Interlaboratory comparisons for passive radon measuring devices at BfS

• Published in: Radiation protection dosimetry Vol. 125; no. 1-4; p. 572
• Main Authors: Beck, T R, Buchröder, H, Foerster, E, Schmidt, V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Germany; Humans; Internationality; Laboratories; Radiation Dosage; Radiation Monitoring - methods; Radiation Protection - methods; Radon - analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Germany

Since 2003, the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) has conducted annual interlaboratory comparisons for passive radon measuring devices in order to ensure the quality of these measurements. Passive radon devices which use solid state nuclear track detectors, electrets or activated...