LoginFor over ten years STUK (The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland) has performedsystematic indoor radon mapping with municipal health authorities.
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In 1995 and 1996 radon concentrations and effective air flows were measured in about 1500 Dutchdwellings built between 1985 and 1993.
The very high indoor radon concentrations found in the western part of Switzerland in the early80th were at the origin of an extended research programme between 1987 and 1991.
Greek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) is the regulatory and competent authority on radiation protection matters.
Radon, radon progeny and unattached radon progeny were measured in two chambers with differentcharacteristics at the Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia, in 1996.
Numerical modelling is a powerful tool for studies of soil gas and radon-222 entry into houses. It isthe purpose of this paper to review some main techniques and results.
In Denmark, a new survey of indoor radon-222 has been carried out. One-year alpha trackmeasurements (CR-39) have been done in 3019 single-family houses. There is from 3 to 23 housemeasurements in each of the 275 municipalities.
Radon surveys started in Estonia in 1989. The Department Building Physics at the Estonian BuildingResearch Institute measured radon levels in dwellings, in building materials produced in the country,and in the soil.
An Austrian farmhouse has been mitigated; it was built around the turn of the century in theconventional farmhouse style of that time.
Basic considerations1. Legal base fixing the limiting value for radon in residential and recreational premises.(Radiological Protection Ordinance of 22 June 1994)2.
Questions have been raised about the economic implications of the regulations governing radon gas level identification and remediation in buildings.
To clarify the mechanism of radon transport from soil to surface, long term continuous measurementsof radon exhalation were conducted at one site in combination with measurements of radon concentration in soil gas, soil temperature, pressure diffe
The evaluation of the geogenic radon potential is based on field measurements of radon activity concentration in soil gas.
Mapping the geogenic radon potential in Germany is a research project initiated by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Conservation and Reactor Safety.
Indoor radon concentrations were determined with the use of track-etched detectors and two monitors,both for radon and one for the decay products, in various regions of Greece. Until now, 1137 dwellings have been measured.
A large-scale radon survey has been carried out from 1995 to 1998 in southern Greece, in order toestimate the radon concentration in Greek dwellings and the exposure of the Greek population toradon. The design was administratively orientated.
Coals mined in some regions of the Transdanubian Middle Mountains in Hungary have elevatedconcentrations of 226Ra. The slags and ashes derived from these coals have been used as buildingmaterial for schools and kindergartens.
The object of this study is to measure radon concentrations, both in the soil and buildings of the JRCIspra, in order to compile a radon map indicating areas with low, medium and high concentrations.The monitoring is being performed following the
Cluj Napoca City is the most important city from northwestern part of Romania, having about 350,000inhabitants.
High radon concentration in work and living places are caused by a high geological radon potentialof the soil , by technological processes, the use of building materials with high uranium, thoriumand radium content and the building construction.