• 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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    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2016

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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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
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    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.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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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