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- Title
A STUDY OF INDOOR RADON LEVELS IN RURAL DWELLINGS OF EZINE (ÇANAKKALE, TURKEY) USING SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS.
- Authors
Y. Örgün; Altınsoy, N.; Sahin, S. Y.; Ataksor, B.; Çetebi, N.
- Abstract
Indoor radon activity level and radon effective dose (ED) rate have been carried out in the rural dwellings of Ezine (Çanakkale) during the summer season using Radosys-2000, a complete set suitable to radon concentration measurements with CR-39 plastic alpha track detectors. The range of radon concentration varied between 9 and 300 Bq m-3, with an average of 67.9 (39.9 SD) Bq m-3. Assuming an indoor occupancy factor of 0.8 and 0.4 for the equilibriuni factor of radon indoors, it has been found that the 222Rn ED rate in the dwellings studied ranges from 0.4 to 5.2 mSv y-1, with an average value of 1.7 (1.0) mSv y-1. There is a possibility that low radon concentrations exist indoors during the summer season in the study area because of relatively high ventilation rates in the dwellings. A winter survey will be needed for future estimation of the annual ED.
- Subjects
TURKEY; RADON; RADON measures; RURAL population; SOLID state electronics; HOME heating &; ventilation control
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2008, Vol 131, Issue 3, p379
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncn190