The Assesment of the Radon Problem in Switzerland and the New National Radon Action
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Radon detectors are widely used for research and for monitoring indoor and outdoorradon. During some applications, detectors need to be enclosed in barrier bags which arecompletely transparent to radon. In other applications, radon detectors need to beenclosed in barrier bags that are opaque to radon. In certain applications, barrier bagsmay provide resistance to human manipulation. Tyvek bags appear to meet mostrequirements for being transparent to radon, while providing some protection from waterin harsh environments and from human manipulation. Aluminized Mylar bags andMylar bags with or without activated carbon (AC) bags appear to meet the requirementof being opaque to radon. The current work includes examining the performances ofthese barrier bags at both low and high radon concentrations and over extended periods oftime.
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