International standardisation work on the measurement of radon in air and water
| Autor: | T. Richards, Margarita Herranz, S. Jerome, M. Woods, M. Fournier, A. Bombard, P. Nardoux, P. de Jong, P. Kwakman, M. N. Bourquin, J. Loyen, A. Klett, Shinji Tokonami, D. Calmet, M. Llaurado, Ch. Schuler, R. Ameon, T. Beck, M. Forte, Rolf Michel, S. Brun |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), TrisKem International, ARPA Lombardia, Dipartimento Sub-Provinciale Città di Milano, Autorité de Sureté Nucléaire, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM), Departament de Química Inorgnica, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Water Pollutants
Radioactive Standardization [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Air pollution chemistry.chemical_element Radon 010501 environmental sciences medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Radiation Monitoring medicine Humans Dosimetry Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Environmental impact assessment Environmental planning Reliability (statistics) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health International Agencies General Medicine respiratory tract diseases Work (electrical) chemistry Air Pollutants Radioactive 13. Climate action Environmental science Radiation monitoring |
| Zdroj: | RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY, 2011, 145 (2-3), pp.267-272. ⟨10.1093/rpd/ncr077⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 0144-8420 |
| Popis: | Radon is considered to be the main source of human exposure to natural radiation. As stated by the World Health Organization, the exposure due to the inhalation of indoor radon is much greater than the one via the ingestion of water as radon degasses from water during handling. In response to these concerns about the universal presence of radon, environmental assessment studies are regularly commissioned to assess the radon exposure of public and workers. The credibility of such studies relies on the quality and reliability of radon analysis as well as on the sample representativeness of the radiological situation. The standard-setting approach, based on consensus, seemed to lend itself to a settlement of technical aspects of potential comparison. At present, two Working Groups of the International Standardization Organization are focussing on drafting standards on radon and its decay products measurement in air and water. These standards, which aim for a set of rigorous metrology practices, will be useful for persons in charge of the initial characterisation of a site with respect to natural radioactivity as well as to those performing the routine surveillance of specific sites. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. |
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