Validity of the Kusnetz method for measuring radon progeny concentration
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:679043
The standard Kusnetz and Rolle methods currently used to measure the concentration of potential alpha energy due to the presence of radon progeny were designed at a time when ventilation conditions were very different than in current mines. This report reviews those methods and evaluated whether they are still reliable when the residency time of air underground is very short compared to the half-life of short-lived radon progeny, and in particular, under the new ventilation conditions that exist in Saskatchewan uranium mines. The uncertainty in measurements of potential alpha energy concentration is evaluated using Monte Carlo simulation.
- Research Organization:
- Atomic Energy Control Board, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
- OSTI ID:
- 679043
- Report Number(s):
- MIC-99-04800/XAB; TRN: 99:009317
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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