Outdoor Radon as a Tool to Estimate Radon Priority Areas—A Literature Overview

Doses from the exposure to outdoor radon are typically an order of magnitude smaller than those from indoor radon, causing a greater interest on investigation of the latter for radiation protection issues. As a consequence, assessment of radon priority areas (RPA) is mainly based on indoor radon measurements. Outdoor radon measurements might be needed to guarantee a complete estimation of radiological risk and may help to improve the estimation of RPA. Therefore, authors have analysed the available literature on outdoor radon to give an overview of outdoor radon surveys and potential correlation with indoor radon and estimation of RPA. The review has shown that outdoor radon surveys were performed at much smaller scale compared to indoor radon. Only a few outdoor radon maps were produced, with a much smaller density, covering a larger area, and therefore putting doubt on the representativeness of this data. Due to a large variety of techniques used for outdoor radon measurements and re...

Keywords:

indoor radon concentrations / literature overview / outdoor radon concentrations / radiation risk / radon priority areas

Source:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, 19, 2, 662-

Funding / projects:

EMPIR [19ENV01]

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020662

ISSN: 1661-7827

WoS: 000746968600001

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85122229359

[ Google Scholar ]


	1

TY - JOUR
AU - Čeliković, Igor T.
AU - Pantelić, Gordana K.
AU - Vukanac, Ivana
AU - Krneta-Nikolić, Jelena D.
AU - Živanović, Miloš Z.
AU - Cinelli, Giorgia
AU - Gruber, Valeria
AU - Baumann, Sebastian
AU - Quindos Poncela, Luis Santiago
AU - Rabago, Daniel
PY - 2022
UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/10117
AB - Doses from the exposure to outdoor radon are typically an order of magnitude smaller than those from indoor radon, causing a greater interest on investigation of the latter for radiation protection issues. As a consequence, assessment of radon priority areas (RPA) is mainly based on indoor radon measurements. Outdoor radon measurements might be needed to guarantee a complete estimation of radiological risk and may help to improve the estimation of RPA. Therefore, authors have analysed the available literature on outdoor radon to give an overview of outdoor radon surveys and potential correlation with indoor radon and estimation of RPA. The review has shown that outdoor radon surveys were performed at much smaller scale compared to indoor radon. Only a few outdoor radon maps were produced, with a much smaller density, covering a larger area, and therefore putting doubt on the representativeness of this data. Due to a large variety of techniques used for outdoor radon measurements and requirement to have detectors with a high sensitivity and resistance to harsh environmental conditions, a standardised measurement protocol should be derived. This is no simple endeavour since there are more applications in different scientific disciplines for outdoor radon measurements compared to indoor radon.
T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
T1 - Outdoor Radon as a Tool to Estimate Radon Priority Areas—A Literature Overview
VL - 19
IS - 2
SP - 662
DO - 10.3390/ijerph19020662
ER -

@article{
author = "Čeliković, Igor T. and Pantelić, Gordana K. and Vukanac, Ivana and Krneta-Nikolić, Jelena D. and Živanović, Miloš Z. and Cinelli, Giorgia and Gruber, Valeria and Baumann, Sebastian and Quindos Poncela, Luis Santiago and Rabago, Daniel",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Doses from the exposure to outdoor radon are typically an order of magnitude smaller than those from indoor radon, causing a greater interest on investigation of the latter for radiation protection issues. As a consequence, assessment of radon priority areas (RPA) is mainly based on indoor radon measurements. Outdoor radon measurements might be needed to guarantee a complete estimation of radiological risk and may help to improve the estimation of RPA. Therefore, authors have analysed the available literature on outdoor radon to give an overview of outdoor radon surveys and potential correlation with indoor radon and estimation of RPA. The review has shown that outdoor radon surveys were performed at much smaller scale compared to indoor radon. Only a few outdoor radon maps were produced, with a much smaller density, covering a larger area, and therefore putting doubt on the representativeness of this data. Due to a large variety of techniques used for outdoor radon measurements and requirement to have detectors with a high sensitivity and resistance to harsh environmental conditions, a standardised measurement protocol should be derived. This is no simple endeavour since there are more applications in different scientific disciplines for outdoor radon measurements compared to indoor radon.",
journal = "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health",
title = "Outdoor Radon as a Tool to Estimate Radon Priority Areas—A Literature Overview",
volume = "19",
number = "2",
pages = "662",
doi = "10.3390/ijerph19020662"
}

Čeliković, I. T., Pantelić, G. K., Vukanac, I., Krneta-Nikolić, J. D., Živanović, M. Z., Cinelli, G., Gruber, V., Baumann, S., Quindos Poncela, L. S.,& Rabago, D.. (2022). Outdoor Radon as a Tool to Estimate Radon Priority Areas—A Literature Overview. in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(2), 662.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020662

Čeliković IT, Pantelić GK, Vukanac I, Krneta-Nikolić JD, Živanović MZ, Cinelli G, Gruber V, Baumann S, Quindos Poncela LS, Rabago D. Outdoor Radon as a Tool to Estimate Radon Priority Areas—A Literature Overview. in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022;19(2):662.
doi:10.3390/ijerph19020662 .

Čeliković, Igor T., Pantelić, Gordana K., Vukanac, Ivana, Krneta-Nikolić, Jelena D., Živanović, Miloš Z., Cinelli, Giorgia, Gruber, Valeria, Baumann, Sebastian, Quindos Poncela, Luis Santiago, Rabago, Daniel, "Outdoor Radon as a Tool to Estimate Radon Priority Areas—A Literature Overview" in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, no. 2 (2022):662,
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020662 . .