INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF AIR KERMA STANDARDS IN CS-137 GAMMA-RADIATION

Authors
LEITNER A WITZANI J BOUTILLON M ALLISYROBERTS P DELAUNAY F LEROY E LAMPERTI P STRACHOTINSKY C CSETE I
Citation
A. Leitner et al., INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF AIR KERMA STANDARDS IN CS-137 GAMMA-RADIATION, Metrologia, 34(2), 1997, pp. 169-175
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Metrologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00261394
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
169 - 175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-1394(1997)34:2<169:ICOAKS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Comparisons of the air kerma standards of six national laboratories, c arried out in Cs-137 gamma radiation, show an overall agreement of 0,8 % between the standards. This result is not quite as good as that of comparisons in Co-60 gamma radiation, mainly because the evaluation of the ionization-chamber wall correction is less accurate for Cs-137 ra diation. However, this agreement is acceptable for radio-protection ap plications.