For routine environmental sample analyses, efficiency calibration of gamma detec-
tors can be performed using (a) multiple standard point sources or standard
volume sources of mixed radionuclides (for soils measurements), or (b) filters
spiked with standard solution (for
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Be precipitate analysis). Considering the
Be, standard sources containing
Be are not commercially
available. When purchasing a standard for efficiency calibration, it is essential
that these should carry a certificate of calibration from a metrological labora-
A. R. Iurian and G. E. Millward