The European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives (EURL-FA), hosted by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate General of the European Commission, has been mandated by the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) to organise a proficiency test (PT) among appointe...
Atomic clocks are a quantum technology, used in national metrology laboratories to define UTC and in various networked infrastructure. Developments in the clocks themselves, and in the distribution of precise time, can be expected to affect several application areas of importance to European pol...
A collection of high resolution gamma-ray spectra from well-characterized Pu certified reference materials has been recorded using a coaxial HPGe detector in the energy range up to 2.8 MeV. The spectra were measured for long acquisition times, ensuring very good counting statistics. The experime...
This report presents exploratory research into the low frequency (up to 400 kHz) magnetic fields generated by hybrid and electric vehicles under driving and charging conditions. The study includes a literature survey and experimental work addressing the issues of: measurement protocols; instrume...
This report presents the results of the fifth inter-laboratory comparison for BTEX automatic analysers performed at the JRC Ispra from the 23rd to the 26th of September 2019. Thirteen national reference laboratories and fifteen instruments participated in this exercise. Six concentration levels ...
Reference materials for Neutron Resonance Analysis (NRA) applications are discussed. This non-destructive analysis technique can be applied for a variety of applications, such as: validation of nuclear data, characterisation of reference samples and complex nuclear materials and archaeological a...
This report describes the production of ERM-BB185, which is a bovine liver material certified for the mass fraction of As, Cd, Cu, Mn, Pb, Se and Zn. This material was produced following ISO Guide 34:2009 and is certified in accordance with ISO Guide 35:2006. This CRM is produced and certified t...
Transmission measurements have been performed at the time-of-flight facility GELINA using metallic discs of natural tungsten. The measurements have been carried out at 25 m and 50 m stations using Li-glass scintillators with the accelerator operating at 800 Hz. This report describes the experime...
A measurement of the 48Ti(n,n’γ)48Ti reaction was performed at the GELINA neutron source of EC-JRC-IRMM using the GAINS γ spectrometer with the purpose of establishing a new γ-ray standard for neutron induced cross section measurements. A natural target was used and the γ-production cross sectio...
