Intercomparison exercise on difficult to measure radionuclides in activated steel: statistical analysis of radioanalytical results and activation calculations

Anumaija Leskinen; Susanna Salminen-Paatero; Celine Gautier; Antti Räty; Merja Tanhua-tyrkkö; Pascal Fichet; Tommi Kekki; Wenzhong Zhang; Jacques Bubendorff; Elodie Laporte; Gabriel Lambrot; René Brennetot

doi:10.1007/s10967-020-07181-x

Intercomparison exercise on difficult to measure radionuclides in activated steel: statistical analysis of radioanalytical results and activation calculations

Anumaija Leskinen^*, Susanna Salminen-Paatero, Celine Gautier, Antti Räty, Merja Tanhua-tyrkkö, Pascal Fichet, Tommi Kekki, Wenzhong Zhang, Jacques Bubendorff, Elodie Laporte, Gabriel Lambrot, René Brennetot

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This paper reports the results obtained during an intercomparison exercise for the determination of difficult to measure radionuclides in activated reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel samples. In total, eight laboratories participated analysing 14C, 55Fe and 63Ni activity concentrations in RPV steel. In addition, some laboratories also analysed 60Co activity concentrations. Corresponding activity concentrations were also determined using activation calculations. Robust statistical techniques were utilised for the analysis of the results according to ISO 13528 standard. The results showed good agreement for 55Fe and 63Ni results whereas 14C results had significant differences. 60Co results were in quite good agreement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1303-1316
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	324
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07181-x
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2020
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

Open access funding provided by Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT). The authors would like to thank the Nordic Nuclear Research NKS-B programme for funding the DTM Decom project in which the intercomparison exercise was carried out. The authors would also like to thank the other participating laboratories, namely Technical University of Denmark, Cyclife Sweden AB, Fortum Power and Heat Oy, IFE Kjeller and IFE Halden for provision of data and collaboration. National fundings were given by Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Waste Management KYT 2022. The authors would also like to thank Fortum Power and Heat Oy for their collaborative actions.

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intercomparison exercise
radioactive waste
reactor pressure vessel steel activation
ISO 13528

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Leskinen, A., Salminen-Paatero, S., Gautier, C., Räty, A., Tanhua-tyrkkö, M., Fichet, P., Kekki, T., Zhang, W., Bubendorff, J., Laporte, E., Lambrot, G., & Brennetot, R. (2020). Intercomparison exercise on difficult to measure radionuclides in activated steel: statistical analysis of radioanalytical results and activation calculations. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 324, 1303-1316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07181-x

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