Field Experience with Soil Gas Mapping Using Japanese Passive Radon/Thoron Discriminative Detectors for Comparing High and Low Radiation Areas in Serbia (Balkan Region)

2009
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Žunić, Zora S.Janik, Miroslaw
Tokonami, Shinji
Veselinović, Nenad
Yarmoshenko, Ilia V.

Zhukovsky, Michael
Ishikawa, Tetsuo
Ramola, Rakesh C.

Ciotoli, Giancarlo

Jovanovič, Peter
Kozak, Krzysztof
Mazur, Jadwiga
Čeliković, Igor T.

Ujić, Predrag

Onischenko, Aleksandra
Sahoo, Sarata Kumar

Bochicchio, Francesco
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Radon/Thoron/Natural radioactivity/Niska Banja/Obrenovac. Based oil results of fieldwork in the Balkan Region of Serbia from 2005 to 2007, soil gas radon and thoron concentrations as well as gamma dose rates were measured. Campaigns were conducted in two different geological regions: Niska Banja, considered a high natural radiation area, and Obrenovac around the TentB Thermal Power Plant (TPP), a low natural radiation area. Radon and thoron gas measurements were made by using two types of Japanese passive radon/thoron detectors, Which included GPS data and gamma dose rates. The concentrations of soil radon gas in Niska Banja ranged from 1.8 to 161.1 kBq m(-3) the concentrations for soil thoron gas ranged from 0.9 to 23.5 kBq m(-3). The gamma close rates varied from 70 to 320 nGy h(-1). In the TentB area, radon concentration was found to range from 0.8 to 24.9 kBq m(-3) and thoron from 0.6 to 1.9 kBq m(-3). The gamma dose rate ranged from 90 to 130 nGy h(-1). In addition, the natural ra...dioactivity of the soil was investigated at the low background area. The radium and thorium contents in collected soil samples ranged from 23 to 58 and 33 to 67 Bq kg(-1), respectively. As a result of correlation analyses between the measured values, the highest correlation coefficient (R GT 0.95) was found for thorium ill the soil and the thoron gas concentration.
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Journal of Radiation Research, 2009, 50, 4, 355-361Funding / projects:
- Ministry for Science of the Republic of Serbia [141019B, 23 040]
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.08098
ISSN: 0449-3060
PubMed: 19506348
WoS: 000268817400008
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VinčaTY - JOUR AU - Žunić, Zora S. AU - Janik, Miroslaw AU - Tokonami, Shinji AU - Veselinović, Nenad AU - Yarmoshenko, Ilia V. AU - Zhukovsky, Michael AU - Ishikawa, Tetsuo AU - Ramola, Rakesh C. AU - Ciotoli, Giancarlo AU - Jovanovič, Peter AU - Kozak, Krzysztof AU - Mazur, Jadwiga AU - Čeliković, Igor T. AU - Ujić, Predrag AU - Onischenko, Aleksandra AU - Sahoo, Sarata Kumar AU - Bochicchio, Francesco PY - 2009 UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3768 AB - Radon/Thoron/Natural radioactivity/Niska Banja/Obrenovac. Based oil results of fieldwork in the Balkan Region of Serbia from 2005 to 2007, soil gas radon and thoron concentrations as well as gamma dose rates were measured. Campaigns were conducted in two different geological regions: Niska Banja, considered a high natural radiation area, and Obrenovac around the TentB Thermal Power Plant (TPP), a low natural radiation area. Radon and thoron gas measurements were made by using two types of Japanese passive radon/thoron detectors, Which included GPS data and gamma dose rates. The concentrations of soil radon gas in Niska Banja ranged from 1.8 to 161.1 kBq m(-3) the concentrations for soil thoron gas ranged from 0.9 to 23.5 kBq m(-3). The gamma close rates varied from 70 to 320 nGy h(-1). In the TentB area, radon concentration was found to range from 0.8 to 24.9 kBq m(-3) and thoron from 0.6 to 1.9 kBq m(-3). The gamma dose rate ranged from 90 to 130 nGy h(-1). In addition, the natural radioactivity of the soil was investigated at the low background area. The radium and thorium contents in collected soil samples ranged from 23 to 58 and 33 to 67 Bq kg(-1), respectively. As a result of correlation analyses between the measured values, the highest correlation coefficient (R GT 0.95) was found for thorium ill the soil and the thoron gas concentration. T2 - Journal of Radiation Research T1 - Field Experience with Soil Gas Mapping Using Japanese Passive Radon/Thoron Discriminative Detectors for Comparing High and Low Radiation Areas in Serbia (Balkan Region) VL - 50 IS - 4 SP - 355 EP - 361 DO - 10.1269/jrr.08098 ER -
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Žunić, Z. S., Janik, M., Tokonami, S., Veselinović, N., Yarmoshenko, I. V., Zhukovsky, M., Ishikawa, T., Ramola, R. C., Ciotoli, G., Jovanovič, P., Kozak, K., Mazur, J., Čeliković, I. T., Ujić, P., Onischenko, A., Sahoo, S. K.,& Bochicchio, F.. (2009). Field Experience with Soil Gas Mapping Using Japanese Passive Radon/Thoron Discriminative Detectors for Comparing High and Low Radiation Areas in Serbia (Balkan Region). in Journal of Radiation Research, 50(4), 355-361. https://doi.org/10.1269/jrr.08098
Žunić ZS, Janik M, Tokonami S, Veselinović N, Yarmoshenko IV, Zhukovsky M, Ishikawa T, Ramola RC, Ciotoli G, Jovanovič P, Kozak K, Mazur J, Čeliković IT, Ujić P, Onischenko A, Sahoo SK, Bochicchio F. Field Experience with Soil Gas Mapping Using Japanese Passive Radon/Thoron Discriminative Detectors for Comparing High and Low Radiation Areas in Serbia (Balkan Region). in Journal of Radiation Research. 2009;50(4):355-361. doi:10.1269/jrr.08098 .
Žunić, Zora S., Janik, Miroslaw, Tokonami, Shinji, Veselinović, Nenad, Yarmoshenko, Ilia V., Zhukovsky, Michael, Ishikawa, Tetsuo, Ramola, Rakesh C., Ciotoli, Giancarlo, Jovanovič, Peter, Kozak, Krzysztof, Mazur, Jadwiga, Čeliković, Igor T., Ujić, Predrag, Onischenko, Aleksandra, Sahoo, Sarata Kumar, Bochicchio, Francesco, "Field Experience with Soil Gas Mapping Using Japanese Passive Radon/Thoron Discriminative Detectors for Comparing High and Low Radiation Areas in Serbia (Balkan Region)" in Journal of Radiation Research, 50, no. 4 (2009):355-361, https://doi.org/10.1269/jrr.08098 . .