Abstract

This document describes a test method for the determination of the activity of the radionuclides radium-226, thorium-232 and potassium-40 in construction products using semiconductor gamma-ray spectrometry. This document describes sampling from a laboratory sample, sample preparation, and the sample measurement by semiconductor gamma-ray spectrometry. It includes background subtraction, energy and efficiency calibration, analysis of the spectrum, calculation of the activity concentrations with the associated uncertainties, the decision threshold and detection limit, and reporting of the results. The preparation of the laboratory sample from the initial product sample lies outside its scope and is described in product standards. This document is intended to be non product-specific in scope, however, there are a limited number of product-specific elements such as the preparation of the laboratory sample and drying of the test portion. The method is applicable to samples from products consisting of single or multiple material components.

Begin

2020-06-08

WI

00351049

Planned document number

DIN EN 17216

Project number

00518912

Responsible national committee

NA 005-53-01 GA - Joint working committee NABau/NAW: Ground and groundwater (national mirrorr committee for CEN/TC 351/WG 1 and CEN/TC 351/WG 1/AHG)  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 351/WG 3 - Radiation from construction products  

draft standard

Construction products - Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Determination of radium-226, thorium-232 and potassium-40 activity using gamma-ray spectrometry; German and English version prEN 17216:2023
2023-07
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previous edition(s)

Construction products - Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Determination of activity concentrations of radium-226, thorium-232 and potassium-40 in construction products using semiconductor gamma-ray spectrometry; German version CEN/TS 17216:2018
2018-12

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