TY - JOUR
TI - Study of a Greek area with enhanced indoor radon concentrations
AU - Louizi, A
AU - Nikolopoulos, D
AU - Koukouliou, V
AU - Kehagia, K
JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
PY - 2003
VL - 106
TODO - 3
SP - 219-226
PB - NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY PUBL
SN - 0144-8420, 1742-3406
TODO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006352
TODO - null
TODO - In this paper the focus is on Arnea Chalkidikis, an area in Greece with
granitic geological background and indications of possible elevated
radon concentration indoors. Data are reported of indoor radon
measurements with etched track detectors and those are used for
dosimetric estimations. Moreover, data are reported on soil gas and soil
radon concentrations in Arnea, as well as radon and uranium
concentrations in water samples. From the measured radon concentrations
in water samples the contribution to the overall dose has been
calculated. For a period of I month, indoor radon and progeny activity
has also been monitored in the dwelling that has the maximum indoor
radon concentration in Greece. This dwelling is in Arnea and the dose
delivered to the inhabitants has been calculated. The mean annual
effective dose due to indoor radon was 4.5 mSv and about 11% of this
was due to the use of water. Mean soil gas concentration and soil radon
concentration were (90 +/- 30) kBq m(-3) (p < 0.05) and (30 +/- 5) kBq
m(-3) (p < 0.05) respectively. Mean uranium concentration of the water
samples was (98 +/- 13) mBq l(-1) (p < 0.05).
ER -