Uranium in urine

The maximum number of participants for the inter-laboratory comparison is 50.

3 samples: 25UA, 25UB and 25UC of 500 ml ± 0.75% :

  • 1 sample with concentration < 50 μg/l and activity < 1.25 E+00 Bq/L (excluding 232U)
  • 1 activity sample < 2.00 E-01 Bq/L (excluding 232U)
  • 1 sample not overloaded

This presentation provides an overview of the Uranium in urine intercomparison. The information given here is for guidance only. For official, up-to-date data, please refer to the current year’s interlaboratory comparison campaign plan.

CEA Marcoule / Laboratory responsible for intercomparison Actinides DTPA
Expert biologist: Géraldine Lecoix

The Marcoule site includes CEA semi-industrial research and development facilities, AREVA facilities undergoing radioactive decontamination, industrial irradiation reactors and a fast neutron research reactor, a MOX fuel production facility, a recycling facility for uncontaminated scrap metal, in vitro radioimmunoassay kit production facilities, and basic research facilities in the field of life sciences.

Within this site, the Marcoule Medical Biology Laboratory is responsible for conducting medical biology, toxicology, and radiotoxicology examens to ensure the fitness for work of personnel from the various nuclear operators at the Marcoule, Tricastin Pierrelatte, and Malvési Narbonne sites. It contributes to the dosimetric monitoring of all employees exposed to risks of internal contamination by radionuclides. To this end, its structure includes four activity sectors: a fully automated Medical Biology laboratory, a radiochemistry laboratory, a physical measurements laboratory, and a anthropodiametry laboratory.

The Laboratory monitors a population of approximately 15'000 peoples.

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