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Standardization of radon measurements

Matuszek, J.M. / Hutchinson, J.A. / Lance, B.H. / Virgil, M.G. / Mahoney, R.J.

AbstractRadon escaping from soil into homes appears to present the single greatest source of radiation exposure that most people will ever face. Measurement protocols for the relatively inert gas inextricably link the method of collection with the counting of the specimen. The most commonly used methods depend on the measurement of dislocation sites on plastic α-track detectors or on the adsorption of radon onto activated charcoal for subsequent counting of the γ-rays produced by decay of the radon progeny. The uncertainties inherent to the radon-measurement methods used commercially in the United States are far greater than those for measurements of other environmental radionuclides. The results of this preliminary study raise doubts as to whether existing proficiency-testing programs can provide assurance that radon-measurement methods are representative of actual conditions in any dwelling.

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Matuszek, J.M. / Hutchinson, J.A. / Lance, B.H. / Virgil, M.G. / Mahoney, R.J.

AbstractRadon escaping from soil into homes appears to present the single greatest source of radiation exposure that most people will ever face. Measurement protocols for the relatively inert gas inextricably link the method of collection with the counting of the specimen. The most commonly used methods depend on the measurement of dislocation sites on plastic α-track detectors or on the adsorption of radon onto activated charcoal for subsequent counting of the γ-rays produced by decay of the radon progeny. The uncertainties inherent to the radon-measurement methods used commercially in the United States are far greater than those for measurements of other environmental radionuclides. The results of this preliminary study raise doubts as to whether existing proficiency-testing programs can provide assurance that radon-measurement methods are representative of actual conditions in any dwelling.

Standardization of radon measurements

Matuszek, J.M. / Hutchinson, J.A. / Lance, B.H. / Virgil, M.G. / Mahoney, R.J.

AbstractRadon escaping from soil into homes appears to present the single greatest source of radiation exposure that most people will ever face. Measurement protocols for the relatively inert gas inextricably link the method of collection with the counting of the specimen. The most commonly used methods depend on the measurement of dislocation sites on plastic α-track detectors or on the adsorption of radon onto activated charcoal for subsequent counting of the γ-rays produced by decay of the radon progeny. The uncertainties inherent to the radon-measurement methods used commercially in the United States are far greater than those for measurements of other environmental radionuclides. The results of this preliminary study raise doubts as to whether existing proficiency-testing programs can provide assurance that radon-measurement methods are representative of actual conditions in any dwelling.

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Title:

Standardization of radon measurements

Contributors:

Matuszek, J.M. (author) / Hutchinson, J.A. (author) / Lance, B.H. (author) / Virgil, M.G. (author) / Mahoney, R.J. (author)

Published in:

Environmental International ; 14 ; 371-378

Publication date:

1988-07-12

Size:

8 pages

ISSN:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-4120(88)90018-9

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Electronic Resource

Language:

English

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