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Status on contamination monitoring in China

Abstract

The air contaminated by radioactive materials in nuclear enterprises and radioactive workplaces and forming radioactive aerosol and the leakage of radioactive materials in operation cause internal exposure damage in workers. It is necessary and important to monitor air and surface contaminations for the health of public and workers, and for protecting environment. At present, many institutes engage in the studies on surface contamination monitoring in China, and the government has formulated the control limits of surface contamination in the Regulations of Radiation Protection. The monitors for surface contamination monitoring are almost home-made. The methods being used often are smear test and placing surface sample test. Scintillation counters, semiconductor detectors and G-M counters have been used for detecting alpha surface contamination. Plastic scintillator meters and thin wall/window G-M counters are used for beta surface contamination. Special detectors have been designed for monitoring low energy nuclides. The status of airborne contamination monitoring in China is reported. As the studies for future, the development of the surface contamination monitor for low energy beta nuclides, especially H-3, the monitoring methods for the special shapes of surfaces, the technology of decontamination and the calibration method and device for on-line radioactive aerosol continuous monitors are taken  More>>
Authors:
Quanlu, Gou [1] 
  1. China Institute for Radiation Protection, Taiyuan (China)
Publication Date:
Jun 01, 1997
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
JAERI-Conf-97-008; CONF-9610322-
Reference Number:
SCA: 560101; PA: JPN-97:010308; EDB-98:040695; SN: 98001890648
Resource Relation:
Conference: IAEA/RCA training workshop on contamination monitoring, Tokai (Japan), 21-25 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the IAEA/RCA training workshop on contamination monitoring; Endo, Akira; Oishi, Tetsuya; Takahashi, Fumiaki; Murakami, Hiroyuki [eds.] [Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan). Tokai Research Establishment]; PB: 193 p.
Subject:
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; CHINA; AERIAL MONITORING; PARTICULATES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURFACE CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT POLICIES
OSTI ID:
588476
Research Organizations:
Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokyo (Japan)
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE97758663; TRN: JP9710308
Availability:
OSTI as DE97758663
Submitting Site:
JPN
Size:
pp. 7-10
Announcement Date:
May 08, 1998

Citation Formats

Quanlu, Gou. Status on contamination monitoring in China. Japan: N. p., 1997. Web.
Quanlu, Gou. Status on contamination monitoring in China. Japan.
Quanlu, Gou. 1997. "Status on contamination monitoring in China." Japan.
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title = {Status on contamination monitoring in China}
author = {Quanlu, Gou}
abstractNote = {The air contaminated by radioactive materials in nuclear enterprises and radioactive workplaces and forming radioactive aerosol and the leakage of radioactive materials in operation cause internal exposure damage in workers. It is necessary and important to monitor air and surface contaminations for the health of public and workers, and for protecting environment. At present, many institutes engage in the studies on surface contamination monitoring in China, and the government has formulated the control limits of surface contamination in the Regulations of Radiation Protection. The monitors for surface contamination monitoring are almost home-made. The methods being used often are smear test and placing surface sample test. Scintillation counters, semiconductor detectors and G-M counters have been used for detecting alpha surface contamination. Plastic scintillator meters and thin wall/window G-M counters are used for beta surface contamination. Special detectors have been designed for monitoring low energy nuclides. The status of airborne contamination monitoring in China is reported. As the studies for future, the development of the surface contamination monitor for low energy beta nuclides, especially H-3, the monitoring methods for the special shapes of surfaces, the technology of decontamination and the calibration method and device for on-line radioactive aerosol continuous monitors are taken up. (K.I.)}
place = {Japan}
year = {1997}
month = {Jun}
}