The NTA facility operated by in the Analytical Service of G.II.8 nuclear safeguards and forensics unit provides analytical support to Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) with the enforcement of the EURATOM treaty and to other international safeguards and forensics authorities.
It provides the technologies and expertise to deliver high quality measurements of almost all the elements of the periodic table, from trace element to matrix, covering several orders of magnitude of content levels.
It also delivers analytical support to the units of the Directorate G related to their R&D or safety and decommissioning activities.
Analytical methods
Most analytical methods are accredited according to ISO/IEC 17025:2018, ensuring results at the highest internationally acknowledged level.
The array of analytical methods with details on typical materials analysed, range of materials needed, and uncertainty of the results are listed in the table “available methods and their application”. However, this list is not exhaustive and adaptation to customer needs are possible.
Related JRC Publications
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Laboratory photos
You can view additional images of the Nuclear and Trace Analysis facility at the JRC Digital Media Hub.
Contact
Nuclear and Trace Analysis facility
Please use the following e-mail to contact the facility.
- Name
- Nuclear and Trace Analysis facility
- JRC-KRU-ANALYTICAL-SERVICE
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu