The use of portable equipment for the activity concentration index determination of building materials: Method validation and survey of building materials on the Belgian market

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-63

  Stals, M ^a,b   Verhoeven, S ^a   Bruggeman, M ^c   Pellens, V ^a,b   Schroeyers, W ^a,b   Schreurs, S ^a,b  

^a NuTeC (Nuclear Technological Centre)   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity concentration; Building materials; Euratom Basic Safety Standards; Measurement; NORM

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMMERCE; MEASUREMENTS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; COUNTING EFFICIENCY; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH PURITY GERMANIUMS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; METHOD VALIDATIONS; NORM; SAFETY STANDARD;

BUILDING CODES;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EQUIPMENT; GERMANIUM; MARKET; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION INDEX; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARKET; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PROGENY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCINTILLATION PROBE; SCREENING; SHELTERED WORKSHOP; SPECTROSCOPY;

BELGIUM;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; BUILDING MATERIALS; EURATOM BASIC SAFETY STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT; NORM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BELGIUM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; THORIUM;

EID: 84886242362     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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