• There are no items in your cart
We noticed you’re not on the correct regional site. Switch to our AMERICAS site for the best experience.
Dismiss alert

BS ISO 18589-7 : 2013

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

View Superseded by
superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - SOIL - PART 7: IN SITU MEASUREMENT OF GAMMA-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-05-2016

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2013

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, and units
4 Principles
5 Equipment
6 Procedure
7 Quality assurance and quality control program
8 Expression of results
9 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Influence of radionuclides
        in air on the result of surface or mass activity
        measured by in situ gamma spectrometry
Annex B (informative) - Influence quantities
Annex C (informative) - Characteristics of germanium
        detectors
Annex D (informative) - Field-of-view of an in
        situ gamma spectrometer as a function of
        the photon energy for different radionuclide
        distributions in soil
Annex E (informative) - Methods for calculating
        geometry factors and angular correction
        factors
Annex F (informative) - Example for calculation
        of the characteristic limits as well as the best
        estimate of the measurand and its standard
        uncertainty
Annex G (informative) - Conversion factors for
        surface or mass activity to air kerma rate
        and ambient dose equivalent rate for different
        radionuclide distribution in soil
Annex H (informative) - Mass attenuation factors
        for soil and attenuation factors for air as a
        function of photon energy and deviation of
        G(E,V) for different soil compositions
Bibliography

Describes the identification of radionuclides and the measurement of their activity in soil using in situ gamma spectrometry with portable systems equipped with germanium or scintillation detectors.

Committee
NCE/2
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 12/30242242 DC. (10/2013) Renumbered and superseded by BS EN ISO 18589-7. (05/2016)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
66
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 18589-7:2013 Identical

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
ISO 18589-3:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment — Soil — Part 3: Test method of gamma-emitting radionuclides using gamma-ray spectrometry
ISO 18589-1:2005 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment Soil Part 1: General guidelines and definitions
ISO 11929:2010 Determination of the characteristic limits (decision threshold, detection limit and limits of the confidence interval) for measurements of ionizing radiation Fundamentals and application
ISO 18589-2:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment — Soil — Part 2: Guidance for the selection of the sampling strategy, sampling and pre-treatment of samples
IEC 61275:2013 Radiation protection instrumentation - Measurement of discrete radionuclides in the environment - In situ photon spectrometry system using a germanium detector
ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008 Uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995)

View more information
£260.00
Excluding VAT

Access your standards online with a subscription

Features

  • Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations.

  • Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications.

  • Multi-user online standards collection: secure, flexible and cost effective.