International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology

The International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology (ICRM) is an association of radionuclide metrology laboratories whose membership is composed of delegates of these laboratories together with other scientists (associate members) actively engaged in the study and applications of radioactivity. It explicitly aims at being an international forum for the dissemination of information on techniques, applications and data in the field of radionuclide metrology. This discipline provides a range of tools for tackling a variety of problems in numerous other fields, for both basic research and industrial applications. ICRM activities are largely the responsibility of its working groups. Each group is guided by a co-ordinator who acts as a centre for ideas and communications and may organise conferences and workshops. There are now six working groups with the following fields of interests: alpha-particle spectrometry; gamma-ray and beta-particle; spectrometry; life sciences; low-level measurement techniques; non-neutron nuclear data; and radionuclide metrology techniques. (author)