Radon progeny definition

Radon progeny means any combination of the radioactive decay products of

Radon progeny means the short-lived radionuclides formed as a result of the decay of radon 222, including polonium 218, bismuth 214, lead 214, and polonium 214.

Radon progeny means any combination of the radioactive decay products of radon. [420 ILCS 44/15]

Examples of Radon progeny in a sentence

• Radon progeny, which are much more abundant than thoron progeny in most areas, decay with an effective half-life of about 30 minutes and a counting delay of 3 hours may be adequate.

• Radon progeny and medical diagnostic or therapeutic procedures involving radionuclides can cause interferences to in vivo measurements, especially for NaI detectors.However, unless the count was invalidated or noted as being influenced by such interferences, the results should be used as recorded.

• But only in the beginning of the 1950ties it could be demonstrated that the Radon progeny in deep mines cause extremely high radiation exposures of the lung which are the cause of the lung cancers (BALE 1951).

• Radon progeny activities in the vicinity of high voltage power lines.

• Descendants of Radon gas are called Radon daughters, or Radon progeny.

More Definitions of Radon progeny

Radon progeny means any combination of the short-lived decay products of radon.

Radon progeny means any of the radioactive decay products of radon.

Radon progeny means the short-lived radionuclides formed as a result of the decay of radon-222.

Radon progeny means the short-lived radionuclides formed as a result of the

Radon progeny means the following radioactive decay products of radon 222: bismuth 214, lead 214, polonium 214 and polonium 218;

Radon progeny means the short-lived ra- dionuclides formed from the decay of radon-222 or radon-220.

Radon progeny means any combination of the radioactive decay products of radon. (Source: P.A. 94-369, eff. 7-29-05.)