Emergency preparedness of gamma spectrometry laboratories
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652052%3A_____%2F19%3AN0000060" target="_blank" >RIV/86652052:_____/19:N0000060 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article/186/2-3/332/5614304" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article/186/2-3/332/5614304</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncz228" target="_blank" >10.1093/rpd/ncz228</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Emergency preparedness of gamma spectrometry laboratories
Original language description
Currently, the territorial Radiation Monitoring Network (RMN) of the Czech Republic consists of seven laboratories equipped with gamma spectrometry High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors. From 2007 to 2018, five emergency exercises were carried out to test the sample throughput of these facilities and their staff. The main objective was to identify weaknesses and problem areas in the whole process from the moment of obtaining the samples to logging the results into the central RMN database. The long-term aim of these exercises is to optimize emergency response procedures. The most important factor limiting laboratory capacity is the lack of qualified personnel. The exercises showed that in the current state, these laboratories would be able to operate in 12-hour shifts for 14 days and analyze 1700 samples per day. Emergency exercises have highlighted the fact that this type of exercise should be repeated periodically in order to monitor the performance and analytical capabilities of RMN.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
ISSN
0144-8420
e-ISSN
1742-3406
Volume of the periodical
186
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2-3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
332–336
UT code for WoS article
000530582200038
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85082779902