Results of the 2015 national indoor radon intercomparison measurements in Serbia

• Autorzy: Forkapić S. , Bikit K. , Arsić V. , Ilić J. , Pantelić G. , Živanović M.

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DOI

10.1515/nuka-2016-0053

• Konferencja: International Conference „Radon in the Environment” (2nd ; 25-29.05.2015 ; Kraków, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Results and conclusions of interlaboratory comparison of indoor radon in 2015 in Serbia are presented. The participants were three accredited laboratories from Serbia: Serbian Institute of Occupational Health “Dr Dragomir Karajović”, Laboratory for Radioactivity and Dose Measurements at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad and Radiation and Environmental Protection Department, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Science. The laboratories make use of the same method for radon measurement, using charcoal canisters according to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protocol 520/5-87-005. Calibration of detection efficiency was performed using EPA radium standard. Radon activity concentrations were determined on the basis of the intensity of short-living radon daughters, 214Bi and 214Pb, gamma lines. The results of intercomparison were evaluated by using the u-test, which was calculated according to the International Atomic Energy Agency criteria. In this paper, not only limitations but also the advantages and possibilities of application of this method for measuring levels of human exposure to radon are discussed

Słowa kluczowe

EN

charcoal canisters; indoor radon; interlaboratory comparison

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 61, No. 3
• Strony: 321--325
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 9 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Forkapić S.

• Laboratory for Radioactivity and Dose Measurements, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 4 Trg Dositeja Obradovića Str., 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Bikit K.

• Laboratory for Radioactivity and Dose Measurements, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 4 Trg Dositeja Obradovića Str., 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Arsić V.

• Serbian Institute of Occupational Health “Dr Dragomir Karajović”, 29 Deligradska Str., 11000 Belgrade, Republic of Se

autor

Ilić J.

• Serbian Institute of Occupational Health “Dr Dragomir Karajović”, 29 Deligradska Str., 11000 Belgrade, Republic of Se

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Pantelić G.

• Radiation and Environmental Protection Department, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Science, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11000 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

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Živanović M.

• Radiation and Environmental Protection Department, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Science, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11000 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Bibliografia

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.