title: IAEA proficiency tests for determination of radionuclides in sea water.
abstract: The International Atomic Energy Agency organised four proficiency tests between 2012 and 2015 to test the performance of participating laboratories in an analysis of radionuclides in sea water samples. These exercises were initiated to support IAEA Member States in sea water analyses of tritium, strontium-90 and caesium isotopes in relation to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, in March 2011, and subsequent contamination of the marine environment.
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000 Monaco, Monaco. Electronic address: a.v.harms@iaea.org.
authors.forename: Arend
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harms
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000 Monaco, Monaco.
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khanh Pham
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000 Monaco, Monaco.
authors.forename: Oxana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Blinova
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Environment Laboratories, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
authors.forename: Sandor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarjan
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000 Monaco, Monaco.
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nies
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000 Monaco, Monaco.
authors.forename: Iolanda
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Osvath
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D059021:Laboratory Proficiency Testing / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012623:Seawater / Q000032:analysis*; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D014316:Tritium / Q000032:analysis; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D014316:Tritium; C000614989:Cesium-137; C000615490:Strontium-90; C000614987:Cesium-134