Published December 1980
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Journal article
Dosimetry of environmental radon: methods and theory for low-dose, integrated measurements
Creators
- 1. General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (USA). Research and Development Center
- 2. Terradex Corp., Walnut Creek, CA (USA)
Description
222Rn is important as a possible hazard to health, as an indicator of subsurface uranium, and potentially as an aid to earthquake prediction. Suitably housed track detectors give quantitative measures of 222Rn, free of other radon isotopes and daughter nuclides. The technique is now calibrated and shows linear response over a wide range of radon concentrations, times of exposure, and doses. Exposures down to 10 pCi/1.-days can be measured. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Health Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 39
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Health Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 957-962
- ISSN
- 0017-9078
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 12607274
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALIBRATION; CONTAINERS; DIELECTRIC TRACK DETECTORS; EARTHQUAKES; EMANOMETERS; ENVIRONMENT; ETCHING; EXPLORATION; FORECASTING; IMPURITIES; INTEGRAL DOSES; LOW LEVEL COUNTING; MEMBRANES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADON 222; SENSITIVITY; UNDERGROUND; URANIUM ORES
- Descriptors DEC
- ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LEVELS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; ORES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; SURFACE FINISHING