Radon risk assessment is carried out by means of accurate measurements with active or passive instrumentation. All radon detectors must be calibrated and tested using a radon chamber containing a known concentration of radon produced by specific sources of 226Ra. Some chambers can also be used to test the response of detectors as a function of environmental conditions. In this case, a calibration curve can be inferred with respect to change in one of the considered parameters. For this aim, a new radon chamber was designed and realised to perform calibration and to study the detector response in a large range of variation of the environmental parameters (pressure, 700–1100 mbar; temperature, 5–508C; humidity, 10–90 %). The first experiments conducted to study the influence of environmental parameters on the detector response have shown flexibility and ease of use of the chamber.

Compagno, A., Parlato, A., Rizzo, S., Tomarchio, E. (2011). A chamber to test the response of radon detector to changing environmental conditions. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY, vol. 145, No. 2-3 (2011)(vol. 145, No. 2-3,), 312-315 [10.1093/rpd/ncr073].

A chamber to test the response of radon detector to changing environmental conditions

PARLATO, Aldo;RIZZO, Salvatore;TOMARCHIO, Elio Angelo
2011-01-01

Abstract

Radon risk assessment is carried out by means of accurate measurements with active or passive instrumentation. All radon detectors must be calibrated and tested using a radon chamber containing a known concentration of radon produced by specific sources of 226Ra. Some chambers can also be used to test the response of detectors as a function of environmental conditions. In this case, a calibration curve can be inferred with respect to change in one of the considered parameters. For this aim, a new radon chamber was designed and realised to perform calibration and to study the detector response in a large range of variation of the environmental parameters (pressure, 700–1100 mbar; temperature, 5–508C; humidity, 10–90 %). The first experiments conducted to study the influence of environmental parameters on the detector response have shown flexibility and ease of use of the chamber.
2011
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Compagno, A., Parlato, A., Rizzo, S., Tomarchio, E. (2011). A chamber to test the response of radon detector to changing environmental conditions. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY, vol. 145, No. 2-3 (2011)(vol. 145, No. 2-3,), 312-315 [10.1093/rpd/ncr073].
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