The August 1986 through February 1988 radon intercomparisons at EML

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7020296

Fisenne, I M; George, A C; Keller, H W

In this report, we summarize the results of the eleventh through fourteenth (August 1986, February 1987, July 1987, February 1988) radon intercomparison exercises sponsored by the Environmental Measurements Laboratory. Thirty-six groups including US federal facilities, and national and state laboratories participated in these exercises. The results indicate that the majority of the participants' results were within +-25% of the nominal value at /sup 222/Rn concentrations ranging from 12 to 65 pCi L/sup -1/. Two common difficulties, calculation errors and scintillation cell leakage, are discussed in terms of good practice. 5 refs.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, New York (USA). Environmental Measurements Lab.
• OSTI ID: 7020296
• Report Number(s): EML-516; ON: DE89002248
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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