Performance evaluation of radon monitors at IFIN-HH, Romania

Ioana Lalau; Mastaneh Zadehrafi; Constantin Teodorescu; Mihail-Razvan Ioan; Andrei Antohe; Aurelian Luca

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.111030

Performance evaluation of radon monitors at IFIN-HH, Romania

Appl Radiat Isot. 2023 Nov:201:111030. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.111030. Epub 2023 Sep 25.

Authors

Ioana Lalau¹, Mastaneh Zadehrafi², Constantin Teodorescu², Mihail-Razvan Ioan², Andrei Antohe², Aurelian Luca²

Affiliations

¹ Horia Hulubei National Institute for Research and Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 30 Reactorului Street, Magurele, PO Box MG-6, Ilfov County, 077125, Romania; University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, 405 Atomistilor Street, Magurele, PO Box MG-11, Ilfov County, 077125, Romania. Electronic address: ioana.lalau@nipne.ro.
² Horia Hulubei National Institute for Research and Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 30 Reactorului Street, Magurele, PO Box MG-6, Ilfov County, 077125, Romania.

PMID: 37752019
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.111030

Abstract

Starting in 2022, the calibration of various radon monitors received from customers was performed for the first time in Romania by LMRI at IFIN-HH, designated by CNCAN as a calibration laboratory. The purpose of the study was to analyze the radon monitors responses and their uncertainties, and finally compare their performance with the standard radon monitor AlphaGuard in order to improve the calibration process in the future. Measurement results and the uncertainty budgets are presented in the paper.

Keywords: AlphaGuard; Calibration; HPGe; Radon.