Intercomparison exercise of easy-to-measure and non-volatile difficult-to-measure analysis in homogenised high activity steel

Anumaija Leskinen; Simon Mark Jerome; Nancy Wanna; Celine Gautier; Veronika Meriläinen; Jussi Leporanta; Antti Räty; Lesley Adriaensen; Ingrid Guens

doi:10.1007/s10967-025-10606-0

Intercomparison exercise of easy-to-measure and non-volatile difficult-to-measure analysis in homogenised high activity steel

Anumaija Leskinen^*
, Simon Mark Jerome
, Nancy Wanna
, Celine Gautier
, Veronika Meriläinen
, Jussi Leporanta
, Antti Räty
, Lesley Adriaensen
, Ingrid Guens

^*Corresponding author for this work

Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN)
University of Paris-Saclay

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Abstract

Intercomparison exercises (IE) are a way for laboratories to test their analytical performance. In case of difficult-to-measure (DTM) radionuclide analysis, participation in IEs are important due to the lack of reference materials. This paper reports the results from an IE focusing on non-volatile DTM analysis in homogenised high activity steel. The IE was carried out according to the ISO 13528 standard, in which the performances are assessed using z score. The z scores were generally acceptable. The experimental results were compared with activation calculation results showing wide range of compatibility.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	351-374
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	335
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-025-10606-0
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2026
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Keywords

Activation calculation
Difficult to measure radionuclide
Easy to measure radionuclide
Intercomparison exercise
ISO 13528
Stainless-steel

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