Abstract：
:Radon (222Rn), a radioactive gas with a half-life of 3.82 days, is continuously emanated from soil, rocks, and water by the radioactive decay of 226Ra. Radon-222 is released from the ground into the atmosphere, where it is transported mainly by turbulent diffusion or convection. For precise measurement of radon-222 atoms in the atmosphere, the detectors typically used present a small volume or surface area and are therefore not very sensitive, especially for online measurements and short sample intervals (<1 h). This article deals with the development of a Highly Sensitive Radon Amplifier (HiSRA) consisting in an enrichment system placed prior to a classic radon-222 analyzer. This system uses permeation membranes that make it possible to treat large quantities of air online (30 m3 h-1). The radon-222 concentration is increased instantaneously by at least a factor of 30 across the HiSRA system. Therefore, in this study, when coupling to an ionization chamber (AlphaGUARDTM) at the outlet of the HiSRA system, the detection limit of the overall system is multiplied by factor of 30 and induces a new LD for a radon 222 gas analyzer lower than 1 Bq m-3 for an integrating time of 10 min and 0.1 Bq m-3 for 1 h. We constructed one radon amplifier prototype that provided the preliminary results for amplification efficiency and the initial measurements presented herein.
journal_name
J Environ Radioactjournal_title
Journal of environmental radioactivityauthors
Topin S,Richon P,Thomas V,Gréau C,Pujos J,Moulin J,Hovesepian A,Deliere Ldoi
10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.02.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-05-01 00:00:00pages
124-131eissn
0265-931Xissn
1879-1700pii
S0265-931X(16)30516-1journal_volume
171pub_type
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