scholarly journals CORRIGENDUM TO: IMPLEMENTING A NEW DIFFUSION BATTERY FOR RADON PROGENY DOSE DETERMINATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 188 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-403
Author(s):  
Robert W Fairchild ◽  
Stephen Long ◽  
Andrew Yule
Keyword(s):  
Radon Progeny ◽  
Dose Determination ◽  
Diffusion Battery

IMPLEMENTING A NEW DIFFUSION BATTERY FOR RADON PROGENY DOSE DETERMINATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 188 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-315
Author(s):  
Robert W Fairchild ◽  
Stephen Long ◽  
Andrew Yule
Keyword(s):  
Data Storage ◽  
Original System ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Radon Progeny ◽  
Laptop Computer ◽  
Battery System ◽  
Visual Basic For Applications ◽  
Software Modules ◽  
Radiation Laboratory ◽  
Diffusion Battery

Abstract The Australian Radiation Laboratory Diffusion Battery was created in 1992 to evaluate radon progeny dose coefficients based on measured aerosol conditions. The Australian Radiation Laboratory Diffusion Battery used filters, alpha counters and a legacy laptop computer running a PowerBASIC program that controlled the hardware. Because technology has evolved, the original system is not supportable. A replacement system consisting of separate hardware and software modules has been created. The hardware counting module is based on the proven design of the Effective Dosimeter, using modern detectors, electronics, flow sensors, a microcontroller and a secure digital memory card for data storage. The analysis of the data has been implemented in an Excel spreadsheet with Visual Basic for Applications coding to do loops and iterations. Tests of the software with current and historic data sets, all taken with the original Australian Radiation Laboratory Diffusion Battery system, have validated a modern, supportable diffusion battery system.

scholarly journals High-time resolved radon-progeny measurements in the Arctic region (Svalbard Islands, Norway): results and potentialities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Salzano ◽  
Antonello Pasini ◽  
Antonietta Ianniello ◽  
Mauro Mazzola ◽  
Rita Traversi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Atmospheric Stability ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Radon Emanation ◽  
Radon Progeny ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Scientific Challenge ◽  
The Arctic Region

Abstract. The estimation of radon progeny in the Arctic region represents a scientific challenge due to the required low limit of detection in consideration of the limited radon emanation associated with permafrost dynamics. This preliminary study highlighted, for the first time, the possibility to monitor radon progeny in the Arctic region with a higher time resolution. The composition of the radon progeny offered the opportunity to identify air masses dominated by long-range transport, in presence or not of near-constant radon progeny instead of long and short lived progenies. Furthermore, the different ratio between radon and thoron progenies evidenced the contributions of local emissions and atmospheric stability. Two different emanation periods were defined in accordance to the permafrost dynamics at the ground and several accumulation windows were recognized coherently to the meteo-climatic conditions occurring at the study site.

Bronchial dosimeter for radon progeny

2001 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 707-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.T.K. Cheung ◽  
K.N. Yu ◽  
D. Nikezic
Keyword(s):  
Radon Progeny

PRELIMINARY LUNG CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO RADON PROGENY FOR TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA

2010 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia-Adina Truta-Popa ◽  
Alexandra Dinu ◽  
Tiberius Dicu ◽  
Kinga Szacsvai ◽  
Constantin Cosma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Lung Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk Assessment ◽  
Radon Progeny

scholarly journals Circulation of Radon progeny in the terrestrial atmosphere during thunderstorms

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashot Chilingarian ◽  
Gagik Hovsepyan ◽  
Balabek Sargsyan
Keyword(s):  
Radon Progeny ◽  
Terrestrial Atmosphere
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