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Bilateral comparison of 14C activity measurements at the NCBJ RC POLATOM and the ENEA-INMRI

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A bilateral comparison of 14C activity measurements between ENEA-INMRI (Italy) and NCBJ RC POLATOM (Poland) was organized in the year 2015 and piloted by POLATOM, which provided the sources for the comparison. A set of six sources in Ultima Gold scintillator was measured at POLATOM using four different counters by two liquid scintillation counting methods: TDCR and CIEMAT/NIST. Three of sources were measured also at ENEA-INMRI by using two different TDCR counters. The results achieved in the comparison show an excellent agreement.

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  1. National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, Otwock, Poland

    T. Ziemek, R. Broda, T. Dziel, A. Jęczmieniowski, E. Lech, A. Listkowska & Z. Tymiński

  2. ENEA National Institute of Ionizing Radiation Metrology (ENEA-INMRI), Casaccia Research Centre, Rome, Italy

    M. Capogni & P. De Felice

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Ziemek, T., Capogni, M., Broda, R. et al. Bilateral comparison of 14C activity measurements at the NCBJ RC POLATOM and the ENEA-INMRI. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 721–725 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5464-y

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