title: ISO standards on test methods for water radioactivity monitoring.
abstract: Water is vital to humans and each of us needs at least 1.5L of safe water a day to drink. Beginning as long ago as 1958 the World Health Organization (WHO) has published guidelines to help ensure water is safe to drink. Focused from the start on monitoring radionuclides in water, and continually cooperating with WHO, the International Standardization Organization (ISO) has been publishing standards on radioactivity test methods since 1978. As reliable, comparable and 'fit for purpose' results are an essential requirement for any public health decision based on radioactivity measurements, international standards of tested and validated radionuclide test methods are an important tool for production of such measurements. This paper presents the ISO standards already published that could be used as normative references by testing laboratories in charge of radioactivity monitoring of drinking water as well as those currently under drafting and the prospect of standardized fast test methods in response to a nuclear accident.
authors: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Pôle Maitrise des risques, BP 6, 92262 Fontenay aux Roses Cedex, France. dominique.calmet@cea.fr
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Calmet
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ameon
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bombard
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Forte
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Fournier
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Herranz
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Jerome
authors: P
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authors: Kwakman
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Llaurado
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tokonami
mesh_terms: D060766:Drinking Water / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D038622:Internationality; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive
keywords: International standards; Radioactivity; Test methods