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38 laboratories submitted 53 sets of passive detectors to this intercomparison. 皇冠体育app exercise included 3 exposures to radon and its decay products at different equilibrium factors. After exposure, the detectors were returned to their originating laboratories for assessment.

Participants reported the estimated exposure for each detector before they were notified of the exposures given to the detectors. 皇冠体育app results obtained by participating laboratories were classified according to the spread of results from detectors exposed together and by the difference between the mean result of each group and the actual exposure given. 35% of the laboratories achieved the highest classification for accuracy, while 22% were in the lowest category. 皇冠体育app proportion of laboratories achieving very good results is broadly in line with that seen in recent intercomparisons.

Each year there is a number of laboratories introducing new detector systems which often results in initially less successful performance. As experience is gained, it is expected that results from laboratories operating such systems will improve.