Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water

The new EU Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom of 22 October 2013 introduced limits for the content of 222Rn in drinking water. Radon analysis in water requires a lengthy task of collection, storage, transport and subsequent measurement in a laboratory. A portable liquid scintillation counting device...

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Autores: Celaya Gonzalez, Santiago, Fuente Merino, Ismael|||0000-0001-7757-8511, Quindós López, Luis, Sainz Fernández, Carlos|||0000-0003-2029-4512
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Radon
Water
Liquid Scintillation Counting
Triathler
Radium
Gamma Spectrometry
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spelling Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in waterCelaya Gonzalez, SantiagoFuente Merino, Ismael|||0000-0001-7757-8511Quindós López, LuisSainz Fernández, Carlos|||0000-0003-2029-4512RadonWaterLiquid Scintillation CountingTriathlerRadiumGamma SpectrometryThe new EU Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom of 22 October 2013 introduced limits for the content of 222Rn in drinking water. Radon analysis in water requires a lengthy task of collection, storage, transport and subsequent measurement in a laboratory. A portable liquid scintillation counting device allows rapid sampling with significant savings of time, space, and cost compared with the commonly used techniques of gamma spectrometry or methods based on the desorption of radon dissolved in water. In this study, we describe a calibration procedure for a portable liquid scintillation counting device that allows measurements of 222Rn in water by the direct method, and we also consider the case of 226Ra being present in the sample. The results obtained with this portable device are compared with those obtained by standard laboratory techniques (gamma spectrometry with a high-purity Ge detector, gamma spectrometry with a NaI detector, and desorption followed by ionization chamber detection).ElsevierUniversidad de Cantabria20182018-10-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10902/14208Radiation Measurements Volume 117, October 2018, Pages 1-6reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/142082026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water
title Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water
spellingShingle Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water
Celaya Gonzalez, Santiago
Radon
Water
Liquid Scintillation Counting
Triathler
Radium
Gamma Spectrometry
title_short Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water
title_full Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water
title_fullStr Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water
title_full_unstemmed Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water
title_sort Optimization of a portable liquid scintillation counting device for determining 222Rn in water
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Celaya Gonzalez, Santiago
Fuente Merino, Ismael|||0000-0001-7757-8511
Quindós López, Luis
Sainz Fernández, Carlos|||0000-0003-2029-4512
author Celaya Gonzalez, Santiago
author_facet Celaya Gonzalez, Santiago
Fuente Merino, Ismael|||0000-0001-7757-8511
Quindós López, Luis
Sainz Fernández, Carlos|||0000-0003-2029-4512
author_role author
author2 Fuente Merino, Ismael|||0000-0001-7757-8511
Quindós López, Luis
Sainz Fernández, Carlos|||0000-0003-2029-4512
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Radon
Water
Liquid Scintillation Counting
Triathler
Radium
Gamma Spectrometry
topic Radon
Water
Liquid Scintillation Counting
Triathler
Radium
Gamma Spectrometry
description The new EU Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom of 22 October 2013 introduced limits for the content of 222Rn in drinking water. Radon analysis in water requires a lengthy task of collection, storage, transport and subsequent measurement in a laboratory. A portable liquid scintillation counting device allows rapid sampling with significant savings of time, space, and cost compared with the commonly used techniques of gamma spectrometry or methods based on the desorption of radon dissolved in water. In this study, we describe a calibration procedure for a portable liquid scintillation counting device that allows measurements of 222Rn in water by the direct method, and we also consider the case of 226Ra being present in the sample. The results obtained with this portable device are compared with those obtained by standard laboratory techniques (gamma spectrometry with a high-purity Ge detector, gamma spectrometry with a NaI detector, and desorption followed by ionization chamber detection).
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