The Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory of the University of A Coruña (LRA-UDC), aware of the requirements, needs and expectations of stakeholders, has the necessary resources to maintain, review and continuously review a Quality Management System in accordance with the UNE-EN ISO 9001 standard and aligned with the requirements of UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025, with the aim of guaranteeing quality, technical competence and impartiality in all its services.

We commit to:

• Continuous improvement: Adopt continuous improvement as a fundamental principle, prioritizing prevention over correction and regularly reviewing the effectiveness of the management system and technical processes.
• Legal and regulatory compliance: Strictly comply with current legislation, applicable legal and regulatory requirements, as well as requirements agreed with our stakeholders.
• Technical competence : Perform all environmental radioactivity analyses with the utmost technical rigor, using validated and appropriate methods, and relying on competent, qualified personnel in continuous training to guarantee the reliability of the results.
• Impartiality, independence, and integrity: We act with absolute impartiality and independence, ensuring that our activities and decisions are not influenced by commercial, financial, or organizational pressures that could compromise the objectivity and integrity of the results. Management is responsible for identifying, assessing, and controlling any risks that could affect the impartiality or independence of the laboratory.
• Risk management: Proactively identify and manage risks and opportunities that may affect the quality of results, technical competence, or impartiality, integrating this management at all levels of the system.
• Consistency and reliability: Maintaining consistency in our activities through the application of documented procedures that ensure the traceability, accuracy and validity of the results, as well as the reliability of the opinions and interpretations when they are issued.
• Supplier management: Establish effective controls over suppliers to ensure the quality of products that may affect our results.
• Staff participation and training: Encourage active involvement, open communication and continuous training of all staff, as a basis for strengthening the culture of quality, competence and impartiality in the laboratory.

 The LRA-UDC Direction assumes full responsibility for the implementation and compliance of this policy, ensuring that it is understood, implemented and maintained at all levels of the organization, and that it serves as a framework for defining our objectives and commitments, continuous improvement and the satisfaction of stakeholders.

Quality policy LRA UDC 30-04-2025

In Ferrol, on April 30, 2025

José Luis Calvo Rolle

Laboratory Director.

The LRA-UDC has the AENOR certification of the Quality Management System, according to the UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015 standard, for the activities of "Design and performance of radioactivity analyses in samples", carried out at "CIS TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN: ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION LABORATORY - UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA A CABANA S/N 15590 FERROL (A CORUÑA)." With registration number: ER-0069/2010 and expiration date: 2028-01-21.

AENOR-ER-0069/2010

In addition, it has the recognition of AENOR certification by IQNET. Registration number: ES-0069/2010 and expiration date: 2028-01-21.

 IQNET-ES-0069/2010

The LRA-UDC is in the process of accreditation with the National Accreditation Body (ENAC) in accordance with the criteria established in the UNE EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard, for the INSTALLATION OF ACTIVE TRACE AND CONTINUOUS DETECTORS AND MEASUREMENT OF EXPOSURE AND CONCENTRATION TO RADON IN THE INTERIOR AIR OF BUILDINGS.

Likewise, the LRA-UDC is in the process of being authorized by the Nuclear Safety Council as an External Personal Dosimetry service.