A soil sampling intercomparison exercise for the ALMERA network

Soil sampling and analysis for radionuclides after an accidental or routine release is a key factor for the dose calculation to members of the public, and for the establishment of possible countermeasures. The IAEA organized for selected laboratories of the ALMERA (Analytical Laboratories for the Me...

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Published in:Journal of environmental radioactivity 2009-11, Vol.100 (11), p.982-987
Main Authors: Belli, Maria, de Zorzi, Paolo, Sansone, Umberto, Shakhashiro, Abduhlghani, Gondin da Fonseca, Adelaide, Trinkl, Alexander, Benesch, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident analysis
Accidental release
Accidents
ALMERA network
Analysis methods
Applied sciences
Arsenic - analysis
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics
Exact sciences and technology
Iron - analysis
Mathematical analysis
Networks
Pollution
Pollution, environment geology
Radiation Monitoring - methods
Radioactivity
Radioisotopes - analysis
Sampling
Sampling intercomparison
Sampling techniques
Scandium - analysis
Soil - analysis
Soil and sediments pollution
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis
Soil sampling
Zinc - analysis
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Summary:Soil sampling and analysis for radionuclides after an accidental or routine release is a key factor for the dose calculation to members of the public, and for the establishment of possible countermeasures. The IAEA organized for selected laboratories of the ALMERA (Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity) network a Soil Sampling Intercomparison Exercise (IAEA/SIE/01) with the objective of comparing soil sampling procedures used by different laboratories. The ALMERA network is a world-wide network of analytical laboratories located in IAEA member states capable of providing reliable and timely analysis of environmental samples in the event of an accidental or intentional release of radioactivity. Ten ALMERA laboratories were selected to participate in the sampling exercise. The soil sampling intercomparison exercise took place in November 2005 in an agricultural area qualified as a “reference site”, aimed at assessing the uncertainties associated with soil sampling in agricultural, semi-natural, urban and contaminated environments and suitable for performing sampling intercomparison. In this paper, the laboratories sampling performance were evaluated.
ISSN:0265-931X
1879-1700
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.08.002