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- Title
RETROSPECTIVE METHOD VALIDATION AND UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION FOR ACTINIDES DETERMINATION IN EXCRETA BY ALPHA SPECTROMETRY.
- Authors
Hernández, C.; Sierra, I.
- Abstract
Two essential technical requirements of ISO 17025 guide for accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories are the validation of methods and the estimation of all sources of uncertainty that may affect the analytical result. Bioelimination Laboratory from Radiation Dosimetry Service of CIEMAT (Spain) uses alpha spectrometry to quantify alpha emitters (Pu, Am, Th, U and Cm isotopes) in urine and faecal samples from workers exposed to internal radiation. Therefore and as a step previous to achieving the ISO 17025 accreditation, the laboratory has performed retrospective studies based on the obtained results in the past few years to validate the analytical method. Uncertainty estimation was done identifying and quantifying all the contributions, and finally the overall combined standard uncertainty was calculated.
- Subjects
ACTINIDE elements; RADIATION dosimetry; ACCREDITATION; RADIOACTIVE substance safety measures; RADIATION protection
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2016, Vol 170, Issue 1-4, p39
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncv418