Certification of the reference material IRMM-426 for radionuclides in dried bilberries

Uwe Wätjen; Yana Spasova; Mirela Vasile; Zs. Szántó; Håkan Emteborg; Oleg Voitsekhovych

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.139

Certification of the reference material IRMM-426 for radionuclides in dried bilberries

Uwe Wätjen, Yana Spasova, Mirela Vasile, Zs. Szántó, Håkan Emteborg, Oleg Voitsekhovych

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Abstract

A new reference material for the activity concentration of ¹³⁷Cs, ⁴⁰K and ⁹⁰Sr in a dried berry matrix was certified from a batch of bilberries collected in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Radionuclides in this material were metabolised by the plants, therefore no spiking had to be performed. The material was processed at IRMM and homogeneity and stability of the certified parameters were demonstrated. The certified property values for ¹³⁷Cs, ⁴⁰K and ⁹⁰Sr were determined in the course of a supplementary comparison, CCRI(II)-S8.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	475-479
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume	87
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.139
State	Published - May 2014

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