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ICRM NEWSLETTER Issue 30 – March 2016 International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology Editor : Mark A. Kellett ICRM Newsletter 2015 Issue 30 International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology ICRM ICRM NEWSLETTER Issue 30 Foreword NOT FOR PUBLICATION. This document should neither be quoted as a reference in publications nor listed in abstract journals, no reference should be made to the information contained in this Newsletter except with the permission of the author and as a private communication. Such permission should be sought directly from the contributor and not through the editor. The ICRM makes no warranty, express or implied or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Editor: Mark A. Kellett LNE – Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE – LNHB) CEA-Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex FRANCE Tel.: + 33 1 69 08 27 76 Fax.: + 33 1 69 08 26 19 E-mail: [email protected] Web Editor: Christophe Dulieu LNE – Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE – LNHB) CEA-Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex FRANCE E-mail: [email protected] March 2016 3 ICRM Newsletter 2015 Issue 30 Table of Contents Foreword ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................... 4 Editorial .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Instructions to Contributors ................................................................................................................... 7 Contribution Format ............................................................................................................................... 8 General Information on ICRM ............................................................................................................... 9 President’s Message ......................................................................................................................... 10 Circular letter to ICRM members, July 2015 ................................................................................... 13 Circular letter to ICRM members, January 2016 ............................................................................. 14 Amended ICRM bylaws as of 12 June 2015 ................................................................................... 20 Announcements .................................................................................................................................... 27 Meetings ........................................................................................................................................... 28 Research Positions ........................................................................................................................... 31 LNE-LNHB: PhD position – Metrological study of the shape of beta spectra and experimental validation of theoretical models ............................................................................. 31 LNE-LNHB: Post-doctoral position – Optimisation of an identification algorithm of -emitting radionuclides for on-line processing in an embedded digital system ......................... 32 EC-JRC-IRMM: Master’s thesis projects available – Various topics in Ultra Low-level and Low-level radioactivity gamma-ray spectrometry ................................................................ 32 Reports from the Working Group Coordinators .................................................................................. 33 Radionuclide Metrology Techniques WG ....................................................................................... 34 Life Sciences WG ............................................................................................................................ 35 Alpha Spectrometry WG .................................................................................................................. 37 Gamma Spectrometry WG ............................................................................................................... 38 Liquid Scintillation Counting WG ................................................................................................... 39 Low Level Measurement Techniques WG ...................................................................................... 40 Beta-Particle Spectrometry WG ...................................................................................................... 42 Nuclear Decay Data WG ................................................................................................................. 43 Contributions ........................................................................................................................................ 44 Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Argentina ......................................................... 45 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Activity Standards Laboratory (ASL), Australia, SA1/SA2 ........................................................................................... 48 European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Radionuclide Metrology Sector ............................................................... 52 4 ICRM Newsletter 2015 Issue 30 SCK•CEN, Low-Level Radioactivity Measurements (LRM), Belgium, SA1/SA2 ........................ 59 SCK•CEN, Radiochemical Analyses and Processes (RCA), Belgium, SA1/SA2 .......................... 63 Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes (LNMRI/IRD), Brazil, SA1/SA2 . 66 National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada, SA1/SA2 .................................................. 71 National Institute of Metrology (NIM), China, SA1/SA2 ............................................................... 74 Ruđer Bošković Institute, Laboratory for measurement of low-level radioactivity, Croatia SA1/SA2 .......................................................................................................................................... 77 National Institute of Radiation Protection (SIS), Denmark, SA1/SA2 ............................................ 85 LNE – Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, France, SA1/SA2 ................................................... 87 Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany, SA1/SA2 ........................................... 105 Pusat Teknologi Keselamatan dan Metrologi Radiasi – Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional (PTKMR – BATAN), Indonesia, SA1/SA2 .................................................................................. 112 ENEA - Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti (INMRI), Italy, SA1/SA2 116 National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (NMIJ/AIST), Japan .................................................................................................. 126 National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre (POLATOM), Poland, SA1/SA2 .... 127 IFIN-HH, Radionuclide Metrology Laboratory, Romania, SA1/SA2 ........................................... 132 Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Romania ............................................................... 140 Jožef Stefan Institute, Laboratory for Radioactivity Measurements (LMR), Laboratory for Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry (LSC), Slovenia, SA1/SA2 ..................................................... 141 National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA), Radioactivity Standards Laboratory, South Africa, SA1/SA2 .................................................................................................................. 149 Laboratorio de Metrología de Radiaciones Ionizantes (CIEMAT), Spain, SA1/SA2 ................... 153 Institut de Radiophysique (IRA), Switzerland ............................................................................... 160 National Radiation Standard Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (NRSL/INER), Taiwan, SA1/SA2 ................................................................................................. 161 TAEK-SANAEM, Radiation Metrology Laboratories, Turkey, SA1/SA2 .................................. 164 National Physical Laboratory (NPL), UK ..................................................................................... 170 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA, SA1/SA2 .................................... 180 End of Contributions .......................................................................................................................... 206 5 ICRM Newsletter 2015 Issue 30 Editorial This newsletter was established in response to a recommendation of the International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology made during its General Meeting in Grenoble 1985. It is meant to serve as a medium for informal exchange of information between workers active in the field of Radionuclide Metrology. The scope of the Radionuclide Metrology Newsletter is to describe briefly current activities in the following topics: foil and source preparation; -, - and -ray spectrometry including spectrum evaluation; improvement and development

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