Annual sampling and measuring programme of the RAMDAN laboratories 2011

SAMPLE		Sampling		Annual number of measurements
SAMPLE		site	time	gross beta	⁴⁰K	³H	⁹⁰Sr	gamma spectrometry	gamma dose rate
Aerosol		ME	(1,2)	(1,2)	-	-	-	(1,2)	-
Dose rate (3)		ME	Mondays at 9:00 a.m.	-	-	-	-	-	52
Fallout		ME	monthly	12	-	-	-	12	-
Soil		CC	quarterly	-	-	-	-	4(a)	-
Grass or hay		CC	quarterly	4(a)	4(a,b)	-	-	4(a)	-
Surface water	Lake	CC	quarterly	4(a)	4(a,b)	-	-	2(a,d)	-
Surface water	River	CC	monthly	12(a)	12(a,b)	-	-	2(a,d)	-
Cereals	Maize or grits	ME	1st quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Rice	ME	2nd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Wheat or semolina	ME	3rd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	(Pearl) barley	ME	4th quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
Vegetables	Potato	ME	1st quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Onion	ME	1st quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Lettuce	ME	2nd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Spinach or sorrel	ME	2nd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Cucumber	ME	3rd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Green pepper	ME	3rd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Tomato	ME	3rd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Cabbage	ME	4th quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Carrot	ME	4th quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Pumpkin	ME	4th quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
Fruits	Apple	ME	1st quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Pear	ME	1st quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Banana	ME	2nd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	(Sour) cherry	ME	2nd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Strawberry	ME	2nd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Peach	ME	3rd quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Orange	ME	4th quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
	Grapes	ME	4th quarter	1	1(b)	-	-	1	-
Milk		ME	monthly	12	12(b)	-	4(c)	4(c)	-
Milk products	Cheese	ME	1st, 4th, 7th, 10th month	4	4(b)	-	-	2(d)	-
	Cottage cheese	ME	2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th month	4	4(b)	-	-	2(d)	-
	Sour cream	ME	3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th month	4	4(b)	-	-	2(d)	-
Meat	Beef	ME	1st, 7th month	2	2(b)	-	-	2	-
	Pork	ME	2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th month	4	4(b)	-	-	2(d)	-
	Chicken	ME	3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th month	4	4(b)	-	-	2(d)	-
	Fish (4)	ME	4th, 10th month	2	2(b)	-	-	2	-
Egg		ME	quarterly	4	4(b)	-	-	2(d)	-
Bread		ME	monthly	12	12(b)	-	-	4(c)	-
Mineral water		ME	quarterly	4	4(b)	-	-	2(d)	-
Drinking water		CC	quarterly	4(a)	4(a,b)	-	-	2(a,d)	-
Drinking water		CC	3rd, 9th month	-	-	2(a,NRIRR)	2(a)	-	-
Mixed diet		ME	3rd, 9th month	-	-	-	2	2	-

List of symbols

ME = Medium level laboratory

CC = Counties of competence

(a) = multiplied by the number of counties of competence (number of sampling locations)

(b) = according to the guide issued in 2005

(c) = on the ash of samples accumulated quarterly

(d) = on the ash of samples accumulated over half a year

(e) = on the ash of samples accumulated yearly

(1) = for laboratories equipped with an air sampler of medium air volume flow (Hunter):

Sampling frequency:

October 1st - April 30th: 1 per week

May 1st - September 30th: 1 or 2 per two weeks

Sampling duration:

October 1st - April 30th: 2-7 days

May 1st - September 30th: 5-14 days

Activity measurement by gamma spectrometry with a semiconductor detector. Due to the long sampling duration it is not reasonable to measure the beta activity of such samples as the natural isotopes decay away during sampling. Therefore, it could not be compared to the beta activity of samples collected over one day.

Annual number of samples: min. 40

(2) = for laboratories equipped with an installed or portable air sampler of small air volume flow:

Sampling frequency: at least 1 per week

Sampling duration: on weekdays 24 hours, or until the sampler takes at least 40 m³ of air; 72 hours on weekends

Activity measurement: gross beta activity

Annual number of samples: 52-365

(3) = dose rate measurements at one location for each laboratory equipped with a Berthold UMO dose rate meter:

height: 1 m

measurement duration: 30 min

(4) = frozen fish in April, Hungarian common carp or bighead carp fillet in October

Revision: 01-20-2011