Calibration from a NIST Radon Source

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• Personal Author:
  Droullard RF ; Holub, Robert F. ; Stroud, W. P. ; Droullard RF ; Holub, Robert F. ; Stroud, W. P.
• Description:
  Accurate monitoring of radon requires that the measuring instrumentation be properly calibrated against a recognized standard. The most recent intercomparisons have been conducted using radon-in-air samples contained within spherical glass ampoules provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These bulbs are now generally accepted as a primary radon calibration standard. In intercalibration exercises using these bulbs, results reported by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) were found to be in excellent agreement with those reported by NIST. The USBM method of calibration is described, and possible sources of uncertainty examined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Radiation Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Measurement-equipment; Mine-gases; Mining-industry; Standards; Work-environment; Workplace-monitoring; Radioactive-aerosols; Radiation-monitoring; Activity-levels; Counting-techniques; Radon-222; Calibration-standards; Interlaboratory-comparisons
• Series:
  Mining Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Information Circular ; Information Circular
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet ; Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center ; DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039261
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-139258
• Citation:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9443, 1996 Jan; :1-21
• CAS Registry Number:
  Radon (CAS RN 10043-92-2) ; Radon (CAS RN 10043-92-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9443
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12d5636d8ba521f6f94d43b64e8a2b1a386e85b4d8170a8ea08cfab94ca9b0773669f56a417843d4ccf686faacfca7113945ce450911a2072cf30f68805bc340
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/235691/cdc_235691_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 744.33 KB ]