Evaluation of an ionization chamber characteristics for 222Rn calibration

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2024 Nov 13;200(16-18):1696-1700. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncae028.

Abstract

The National Metrology Institute of Japan plan to use an inner-through-type ionization chamber (IC) as a working standard to calibrate radon monitors. Novel methods to calibrate the IC were described, and the calibration factor, CF [Bq m -3 A-1], of the IC with its expanded uncertainty (k = 2) was evaluated to be (2.0 ± 0.2) × 1016 Bq m-3 A-1 in the order of 10-13 A in the IC output current. In this study, the CFs, evaluated under sampling conditions between continuous gas flowing and stationary gas filled inside the IC, were in agreement within the uncertainty.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants, Radioactive* / analysis
  • Calibration
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Radiation Monitoring* / instrumentation
  • Radiation Monitoring* / methods
  • Radiation Monitoring* / standards
  • Radiometry / instrumentation
  • Radiometry / methods
  • Radiometry / standards
  • Radon* / analysis
  • Uncertainty

Substances

  • Radon
  • Air Pollutants, Radioactive
  • Radon-222