Measurement of NORM

Author(s)

Harry Friedmann, Cristina Nuccetelli, B. Michalik, M. Anagnostakis, G. Xhixha, Konstantin Kovler, G. de With, C. Gasco, Wouter Schroeyers, R. Trevisi, S. Antropov, A. Tsapalov, C. Kunze, N.P. Petropoulos

Abstract

This chapter describes the most important measure methods to determine the activity concentration of gamma emitting radionuclides, the measurement of dose rates, and the determination of radon concentrations as well as radon exhalation rates. Several aspects concerning sampling, detector calibration, and uncertainty estimation are discussed.

Organisation(s)

Isotope Physics

External organisation(s)

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Glowny Instytut Gornictwa, Scientific and Technical Centre “AMPLITUDA”, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), University of Tirana, Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group, IAF-Radioökologie GmbH, National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work, Hasselt University

Pages

61-133

No. of pages

73

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102009-8.00005-0

Publication date

2017

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

201105 Construction material practice, 103014 Nuclear physics

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Environmental Science

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/017b7b12-760d-4474-b659-37cc374913b4