Intercomparison exercise on difficult to measure radionuclides in activated concrete—statistical analysis and comparison with activation calculations

Anumaija Leskinen; Celine Gautier; Antti Räty; Tommi Kekki; Elodie Laporte; Margaux Giuliani; Jacques Bubendorff; Julia Laurila; Kristian Kurhela; Pascal Fichet; Susanna Salminen-Paatero

doi:10.1007/s10967-021-07824-7

Intercomparison exercise on difficult to measure radionuclides in activated concrete—statistical analysis and comparison with activation calculations

Anumaija Leskinen^*
, Celine Gautier
, Antti Räty
, Tommi Kekki
, Elodie Laporte
, Margaux Giuliani
, Jacques Bubendorff
, Julia Laurila
, Kristian Kurhela
, Pascal Fichet
, Susanna Salminen-Paatero

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper reports the results obtained in a Nordic Nuclear Safety Research project during the second intercomparison exercise for the determination of difficult to measure radionuclides in decommissioning waste. Eight laboratories participated by carrying out radiochemical analysis of ³H, ¹⁴C, ³⁶Cl, ⁴¹Ca, ⁵⁵Fe and ⁶³Ni in an activated concrete. In addition, gamma emitters, namely ¹⁵²Eu and ⁶⁰Co, were analysed. The assigned values were derived from the submitted results according to ISO 13,528 standard and the performance assessments were determined using z scores. The measured results were compared with activation calculation result showing varying degree of comparability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	945-958
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	329
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07824-7
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The authors would like to thank the Nordic Nuclear Research NKS-B programme (www.nks.org) 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. A-LABOS-EX-PR-SC-01 project is thanked for the CEA self-funding. The authors would also like to thank FiR1 decommissioning personnel for the provision of studied material and collaboration.

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Biological shield
Concrete
Decommissioning waste
Difficult to measure radionuclides
Intercomparison exercise
ISO 13,528

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Leskinen, A., Gautier, C., Räty, A., Kekki, T., Laporte, E., Giuliani, M., Bubendorff, J., Laurila, J., Kurhela, K., Fichet, P., & Salminen-Paatero, S. (2021). Intercomparison exercise on difficult to measure radionuclides in activated concrete—statistical analysis and comparison with activation calculations. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 329(2), 945-958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07824-7

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Intercomparison exercise on difficult to measure radionuclides in activated concrete—statistical analysis and comparison with activation calculations. / Leskinen, Anumaija; Gautier, Celine; Räty, Antti et al.
In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 329, No. 2, 08.2021, p. 945-958.

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Intercomparison exercise on difficult to measure radionuclides in activated concrete—statistical analysis and comparison with activation calculations

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