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  • IEC 61577-1:2006

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    Radiation protection instrumentation - Radon and radon decay product measuring instruments - Part 1: General principles

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    Language(s):  English - French

    Published date:  19-07-2006

    Publisher:  International Electrotechnical Committee

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    FOREWORD
    INTRODUCTION
    1 Scope and object
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms, definitions and units
      3.1 General definitions
      3.2 Specific definitions
      3.3 Units and conversion factors
    4 Instruments used for measuring radon and radon decay
      product
      4.1 General
      4.2 Criteria for the classification of radon and RnDP
          measuring instruments
      4.3 Methods of measuring radon in an atmosphere
      4.4 Methods of measuring radon decay product in an
          atmosphere
      4.5 Influence quantities
      4.6 Range of test parameters
    5 Need for a reference atmosphere
      5.1 Usual test methods limitations
      5.2 Mixtures of radon isotopes
    6 The concept of STAR
    7 Protocols for testing radon and RnDP measuring instruments
      7.1 Specific requirements for testing [222]Rn measuring
          instruments
      7.2 Specific requirements for testing [220]Rn measuring
          instruments
      7.3 Specific requirements for testing RnDP[222] measuring
          instruments
      7.4 Specific requirements for testing RnDP[220] measuring
          instruments
    Annex A (informative) Structure of the IEC 61577 series
    Bibliography

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    Addresses the instruments and associated methods for measuring isotopes 220 and 222 of radon and their subsequent short-lived decay products in gases. Helps to define type tests which have to be conducted in order to qualify these instruments.

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    Committee TC 45/SC 45B
    Development Note Stability Date: 2017. (09/2017)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher International Electrotechnical Committee
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    UNE-EN ISO 11665-5:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment -Air: radon-222 - Part 5: Continuous measurement method of the activity concentration (ISO 11665-5:2012)
    BS ISO 11665-1 : 2012 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 1: ORIGINS OF RADON AND ITS SHORT-LIVED DECAY PRODUCTS AND ASSOCIATED MEASUREMENT METHODS
    14/30284635 DC : 0 BS ISO 11665-11 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 11: TEST METHOD FOR SOIL GAS WITH SAMPLING AT DEPTH
    10/30186202 DC : 0 BS ISO 11665-7 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - PART 7: RADON-222: SPOT MEASUREMENT METHODS OF RADON ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    EN 61577-2:2017 Radiation protection instrumentation - Radon and radon decay product measuring instruments - Part 2: Specific requirements for 222Rn and 220Rn measuring instruments
    BS ISO 13164-3:2013 Water quality. Radon-222 Test method using emanometry
    10/30179537 DC : 0 BS ISO 11665-1 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - PART 1: RADON-222 AND ITS SHORT-LIVED DECAY PRODUCTS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT: THEIR ORIGINS AND MEASUREMENT METHODS
    CEI EN 61577-2 : 1ED 2018 RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - RADON AND RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS - PART 2: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR [222]RN AND [220]RN MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
    BS IEC 61577-2 : 2014 RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - RADON AND RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS - PART 2: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR [222]RN AND [220]RN MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
    UNE-EN ISO 16641:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air - Radon 220: Integrated measurement methods for the determination of the average activity concentration using passive solid-state nuclear track detectors (ISO 16641:2014)
    BS ISO 11665-7 : 2012 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 7: ACCUMULATION METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SURFACE EXHALATION RATE
    ISO 13164-3:2013 Water quality — Radon-222 — Part 3: Test method using emanometry
    I.S. EN ISO 11665-5:2015 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 5: CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT METHOD OF THE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION (ISO 11665-5:2012)
    ISO 11665-11:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment Air: radon-222 Part 11: Test method for soil gas with sampling at depth
    ISO 11665-5:2012 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment Air: radon-222 Part 5: Continuous measurement method of the activity concentration
    ISO 11665-2:2012 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment Air: radon-222 Part 2: Integrated measurement method for determining average potential alpha energy concentration of its short-lived decay products
    BS EN ISO 16641:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air. Radon 220: Integrated measurement methods for the determination of the average activity concentration using passive solid-state nuclear track detectors
    BS ISO 11665-6 : 2012 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 6: SPOT MEASUREMENT METHOD OF THE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION
    12/30228759 DC : DRAFT JAN 2012 BS ISO 13164-1 - WATER QUALITY - MEASUREMENT OF THE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION OF RADON-222 - PART 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
    07/30122906 DC : 0 BS IEC 61577-4 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - RADON AND RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS - PART 4: EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF REFERENCE ATMOSPHERES CONTAINING RADON ISOTOPES AND THEIR DECAY PRODUCTS (STAR)
    BS EN ISO 11665-5:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air:radon-222 Continuous measurement method of the activity concentration
    10/30203578 DC : 0 BS EN 61577-3 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - RADON AND RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS - PART 3: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS ON RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
    I.S. EN ISO 11665-3:2015 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 3: SPOT MEASUREMENT METHOD OF THE POTENTIAL ALPHA ENERGY CONCENTRATION OF ITS SHORT-LIVED DECAY PRODUCTS (ISO 11665-3:2012)
    PREN 61577-2 : DRAFT 2017 RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - RADON AND RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS - PART 2: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR [222]RN AND [220]RN MEASURING INSTRUMENTS (IEC 61577-2:2014, MODIFIED)
    NFM 60 765 : 2004 NUCLEAR ENERGY - AIR-MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT. RADON 222: METHODS FOR SPOT MEASUREMENT OF ALPHA POTENTIAL ENERGY OF RADON DAUGHTERS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    BS ISO 11665-4:2012 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air: radon-222 Integrated measurement method for determining average activity concentration using passive sampling and delayed analysis
    10/30186187 DC : 0 BS ISO 11665-2 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - PART 2: RADON-222: INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE AVERAGE POTENTIAL ALPHA ENERGY CONCENTRATION OF SHORT-LIVED RADON DECAY PRODUCTS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    10/30186205 DC : 0 BS ISO 11665-8 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - PART 8: RADON-222 IN BUILDINGS: METHODOLOGIES FOR INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
    NFM 60 761-1 : 2007 NUCLEAR ENERGY - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - WATER - PART 1: RADON 222 AND ITS SHORT LIVED DAUGHTER PRODUCTS IN WATER: THEIR ORIGINS AND MEASUREMENT METHODS
    10/30186196 DC : 0 BS ISO 11665-5 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - PART 5: RADON-222: CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT METHODS OF RADON ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    ISO 11665-4:2012 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment Air: radon-222 Part 4: Integrated measurement method for determining average activity concentration using passive sampling and delayed analysis
    BS ISO 11665-5 : 2012 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 5: CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT METHOD OF THE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION
    NFM 60 761-3 : 2008 NUCLEAR ENERGY - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - WATER - PART 3: RADON 222 AND ITS SHORT-LIVED DAUGHTERS IN WATER: MEASUREMENTS BY DEGASSING
    I.S. EN ISO 11665-6:2015 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 6: SPOT MEASUREMENT METHOD OF THE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION (ISO 11665-6:2012)
    BS EN ISO 11665-1:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air: radon-222 Origins of radon and its short-lived decay products and associated measurement methods
    ISO 11665-6:2012 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment Air: radon-222 Part 6: Spot measurement method of the activity concentration
    UNE-EN ISO 11665-1:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 1: Origins of radon and its short-lived decay products and associated measurement methods (ISO 11665-1:2012)
    ISO 16641:2014 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment Air Radon 220: Integrated measurement methods for the determination of the average activity concentration using passive solid-state nuclear track detectors
    BS ISO 11665-11:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air: radon-222 Test method for soil gas with sampling at depth
    BS EN ISO 11665-7:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air: radon-222 Accumulation method for estimating surface exhalation rate
    NFM 60 763 : 2004 NUCLEAR ENERGY - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - RADON 222 AND ITS SHORT-LIFE DECAY PRODUCTS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT: THEIR ORIGINS AND MEASURING METHODS
    BS EN ISO 11665-2:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air: radon-222 Integrated measurement method for determining average potential alpha energy concentration of its short-lived decay products
    BS EN ISO 11665-6:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air: radon-222 Spot measurement method of the activity concentration
    BS ISO 11665-3 : 2012 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 3: SPOT MEASUREMENT METHOD OF THE POTENTIAL ALPHA ENERGY CONCENTRATION OF ITS SHORT-LIVED DECAY PRODUCTS
    10/30186190 DC : 0 BS ISO 11665-3 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - PART 3: RADON-222: SPOT MEASUREMENT METHODS OF THE POTENTIAL ALPHA ENERGY CONCENTRATION OF SHORT-LIVED RADON DECAY PRODUCTS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    10/30186193 DC : 0 BS ISO 11665-4 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - PART 4: RADON-222: INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE AVERAGE RADON ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT USING PASSIVE SAMPLING AND DELAYED ANALYSIS
    NFM 60 766 : 2004 NUCLEAR ENERGY - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - RADON 222: METHODS FOR INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT OF THE AVERAGE VOLUMIC ACTIVITY OF RADON IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, WITH A PASSIVE COLLECTION AND AN DEFERRED ANALYSIS
    UNE-EN ISO 11665-3:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 3: Spot measurement method of the potential alpha energy concentration of its short-lived decay products (ISO 11665-3:2012)
    EN ISO 11665-5:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment -Air: radon-222 - Part 5: Continuous measurement method of the activity concentration (ISO 11665-5:2012)
    IEC 61577-2:2014 Radiation protection instrumentation - Radon and radon decay product measuring instruments - Part 2: Specific requirements for 222Rn and 220Rn measuring instruments
    IEC TR 62461:2015 Radiation protection instrumentation - Determination of uncertainty in measurement
    UNE-EN ISO 11665-7:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 7: Accumulation method for estimating surface exhalation rate (ISO 11665-7:2012)
    ISO 11665-7:2012 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment — Air: radon-222 — Part 7: Accumulation method for estimating surface exhalation rate
    EN 61577-3:2014 Radiation protection instrumentation - Radon and radon decay product measuring instruments - Part 3: Specific requirements for radon decay product measuring instruments
    EN ISO 11665-1:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 1: Origins of radon and its short-lived decay products and associated measurement methods (ISO 11665-1:2012)
    EN ISO 11665-7:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 7: Accumulation method for estimating surface exhalation rate (ISO 11665-7:2012)
    EN ISO 16641:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air - Radon 220: Integrated measurement methods for the determination of the average activity concentration using passive solid-state nuclear track detectors (ISO 16641:2014)
    EN ISO 11665-2:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 2: Integrated measurement method for determining average potential alpha energy concentration of its short-lived decay products (ISO 11665-2:2012)
    UNE-EN ISO 11665-6:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 6: Spot measurement method of the activity concentration (ISO 11665-6:2012)
    BS ISO 11665-2 : 2012 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 2: INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR DETERMINING AVERAGE POTENTIAL ALPHA ENERGY CONCENTRATION OF ITS SHORT-LIVED DECAY PRODUCTS
    I.S. EN 61577-2:2017 RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - RADON AND RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS - PART 2: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR [222]RN AND [220]RN MEASURING INSTRUMENTS (IEC 61577-2:2014, MODIFIED)
    I.S. EN 61577-3:2014 RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - RADON AND RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS - PART 3: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR RADON DECAY PRODUCT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
    BS EN ISO 11665-3:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment. Air: radon-222 Spot measurement method of the potential alpha energy concentration of its short-lived decay products
    12/30228765 DC : DRAFT JAN 2012 BS ISO 13164-3 - WATER QUALITY - MEASUREMENT OF THE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION OF RADON-222 - PART 3: EMANOMETRIC METHOD
    NFM 60 764 : 2004 NUCLEAR ENERGY - AIR-MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT-AIR. RADON 222: INTEGRATED METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF ALPHA POTENTIAL ENERGY OF SHORT LIFE DECAY PRODUCTS OF RADON IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    I.S. EN ISO 11665-2:2015 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 2: INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR DETERMINING AVERAGE POTENTIAL ALPHA ENERGY CONCENTRATION OF ITS SHORT-LIVED DECAY PRODUCTS (ISO 11665-2:2012)
    I.S. EN ISO 11665-1:2015 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 1: ORIGINS OF RADON AND ITS SHORT-LIVED DECAY PRODUCTS AND ASSOCIATED MEASUREMENT METHODS (ISO 11665-1:2012)
    I.S. EN ISO 16641:2016 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - RADON 220: INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE AVERAGE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION USING PASSIVE SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS (ISO 16641:2014)
    I.S. EN ISO 11665-7:2015 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR: RADON-222 - PART 7: ACCUMULATION METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SURFACE EXHALATION RATE (ISO 11665-7:2012)
    EN ISO 11665-6:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 6: Spot measurement method of the activity concentration (ISO 11665-6:2012)
    EN ISO 11665-3:2015 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 3: Spot measurement method of the potential alpha energy concentration of its short-lived decay products (ISO 11665-3:2012)
    ISO 11665-1:2012 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment Air: radon-222 Part 1: Origins of radon and its short-lived decay products and associated measurement methods
    UNE-EN ISO 11665-2:2016 Measurement of radioactivity in the environment - Air: radon-222 - Part 2: Integrated measurement method for determining average potential alpha energy concentration of its short-lived decay products (ISO 11665-2:2012)

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    IEC 60050-394:2007 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors
    DIN 25706-1:1994-11 PASSIVE MEASUREMENTS OF RADON - PART 1: TRACK ETCH METHOD
    NFM 60 769 : 2000 NUCLEAR ENERGY - MEASUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY - RADON 222: METHODS FOR SPOT MEASUREMENT OF THE VOLUMIC ACTIVITY OF RADON IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    NFM 60 764 : 2004 NUCLEAR ENERGY - AIR-MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT-AIR. RADON 222: INTEGRATED METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF ALPHA POTENTIAL ENERGY OF SHORT LIFE DECAY PRODUCTS OF RADON IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    NFM 60 767 : 1999 NUCLEAR ENERGY - MEASUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY-AIR - RADON 222: CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT METHODS OF THE VOLUMIC ACTIVITY OF RADON IN ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    NFM 60 765 : 2004 NUCLEAR ENERGY - AIR-MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT. RADON 222: METHODS FOR SPOT MEASUREMENT OF ALPHA POTENTIAL ENERGY OF RADON DAUGHTERS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
    NFM 60 766 : 2004 NUCLEAR ENERGY - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - RADON 222: METHODS FOR INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT OF THE AVERAGE VOLUMIC ACTIVITY OF RADON IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, WITH A PASSIVE COLLECTION AND AN DEFERRED ANALYSIS
    DIN 25706-2:1994-11 PASSIVE MEASUREMENTS OF RADON - PART 2: CHARCOAL MEASURING METHOD
    IEC 60050-393:2003 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 393: Nuclear instrumentation - Physical phenomena and basic concepts
    NFM 60 763 : 2004 NUCLEAR ENERGY - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT - AIR - RADON 222 AND ITS SHORT-LIFE DECAY PRODUCTS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT: THEIR ORIGINS AND MEASURING METHODS
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