Certified Reference Material IAEA-446 for radionuclides in Baltic Sea seaweed

M K Pham; M Benmansour; F P Carvalho; E Chamizo; D Degering; C Engeler; C Gascó; J P Gwynn; A V Harms; E Hrnecek; F L Ibanez; C Ilchmann; T Ikaheimonen; G Kanisch; M Kloster; M Llaurado; A Mauring; B Møller; T Morimoto; S P Nielsen; H Nies; L D R Norrlid; H B L Pettersson; P P Povinec; U Rieth; C Samuelsson; J Schikowski; B V Silobritiene; P A Smedley; M Suplinska; V-P Vartti; E Vasileva; J Wong; T Zalewska; W Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.013

Certified Reference Material IAEA-446 for radionuclides in Baltic Sea seaweed

Appl Radiat Isot. 2014 May:87:468-74. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.013. Epub 2013 Nov 20.

Authors

M K Pham¹, M Benmansour², F P Carvalho³, E Chamizo⁴, D Degering⁵, C Engeler⁶, C Gascó⁷, J P Gwynn⁸, A V Harms⁹, E Hrnecek¹⁰, F L Ibanez¹¹, C Ilchmann¹², T Ikaheimonen¹³, G Kanisch¹⁴, M Kloster¹², M Llaurado¹⁵, A Mauring¹⁶, B Møller¹⁷, T Morimoto¹⁸, S P Nielsen¹⁹, H Nies⁹, L D R Norrlid²⁰, H B L Pettersson²¹, P P Povinec²², U Rieth²³, C Samuelsson²⁴, J Schikowski²⁵, B V Silobritiene²⁶, P A Smedley²⁷, M Suplinska²⁸, V-P Vartti¹³, E Vasileva⁹, J Wong²⁹, T Zalewska³⁰, W Zhou³¹

Affiliations

¹ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Environment Laboratories (EL), MC 98000, Monaco. Electronic address: m.pham@iaea.org.
² Centre National de l'Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucléaires (CNESTEN), B.P. 1382, R.P.10001, Rabat, Morocco.
³ Instituto Superior Técnico/Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, P-2685-953 Sacavém, Portugal.
⁴ Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (Univ. of Sevilla, J. Andalucía, CSIC), Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
⁵ Verein für Kernverfahrenstechnik und Analytik Rossendorf e.V, Postfach 510119, 01314 Dresden, Germany.
⁶ Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management, Zuiderwagenplein 2, NL-8224 AD Lelystad, The Netherlands.
⁷ CIEMAT (RAyVR), Avda de la Complutense 40, Madrid 28040, Spain.
⁸ Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, The Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway.
⁹ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Environment Laboratories (EL), MC 98000, Monaco.
¹⁰ European Commission-Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Postfach 2340, 76125 Karlsruhe, Germany.
¹¹ Ingeniería Nuclear y Mecánica de Fluidos, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Bilbao ald Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain.
¹² Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Strahlenmessstelle Rubensstraße 111-113, D-12157 Berlin, Germany.
¹³ STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Laippatie 4/P.O. Box 14, 00881 Helsinki, Finland.
¹⁴ Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology, 20539 Hamburg, Germany.
¹⁵ Lab. de Radiologia Ambiental, Dept. de Quimica Analitica, Facultat de Quimica, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁶ Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Grini Næringspark 13, N-1361 Østerås, Norway.
¹⁷ Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, N-9925 Svanvik, Norway.
¹⁸ Japan Chemical Analysis Center, 295-3 Sanno-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-0002, Japan.
¹⁹ Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
²⁰ Emergency Preparedness and Response, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, Solna strandväg 96, SE-171 16 Stockholm, Sweden.
²¹ Department of Radiation Physics, Linkoping University Hospital, 58185 Linkoping, Sweden.
²² Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Cornenius University, Mlynska dolina F1, Bratislava, Slovakia.
²³ Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt, Marckmannstraße 129, 20539 Hamburg, Germany.
²⁴ Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden.
²⁵ Physikalische Chemie, Isotopenlabor, Tammannstrabe 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
²⁶ Environmental Research Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Rudnios Street 6-501, Vilnius LT-09300, Lithuania.
²⁷ CEFAS, Lowestoft Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, United Kingdom.
²⁸ Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Konwaliowa, 703-194 Warsaw, Poland.
²⁹ Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, 3 Clonskeagh Square, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 14, Ireland.
³⁰ Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - National Research Institute, Maritime Branch, Waszyngtona 42, 81-342 Gdynia, Poland.
³¹ Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 10 Fenghui South Road, High-Tech Zone, Xi'an 710075, PR China.

PMID: 24291528
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.013

Abstract

A Certified Reference Material (CRM) for radionuclides in seaweed (Fucus vesiculosus) from the Baltic Sea (IAEA-446) is described and the results of the certification process are presented. The (40)K, (137)Cs, (234)U and (239+240)Pu radionuclides were certified for this material, and information values for 12 other radionuclides ((90)Sr, (99)Tc, (210)Pb ((210)Po), (226)Ra, (228)Ra, (228)Th, (230)Th, (232)Th, (235)U, (238)U, (239)Pu and (240)Pu) are presented. The CRM can be used for Quality Assurance/Quality Control of analysis of radionuclides in seaweed and other biota samples, as well as for development and validation of analytical methods, and for training purposes.

Keywords: Certified Reference Material; Quality Assurance/Quality Control; Radionuclides; Sea weed (Fucus vesiculosus).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Baltic States
Reference Standards
Seaweed / chemistry*
Water Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
Water Pollutants, Radioactive / standards

Substances

Water Pollutants, Radioactive