{"id":15,"date":"2021-08-04T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:25:52","slug":"quality-assurance-accredited-testing-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Quality Assurance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-border-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9d7acad3e9da48402538c12c20c17b57\" style=\"border-color:#dc3128;border-width:3px;color:#273a68;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><blockquote><p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>The IRAS Team were extremely helpful, diligent, efficient and great to work with. Reporting of results was clear and unambiguous. They surpassed the agreed turnaround time and delivered the reports 6 days early!&#8221;<br><\/p><cite><em>Waste characterisation customer<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fd526d70 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>&#8220;To reliably meet customer requirment, quality assurance must be built in, not bolted on.&#8221;<\/strong><br><br>IRAS Active Analytics have&nbsp;carefully developed laboratory systems with the aim&nbsp;of&nbsp;making&nbsp;\u201cdoing it right\u201d the line of least resistance.<br><br><strong>Accreditation Status<\/strong><br><br>IRAS Active Analytics is UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 30011. The<br>ISO\/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation covers our management system and specific test<br>\/ matrix combinations. <br><br>The current scope of the test specific accreditation can be<br>verified on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukas.com\/download-schedule\/30011\/Testing\/\">UKAS website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3297-edited-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Technician taking a measurement at IRAS Active Analytics, an accredited testing laboratory.\" class=\"wp-image-384\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3297-edited-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3297-edited-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3297-edited-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3297-edited-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3297-edited-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/irasactiveanalytics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3297-edited-scaled.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Planned Extensions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">We are currently working on extending our existing scope to include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:18px\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strontium-90 by radiochemistry and liquid scintillation counting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iron-55 by radiochemistry and liquid scintillation counting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nickel-63 by radiochemistry and liquid scintillation counting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High resolution gamma spectrometry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alpha emitting isotopes of plutonium by radiochemistry and alpha<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>spectrometry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tritium and carbon-14 by pyrolysis and liquid scintillation counting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">This is a major undertaking involving the investment of several thousand hours of<br>laboratory staff time and significant external costs (participation in Proficiency Test<br>Exercises, purchase of metrologically traceable reference materials etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe IRAS Team were extremely helpful, diligent, efficient and great to work with. 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