Building materials radon exhalation rate: ERRICCA intercomparison exercise results

Petropoulos, NP; Anagnostakis, MJ; Simopoulos, SE

dc.contributor.author	Petropoulos, NP	en
dc.contributor.author	Anagnostakis, MJ	en
dc.contributor.author	Simopoulos, SE	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:41:44Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:41:44Z
dc.date.issued	2001	en
dc.identifier.issn	0048-9697	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/30611
dc.subject	222Rn	en
dc.subject	Building materials	en
dc.subject	Intercomparison	en
dc.subject	Radon	en
dc.subject	Radon exhalation rate	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en
dc.subject.other	Building materials	en
dc.subject.other	Fluxes	en
dc.subject.other	Radioactivity measurement	en
dc.subject.other	Radon	en
dc.subject.other	Exahalation rates	en
dc.subject.other	Nuclear engineering	en
dc.subject.other	radon	en
dc.subject.other	accuracy	en
dc.subject.other	building material	en
dc.subject.other	conference paper	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	intermethod comparison	en
dc.subject.other	materials testing	en
dc.subject.other	pollutant	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	radioactivity	en
dc.subject.other	research	en
dc.subject.other	technique	en
dc.title	Building materials radon exhalation rate: ERRICCA intercomparison exercise results	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00674-X	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00674-X	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2001	en
heal.abstract	The Nuclear Engineering Section of the National Technical University of Athens undertook the organisation of a European building material radon exhalation rate intercomparison exercise in the framework of the European Research into Radon In Construction Concerted Action (ERRICCA). The intercomparison started in June 1998 and it was concluded in February 1999. Twenty participants from 13 countries took part. The exercise focused on the radon exhalation rate determination from a concrete slab, specially constructed to produce radon surface flux well below 10 mBqm(-2) s(-1). This paper describes the measurement results obtained using different instruments and methods in order to assess 'state-of-the-art' low-level radon exhalation measurements, being performed around Europe. Results are compared to each other and they provide an indication of the collective precision of such measurements fur low exhalation rates. The agreement, with a few exceptions, is satisfactorily good. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Science of the Total Environment	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00674-X	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000169858600018	en
dc.identifier.volume	272	en
dc.identifier.issue	1-3	en
dc.identifier.spage	109	en
dc.identifier.epage	118	en