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- Title
Radon concentration in drinking water and supplementary exposure in Băiţa-Ştei mining area, Bihor county (Romania).
- Authors
Moldovan, Mircea; Niţă, Dan Constantin; Cucos-Dinu, Alexandra; Dicu, Tiberius; Bican-Brişan, Nicoleta; Cosma, Constantin
- Abstract
The radon concentration was measured in the drinking water of public water supply and private wells located in the mining area of Băiţa-Ştei, Bihor County, Romania. The measurements were performed using the LUK-VR system based on radon gas measurement with Lucas cell. The results show that the radon concentrations are within the range of 1.9–134.3 kBq m−3 with an average value of 35.5 kBq m−3 for well water, 18.5 kBq m−3 for spring water and 6.9 kBq m−3 for tap water. Comparing with previous data from the whole of Transylvania, the average value is two times higher, proving this zone to be a radon-prone area. From the results of this study the effective dose to the population is between 4.78 and 338.43 µSv y−1. These doses are within the recommended limits of the world organisations.
- Subjects
TRANSYLVANIA (Romania); RADON; LUCAS model; BACKGROUND radiation; RADON as a groundwater tracer
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2014, Vol 158, Issue 4, p447
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/nct258