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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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.
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Standard
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| Pages |
72
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| PublisherName |
National Standards Authority of Ireland
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| Status |
Current
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| 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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