What is PD CEN/TR 17113 - Indoor gamma dose from building materials about?
PD CEN/TR 17113 is the international standard on construction products that discusses the natural radiation release from products.
The aim of PD CEN/TR 17113 is to propose a methodology to determine indoor gamma dose from building materials and to help classify such a product as required in the Construction Products Regulation.
PD CEN/TR 17113 could be a precursor for the development of a harmonized European Standard based on this methodology.
Note 1: In PD CEN/TR 17113, doses from radon and thoron exhalation are excluded.
Note 2: Compliance with national exemption levels for NORM nuclides remains.
Who is PD CEN/TR 17113 - Indoor gamma dose from building materials for?
PD CEN/TR 17113 on construction products is useful for:
- Manufacturers and suppliers of construction materials
- Builders
- Architects and interior designers
Why should you use PD CEN/TR 17113 - Indoor gamma dose from building materials?
Effective dose rate is the sum of the weighted equivalent doses in all the tissues and organs of the body from internal and external exposure.
PD CEN/TR 17113 provides the provisions on radiation protection on the requirements used for building materials.
In order to prospectively assess indoor external gamma doses resulting from the use of given building material, PD CEN/TR 17113 specifies the mathematical models.
PD CEN/TR 17113 navigates you through the assessment of indoor gamma exposure due to building materials and construction products.
PD CEN/TR 17113 could help you in a regulatory framework covering a screening tool, dose modelling, and related technical information about radiation protection.
Overall, PD CEN/TR 17113 assist you to determine gamma-ray emission from the radioactive nuclides in the building material in order to assess the radiation hazards for people, while also ensuring the density and thickness of the construction parts, presence of doors and windows and attenuation by the inner cavity wall.
In this manner, it is necessary to have a baseline for future changes in environmental radioactivity due to human activities.
