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- Title
RADIATION EXPOSURE OF THE POPULATION FROM <sup>222</sup>Rn AND OTHER NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES AROUND MOCHOVCE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, SLOVAKIA.
- Authors
Bulko, Martin; Holý, Karol; Pohronská, Žofia; Mƌllerová, Monika; Böhm, Radoslav; Holá, Ol'ga
- Abstract
In this article, the effective dose to the population from natural sources of ionizing radiation in the vicinity of Mochovce nuclear power plant in Slovakia is presented. All major contributions to the effective dose were taken into account, including the contributions from gamma radiation of soil and rocks, cosmic radiation, and indoor and outdoor radon and thoron. On the basis of recent indoor radon measurements in Slovak cities and publicly available data about radon concentration in the soil air, a roughly linear relationship was found between these variables. Consequently, the annual effective dose from indoor radon and thoron was conservatively estimated. For the area of interest, a map of conservatively estimated potential effective doses was created. For the villages in the vicinity of Mochovce, the conservatively estimated effective dose to the population from natural sources ranged from 5.4 to 14.6 mSv, which is four orders of magnitude higher than the contribution of radioactive discharges from Mochovce nuclear power plant.
- Subjects
SLOVAKIA; RADIATION exposure; NUCLEAR power plants; NUCLEAR power plants &; the environment; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON content of soils; RADIOLABELING; IONIZING radiation; RADON measures
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2017, Vol 177, Issue 1/2, p207
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncx149