Recent results (1986-1989) on the ENEA quality assurance programme for the radioactivity surveillance network in Italy.
A programme for the Quality Assurance of the Italian network for surveillance of radioactivity in foodstuff and environmental samples was started by the ENEA in 1983. The main purpose of this programme is to establish uniform levels of accuracy and reproducibility in measurement procedures routinely used by the laboratories belonging to the network. This paper describes the technical aspects relevant to the calibration and intercomparison campaigns carried out, in Italy, in the period 1986-1989. The relevant measurements include gamma spectrometry and beta-ray counting in liquid aqueous samples.
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Laboratorio di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti ENEA, CRE Casaccia, Rome, Italy.
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D002138:Calibration / Q000592:standards; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012588:Scintillation Counting / Q000592:standards*; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma / Q000592:standards*