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ISO 18589-3:2015 specifies the identification and the measurement of the activity in soils of a large number of gamma-emitting radionuclides using gamma spectrometry. This non-destructive method, applicable to large-volume samples (up to about 3 000 cm3), covers the determination in a single measurement of all the γ-emitters present for which the photon energy is between 5 keV and 3 MeV.
ISO 18589-3:2015 can be applied by test laboratories performing routine radioactivity measurements as a majority of gamma-emitting radionuclides is characterized by gamma-ray emission between 40 keV and 2 MeV.
The method can be implemented using a germanium or other type of detector with a resolution better than 5 keV.
ISO 18589-3:2015 is addressed to people responsible for determining gamma-emitting radionuclides activity present in soils for the purpose of radiation protection.
General information
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Status : PublishedPublication date : 2015-02
Corrected version (en) : 2015-11
Corrected version (fr) : 2015-11 -
Edition : 2Number of pages : 22
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- ICS :
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Radiation measurements
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Soil quality and pedology in general
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Life cycle
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Previously
WithdrawnISO 18589-3:2007
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Now
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Will be replaced by
Under developmentISO/AWI 18589-3
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