Published September 2012 | Version v1
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Results of an international comparison for the activity measurement of 177Lu

  • 1. Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (United States)
  • 2. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Retiesweg 111, B-2440 Geel (Belgium)
  • 3. "Horia Holubei" National Institute of R and D for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, P. O. Box MG-6, Bucharest, RO 77125 (Romania)
  • 4. National Physical Laboratory, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW (United Kingdom)
  • 5. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Australia)
  • 6. Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA, LIST, F 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
  • 7. ENEA Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti, Centro Richerche Casaccia, I-00123 Rome (Italy)
  • 8. Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiaçòes Ionizante, Av. Salvador Allende s/no. Recreio, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • 9. Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, Centro do Reator de Pesquisas, C.P. 11049 Pinheiros, 05422-970 São Paulo, SP (Brazil)

Description

An international Key Comparison of 177Lu has recently been carried out. Twelve laboratories performed assays for radioactivity content on aliquots of a common master solution of 177Lu, leading to eleven results submitted for entry into the Key Comparison Database of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement. A proposed Comparison Reference Value (CRV) was calculated to be 3.288(4) MBq/g using all eleven results. Degrees of equivalence and their uncertainties were calculated for each laboratory based on the CRV. Most of the values reported by the participating laboratories were within 0.6% of the CRV. - Highlights: ► First international Key Comparison of 177Lu has recently been carried out. ► Twelve metrology laboratories took part. ► Proposed Comparison Reference Value (CRV) calculated to be 3.288(5) MBq/g. ► Degrees of equivalence and their uncertainties were calculated. ► Most laboratories' results were within 0.6 % of the CRV.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.014

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.014;
PII
S0969-8043(12)00062-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1825-1830
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

Conference

Title
18. international conference on radionuclide metrology and its applications
Dates
19-23 Sep 2011
Place
Tsukuba (Japan)

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