AQCS - Analytical Quality Control Services
The AQCS Programme : a brief description
For more than 30 years the International Atomic Energy Agency has been assisting laboratories in Member States in maintaining and improving the reliability, i.e. the quality of analyses of nuclear, industrial and biological materials, and of materials of marine origin. Through the Analytical Quality Control Services (AQCS) the Agency initiates and supports improvements in the accuracy of analytical chemistry and radiometric measurements and their traceability to basic standards. This is achieved by organising worldwide or regional intercomparison exercises and distributing reference materials as listed in the AQCS catalogue. The AQCS programme focuses on the determination of radionuclides, major, minor and trace elements, stable isotopes and groups of organic contaminants and agrochemical residues with nuclear, atomic and other analytical techniques.
