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Overall approaches and experiences of first-time participants in the Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group’s Fourth Collaborative Material Exercise (CMX-4)

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The Fourth Collaborative Material Exercise (CMX-4) of the Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group (ITWG) registered the largest participation for this exercise in nuclear forensics, with seven of the 17 laboratories participating for the first time. Each of the laboratories had their strategic role to play in its respective country, analyzing real-world samples using their in-house resources. The scenario was fictitious but was thoughtfully crafted to engage participants in nuclear forensic investigations. In this paper, participants from five of the first-time laboratories shared their individual experience in this exercise, from preparation to analysis of samples.

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Acknowledgements

The authors from DSO will like to acknowledge the following members in the radiochemistry team for their analytical support; Loo Howe Kiat, Lee Kah Meng, and Mak Jia Feng, and Eunice Sim for her guidance and support. The authors from KAERI would like to acknowledge Ms. Yang-Soon Park for her support in the measurement.

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  1. DSO National Laboratories, 12 Science Park Drive, Singapore, 118225, Singapore

    Doris M. L. Ho, Boon Kin Pong & Angela H. J. Tan

  2. Nuclear Forensics Program, South Africa Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), P.O. Box 582, Pretoria, Gauteng, 0001, South Africa

    Aubrey N. Nelwamondo & Jacobus J. Hancke

  3. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki, Japan

    Ayako Okubo, Osamu Kataoka, Nobuo Shinohara & Nobufumi Toda

  4. Swedish Defence Research Agency, 901 82, Umea, Sweden

    Henrik Ramebäck, Stina Holmgren, Sofia Jonsson, Petra Lagerkvist, Björn Sandström, Annika Tovedal & Anna Vesterlund

  5. Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 111, Daedeok-daero 989 Beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34051, Korea

    Kyuseok Song, Sun Ho Han, Chi-Gyu Lee, Sang Ho Lim, Jinkyu Park & Jong-Ho Park

  6. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Henrik Ramebäck

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Ho, D.M.L., Nelwamondo, A.N., Okubo, A. et al. Overall approaches and experiences of first-time participants in the Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group’s Fourth Collaborative Material Exercise (CMX-4). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 315, 353–363 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5677-0

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