Comparison of radon doses based on different radon monitoring approaches
Abstract
In 43 places (23 schools, 3 kindergartens, 16 offices and one dwelling), indoor radon has been monitored as an intercomparison experiment, using alpha-scintillation cells (SC - Joief Stefan Institute, Slovenia), various kinds of solid state nuclear track detectors (KIK - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; UFO - National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan; RET - University College Dublin, Ireland) and active electronic devices (EQF, Sarad, Germany). At the same place, the radon levels and, consequently, the effective doses obtained with different radon devices differed substantially (by a factor of 2 or more), and no regularity was observed as regards which detector would show a higher or lower dose. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Radon / Indoor air / Solid state nuclear track detectors / Retrospective detectors / Continuous electronic devices / Intercomparison / Dose estimates / Assessment of dose differencesSource:
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2017, 169, 19-26Funding / projects:
- Slovenian Research Agency [P1-0143, BI-SC/04-05-002]
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.11.023
ISSN: 0265-931X; 1879-1700
PubMed: 28040622
WoS: 000398752300003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85007425656
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VinčaTY - JOUR AU - Vaupotič, Janja AU - Smrekar, Natasa AU - Žunić, Zora S. PY - 2017 UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1502 AB - In 43 places (23 schools, 3 kindergartens, 16 offices and one dwelling), indoor radon has been monitored as an intercomparison experiment, using alpha-scintillation cells (SC - Joief Stefan Institute, Slovenia), various kinds of solid state nuclear track detectors (KIK - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; UFO - National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan; RET - University College Dublin, Ireland) and active electronic devices (EQF, Sarad, Germany). At the same place, the radon levels and, consequently, the effective doses obtained with different radon devices differed substantially (by a factor of 2 or more), and no regularity was observed as regards which detector would show a higher or lower dose. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. T2 - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity T1 - Comparison of radon doses based on different radon monitoring approaches VL - 169 SP - 19 EP - 26 DO - 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.11.023 ER -
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Vaupotič, J., Smrekar, N.,& Žunić, Z. S.. (2017). Comparison of radon doses based on different radon monitoring approaches. in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 169, 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.11.023
Vaupotič J, Smrekar N, Žunić ZS. Comparison of radon doses based on different radon monitoring approaches. in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 2017;169:19-26. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.11.023 .
Vaupotič, Janja, Smrekar, Natasa, Žunić, Zora S., "Comparison of radon doses based on different radon monitoring approaches" in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 169 (2017):19-26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.11.023 . .