ASTM C1128-95e1

Standard Guide for Preparation of Working Reference Materials for Use in the Analysis of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Materials

SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers the preparation and characterization of working reference materials (WRM) that are produced by a laboratory for its own use in the analysis of nuclear materials. Guidance is provided for establishing traceability of WRMs to certified reference materials by a defined characterization process. The guidance provided is generic; it is not specific for a given material.
1.2 The information provided by this guide is found in the following sections:SectionPlanning6Preparation7Packaging and Storage8Characterization9Statistical Analysis10Documentation 11
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-2001
• ICS: 27.120.30 - Fissile materials and nuclear fuel technology
• Technical Committee: C26 - Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• Drafting Committee: C26.08 - Quality Assurance, Statistical Applications, and Reference Materials

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C1128-01 - Standard Guide for Preparation of Working Reference Materials for Use in the Analysis of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 1128 – 95
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Guide for
Preparation of Working Reference Materials for Use in the
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Analysis of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 1128; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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e NOTE—Figure 1 was corrected editorially in February 1997.
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1. Scope Calibration and Testing Laboratories
ISO Guide 30 Terms and Definitions Used in Connection
1.1 This guide covers the preparation and characterization
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with Reference Materials
of working reference materials (WRM) that are produced by a
laboratory for its own use in the analysis of nuclear materials.
3. Terminology
Guidance is provided for establishing traceability of WRMs to
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
certified reference materials by a defined characterization
3.1.1 certified reference material (CRM)—a reference ma-
process. The guidance provided is generic; it is not specific for
terial with one or more property values that are certified by a
a given material.
technically valid procedure, accompanied by or traceable to a
1.2 The information provided by this guide is found in the
certificate or other documentation that is issued by a certifying
following sections:
body (as defined by ISO Guide 30). A certifying body is a
Section
Planning 6
technically competent body (organization or firm, public or
Preparation 7
private) that issues a reference material certificate (as defined
Packaging and Storage 8
by ISO Guide 30). Such an organization could be the National
Characterization 9
Statistical Analysis 10 Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or the New
Documentation 11
Brunswick Laboratory. A reference material certificate is a
document certifying one or more property values for a certified
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
standard. reference material, stating that the necessary procedures have
been carried out to establish their validity (as defined by ISO
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
Guide 30).
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
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3.1.2 reference material (RM) —a material or substance
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
one or more properties of which are sufficiently well estab-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
lished to be used for the calibration of an apparatus, the
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
assessment of a measurement method, or assigning values to
2. Referenced Documents
materials (as defined by ISO Guide 30). A reference material
may be referred to in this guide also as a standard, such as
2.1 ASTM Standards:
C 1009 Guide for Establishing a Quality Assurance Pro- calibration standard or control standard.
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3.1.3 working reference material (WRM) —a RM usually
gram for Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Within the
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Nuclear Industry prepared by a single laboratory for its own use as a calibration
standard, as a control standard, or for the qualification of a
C 1068 Guide for Qualification of Measurement Methods
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by a Laboratory Within the Nuclear Industry measurement method (see Guide C 1068) as indicated in Fig.
1.
C 1215 Guide for Preparing and Interpreting Precision and
Bias Statements in Test Method Standards in the Nuclear
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4. Summary of Guide
Industry
2.2 ISO Standards:
4.1 This guide covers the preparation of WRMs from
ISO Guide 25 General Requirements for the Competence of
nuclear fuel cycle materials. These materials are compounds
and metal of uranium and plutonium, absorber materials such
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C-26 on Nuclear Fuel
Cycle and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C26.8 on Quality Assurance
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Applications. Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., 13th
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1995. Published March 1996. Originally Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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published as C 1128 – 89. Last previous edition C 1128 – 89. It is important that some well defined indication of the uncertainty in the stated
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 12.01. values be given in the certificate.
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C 1128
FIG. 1 Quality Assurance of Analytical Laboratory Data
as boron carbide, and cladding materials such as zirconium and
stainless steel. The criteria governing the preparation of reli-
able WRMs are identified and discussed.
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