caa a22 4500 469029609 CHVBK 20180323132739.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00396521 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00396521 Sampling and analysis for radon-222 dissolved in ground water and surface water [Elektronische Daten] [L. Cecil, Thomas Gesell] Radon-222 is a naturally occurring radioactive gas in the uranium-238 decay series that has traditionally been called, simply, radon. The lung cancer risks associated with the inhalation of radon decay products have been well documented by epidemiological studies on populations of uranium miners. The realization that radon is a public health hazard has raised the need for sampling and analytical guidelines for field personnel. Several sampling and analytical methods are being used to document radon concentrations in ground water and surface water worldwide but no convenient, single set of guidelines is available. Three different sampling and analytical methods-bubbler, liquid scintillation, and field screening-are discussed in this paper. The bubbler and liquid scintillation methods have high accuracy and precision, and small analytical method detection limits of 0.2 and 10 pCi/l (picocuries per liter), respectively. The field screening method generally is used as a qualitative reconnaissance tool. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 Cecil L. U.S. Geological Survey, INEL Project Office, P.O. Box 2230, 83402, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A. aut Gesell Thomas Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, 785 DOE Place, 83402, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A. aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 20/1(1992-01-01), 55-66 0167-6369 20:1<55 1992 20 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396521 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396521 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cecil L. U.S. Geological Survey, INEL Project Office, P.O. Box 2230, 83402, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gesell Thomas Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, 785 DOE Place, 83402, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 20/1(1992-01-01), 55-66 0167-6369 20:1<55 1992 20 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer