEA Seibersdorf Laboratories, Clean Laboratory Unit, Safeguards Analytical Laboratory

Special kits are used to prepare the environmental samples. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002Director of the IAEA Seibersdorf Laboratories, Ms. Gabriele Voigt and Mr. David Donohue, head of the Clean Laboratory Unit Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002Actual samples taken during the first inspection trip to Iraq. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002The sample receiving area in the Clean Laboratory. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002Close-up of samples taken during the first inspection in Iraq. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002Mr. David Donohue shows Iraq samples prepared for screening. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002A technician prepares a sample for screening at the Clean Laboratory using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, which can detect minute amounts of uranium. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002A "swipe" sample collected on cotton cloth by inspectors in Iraq. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002"Swipe" samples collected by inspectors in Iraq. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002Advanced instruments are used to detect even small traces of uranium in samples. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002The Clean Lab is equipped with instruments for analyzing gamma radiation of samples. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002Samples additionally can be screened using thermal ionization mass spectrometry for measuring very tiny amounts of uranium or plutonium. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002Sample screening with an electron microscope measures the elemental composition of micrometer-sized particles. Photo Credits: D. Calma/IAEA 19 December 2002
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