# ISO 18589-5:2009 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 18589-5:2009, item title is Measurement of radioactivity in the environment — Soil — Part 5: Measurement of strontium 90; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 18589-5:2019; withdrawn / published date is 2009-03-02, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 18589-5:2009 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Measurement of radioactivity in the environment — Soil — Part 5: Measurement of strontium 90 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 18589-5:2019
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2009-03-02 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 40877,IS,,ISO 18589-5:2009,Measurement of radioactivity in the environment — Soil — Part 5: Measurement of strontium 90,Mesurage de la radioactivité dans l'environnement — Sol — Partie 5: Mesurage du strontium 90,2009-03-02,1,"['17.240','13.080.01']",ISO/TC 85/SC 2,9599,,[69074],"['en','fr']",30,"<p>ISO 18589-5:2009 describes the principles for the measurement of the activity of <sup>90</sup>Sr in equilibrium with <sup>90</sup>Y and <sup>89</sup>Sr, pure beta-emitting radionuclides, in soil samples. Different chemical separation methods are presented to produce strontium and yttrium sources, the activity of which is determined using proportional counter (PC) or liquid scintillation counter (

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).