RADON STAR Information

RadonStar Calibration Laboratory is the first and only Italian private calibration laboratory for radon measuring instruments. The RadonStar calibration laboratory is designed in compliance with the requirements of the IEC 61577-4: 2009 technical standard “Radiation protection instrumentation – radon and radon decay product measuring instruments – Part 4: Equipment for the production of reference atmospheres containing radon isotopes and their decay products (STAR).” IEC 61577-4:2009 concerns the System for Test Atmospheres with Radon (STAR). The name RADON STAR comes from this acronym. RADONSTAR uses an innovative method called HYBRID MODE. The hybrid mode is a new operation method benefiting from the advantages of standard configurations without their most significant limitations. This operation mode makes controlling the variation of activity concentration of radon-222 inside the calibration chamber more practicable. RADONSTAR also uses an innovative method to exhaust the radon gas faster, more efficiently, and more securely. The improvements applied in the RADONSTAR calibration laboratory were invented and developed by Dr. Reza Hosseini and Eng. Gianluca Troiano, for which two patent applications have been submitted at the Italian and European levels.