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The CCRI(II) Mass Spectrometry Task Group hosted a hybrid working group meeting on “The Current and Future Applications of Mass Spectrometry in Radionuclide Metrology” (47 on-site, 108 online from approximately 50 countries). This was a follow-up to the online workshop and survey organized by the Task Group, where regular workshops were highlighted as a topic of interest. This two-day event was combined with the final stakeholder workshop of the Euramet MetroPOEM project, which focused on the application of mass spectrometry for measurement of stable and radioactive pollutants at environmental levels, through the provision of new methods, good practice guides, traceable standards, and reference materials.

The workshop included talks and posters from University of Vienna, University of Mainz, AWE, GAU Radioanalytical, SUERC, Lawrence Livermore, University of Manchester, DTU, NPL, NIST, as well as the MetroPOEM consortium. In line with previous work by the Task Group, the provision of standards and reference materials to support the increasing use of mass spectrometry was a priority, as was the ongoing development of instrumentation to further expand radionuclide measurement.