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Department of Physics, University of Surrey & Keeping the standards: The Role of the National Physical Laboratory in UK Radionuclide Measurement and Waste Assay Paddy Regan, Department of Physics, University of Surrey & Nuclear Metrology Group, National Physical Laboratory p.regan@surrey.ac.uk paddy.regan@npl.co.uk PANEL SESSION II UKNAM Lancaster, 4 Sept. 2017

NPL - The UK’s national standards lab Founded in 1900 A National Measurement Institute ~600 scientists plus 200 visiting researchers pa State-of-the-art laboratory facilities The core of the UK’s National Measurement System to support business and society Academic partners Uni. Surrey & Strathclyde plus other formal agreements (B’ham, Edinburgh, Southampton, Cambridge...) We have 750 staff and 388 laboratories with floor space 5 times the area of the pitch at Wembley (7,245 sq m). We work with 75 universities and 2000 businesses but our mission still reflects our original purpose All measurements of radioactivity in the UK rely on the primary standards held at NPL. The NPL standards are linked to the international measurement system and provide a route to demonstrate that measurements are accurate, consistent and independent.

The absolute primary standardisation of activity is a key mission of National Measurement Institutes such as NPL (UK), NIST (USA), PTB (Germany). They provide unbroken traceability to the SI unit of the becquerel (Bq) = s-1 . NPL has maintained the traceability of radioactive sources to the Bq in the UK for over 100 years Opening line of dissertation.

Role of National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in ‘Nuclear’ Reference materials for measurement and calibration. Provide traceability for ALL UK radiation measurements. Fast-neutron facility for ABSOLUTE neutron cross-sections. Collaborations in nuclear data measurements (via the STFC-UKNDN) at for e.g., 238U(n,f) fission waste residues. Measurements of long-lived radioisotopes via e.g., ICP-MS. (Needed for public ‘confidence’ in waste assay for e.g., 237Np). Provide graduate-level training in radionuclide metrology. Expertise in radionuclide measurement; data analysis; radiochemistry; env. radioactivity monitory; links to nuclear security (e.g., via CTBTO).

SUCCESSFUL CASE STUDY Robert Shearman, NPL-based, NDA-NNL funded U. Surrey PhD student, working on ‘Development of a Novel Gamma-ray Detection System For Fission Fragment Management and Evaluation’. Designed and commissioned the NAtional Nuclear Array (NANA).

NUCLEAR (DECAY) DATA: Nuclear data and standards UNDERPIN: medical radiopharmaceutical dose evaluations; nuclear security (e.g., CTBT verification) nuclear waste assay (Np, Pu, Am, Cs, Sr etc.); environmental assay (U, Th, Ra NORMs); nuclear forensics (U, Pu isotope ratios); Gen IV reactor operation modelling; …..and nuclear structure / astrophysics research.

Some of the NPL team and expertise Pete Theobald (Group Leader) John Keightley (primary & absolute decay standards) Sean Collins & Andy Pearce (g-ray spec; absolute data) Rob Shearman* & Giuseppe Lorusso (NANA) Kelly Ferreira (Ionization chambers for standards) David Thomas (neutron facility, Science Area Leader) Peter Ivanov (radiochemical separations; actinide chem.) Cyrus Larijani* (radiochem / alpha spec / nuclear strategy) Andy Robinson + Andrew Fenwick (medical & theranostics) Prof. David Read (Radiochem / assay – also Joint U. Surrey)