| Document ID (ISN) | 19881 |
| CIS number |
72-2612 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0017-9078 - Health Physics |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Groër P.G. |
| Title |
The accuracy and precision of the Kusnetz method for the determination of the working level in uranium mines |
| Bibliographic information |
July 1972, Vol.23, No.1, p.106-109. 2 ref. |
| Abstract |
A re-assessment of the method which is in general use in the USA to determine the working level in underground uranium mines, following the establishment of a new, lower standard for the annual accumulated dose due to airborne radon daughters. In the majority of cases, the Kusnetz method (which is described in the paper) will under-estimate the actual working level of "young" air in a uranium mine atmosphere (i.e., of a mixture of air, radon and radon daughters where the radon daughters RaA, RaB and RaC have had little time - compared to their half lives - to grow to their equilibrium values). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
ionizing radiation; uranium mining; permissible radiation doses; radiation monitoring |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
workplace monitoring; USA; description of technique; radon daughters; uranium; radon |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Radiation
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
Ionizing radiation
Radon
Occupational exposure limits
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