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I.S. EN ISO 18589-7:2016

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MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - SOIL - PART 7: IN SITU MEASUREMENT OF GAMMA-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES (ISO 18589-7:2013)

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2016

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National Foreword
European foreword
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
        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

Defines 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.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
72
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
EN ISO 18589-7:2016 Identical
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)

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