Proficiency tests for radionuclide laboratories supporting the network of IMS stations

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 415-419

  Karhu, Paula ^a   Jerome, Simon M ^b  

^a CTBTO/PTS   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CTBT; IMS; Proficiency test; Radionuclide laboratories

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SPECTROMETRY;

COMPEHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY (CTBT); INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM (IMS); RADIONUCLIDE STATIONS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MONITORING; SAMPLE; SAMPLER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2942541163     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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