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International comparisons of air kerma standards in 137Cs gamma radiation

A Leitner, J Witzani, M Boutillon, P Allisy-Roberts, F Delaunay, E Leroy, P Lamperti, C Strachotinsky and I Csete

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Comparisons of the air kerma standards of six national laboratories, carried out in 137Cs gamma radiation, show an overall agreement of 0,8 % between the standards. This result is not quite as good as that of comparisons in 60Co gamma radiation, mainly because the evaluation of the ionization-chamber wall correction is less accurate for 137Cs radiation. However, this agreement is acceptable for radio-protection applications.


PACS

06.20.F- Units and standards

61.80.Ed gamma-ray effects

87.55.N- Radiation monitoring, control, and safety

61.82.Bg Metals and alloys

29.40.Cs Gas-filled counters: ionization chambers, proportional, and avalanche counters

Subjects

Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism

Nuclear physics

Instrumentation and measurement

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 2 (April 1997)



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