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Reliability and performances of a high-purity gamma spectrometry system used for environmental measurements

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Proficiency testing is among the most methods to assess the accuracy of the analytical data produced by laboratories. The results presented in this paper show the performance of the laboratory for three intercomparisons organized by Radionuclide Metrology Laboratory (RML) and by IAEA, in which SALMROM laboratory have participated in three consecutive years. The feedbacks from the final reports from RML and IAEA demonstrate the performance of the laboratory where 34 out of 39 pass all acceptance criteria of the test. The rest of five results which failed served to improve the laboratory analysis and to optimize accuracy measurements. The overall results of the proficiency tests point out the reliability and traceability of the gamma spectrometry system used for environmental measurements.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge IAEA for conducting the PTs. This work was supported by the PNCDI II Program, Project No. PN 09 37 03 01/2014 of Romanian Ministry for Education and Research.

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Radulescu, I., Calin, M.R. Reliability and performances of a high-purity gamma spectrometry system used for environmental measurements. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 301, 141–146 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3150-x

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