• BS ISO 18589-7 : 2013

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.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    Superseded date:  31-05-2016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

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    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
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    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.

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    Committee NCE/2
    Development Note Supersedes 12/30242242 DC. (10/2013) Renumbered and superseded by BS EN ISO 18589-7. (05/2016)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    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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