Digital version of the European Atlas of natural radiation

Cinelli, Giorgia; Tollefsen, Tore; Bossew, Peter; Gruber, Valeria; Bogucarskis, Konstantins; Felice, Luca De; Cort, Marc De

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.02.008

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“…Compared to recent studies, the Finnish radon levels in schools and daycare centers are smaller than 11 out of 18 average (one median) radon levels reported in previous studies (Table 4). This result is quite surprising since regarding radon levels worldwide, the indoor radon levels in Finland have been among the highest [25]. The Finnish study was conducted in those schools and daycare centers where indoor radon measurements are mandatory, i.e., in high radon risk areas.…”

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Indoor Radon Measurements in Finnish Daycare Centers and Schools—Enforcement of the Radiation Act

Kojo

Kurttio

2020

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Background: Indoor radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Finnish radiation legislation obligates employers to measure indoor radon concentrations in workplaces, including schools and daycare centers, if they are in radon prone areas. Surveillance campaigns were conducted to ensure that the required radon measurements were performed and to gain knowledge on current indoor radon levels in daycare centers and schools. Methods: Daycare centers located in the high-radon risk municipalities were identified. Schools where indoor radon level measurements were obligatory but not performed, were identified. Results: Indoor radon measurements were performed in 633 daycare centers where the mean radon concentration was 86 Bq/m3 and the median 40 Bq/m3. The radon level was greater than 300 Bq/m3 in 8% (n = 49) of daycare centers. The radon measurements were performed in 1176 schools, which is 95% of the schools to be measured. The mean radon concentration was 82 Bq/m3 and the median 41 Bq/m3. The radon levels were greater than 300 Bq/m3 in 14% (n = 169) of the schools. Conclusions: The systematic surveillance campaigns by the radiation protection authority were very efficient in order to ensure that the measurements are performed in schools and daycare centers. The campaigns also reduced the radon exposure of employees, children, and adolescents, where necessary.

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Indoor Radon Measurements in Finnish Daycare Centers and Schools—Enforcement of the Radiation Act

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2020

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“…europa.eu/About, last access: 1 July 2019). The REM public website (https://remon.jrc.ec.europa.eu/, last access: 13 January 2020) provides a unique portal of access for all the data and products developed by the REM group at the JRC, such as the European Atlas of Natural Radiation (Cinelli et al, 2019). In addition, and to provide more detailed information to general public and scientists, EURDEP provides, to registered users, some extra applications, including net-works data submission statistics, i.e.…”

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The European Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

Sangiorgi

Hernández-Ceballos

Jackson³

et al. 2020

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Abstract. During the early phase of an accident with the release of radioactive material to the environment at the local or transboundary scale, a rapid and continuous system of information exchange, including real-time monitoring data to competent authorities and the public, is critical for setting up countermeasures. This information and data exchange must be carried out in a harmonized and consistent manner to facilitate its interpretation and analysis. After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, and in order to avoid the competent authorities being unprepared again for a similar event, the European Commission (EC) defined and put in place a directive (Council Decision 87/600/EURATOM, 1987) which essentially obliges a member state that decides to implement widespread countermeasures to protect its population to notify the European Commission without delay. The same Council Decision also specifies that the results of radiological monitoring must be made available to the European Commission and all potentially affected member states. Over the past 30 years, the European Commission has invested resources in developing and improving a complete system to carry out this delicate task, currently composed of two platforms: the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange (ECURIE) and the European Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP). This paper aims to increase knowledge of the latter system as a valuable tool for understanding and analysing the radioactivity levels in Europe. Commencing with background information, in this paper, we will describe the EURDEP system in detail, with an emphasis on its status, data availability, and how these data are diffused depending on the audience. Within the scope of this publication, we describe an example of measurements available in the EURDEP system, which to be used for scientific purposes. We provide two complete datasets (air-concentration samples – https://doi.org/10.2905/23CBC7C4-4FCC-47D5-A286-F8A4EDC8215F; De Cort et al., 2019a; and gamma dose rates – https://doi.org/10.2905/0F9F3E2D-C8D7-4F46-BBE7-EACF3EED1560; De Cort et al., 2019b) for the recent radiological release of 106Ru in Europe, which occurred between the end of September and early October 2017. Records stored are publicly accessible through an unrestricted repository called COLLECTION belonging to the JRC Data Public Catalogue (https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu, last access: 1 July 2019).

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“…This public EURDEP web-site is placed in the Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring (REM) group website (https://remon.jrc.ec.europa.eu/About). REMon website provides a unique portal of access for all the data and products developed by the REM group at the JRC, such as the European Atlas of Natural Radiation (Cinelli et al, 2019). In addition, and to provide more detailed information to general public and scientists, EURDEP provides to registered users some extra applications, including networks data submission statistics i.e.…”

Section: Eurdep Mapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The European Union Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

Sangiorgi¹,

Ceballos²,

Jackson³

et al. 2019

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Abstract. During the early phase of an accident with release of radioactive material to the atmosphere having an environmental impact at local or transboundary scale, a rapid and continuous notification and exchange of information including real-time environmental monitoring data to competent authorities and the public is essential to effect appropriate countermeasures. A rapid exchange of information and data must be carried out in a harmonised and consistent manner to facilitate its interpretation and analysis. After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, and in order to avoid that competent authorities be unprepared again for a similar event, the European Commission defined and put in place a Directive (Council Decision 87/600/EURATOM) which essentially obliges a member state that decides to implement widespread countermeasures to protect its population to notify the European Commission without delay. The same Council Decision also specifies that the results of radiological monitoring must be made available to the Commission and all potentially affected member states. Over the past 30 years, the European Commission has invested resources in developing and improving a complete system to carry out this delicate task, currently composed of two platforms: the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange, ECURIE, and the European Radiological Data Exchange Platform, EURDEP. This paper aims to increase knowledge of this latter system as a valuable tool to understand and analyse the radioactivity levels in Europe. Commencing with background information, in this paper, we will describe the EURDEP system in detail, with an emphasis on its status, data availability, and how these data are diffused depending on the audience. Within the scope of this publication, we describe an example of measurements available in the EURDEP system, to be used for scientific purposes. We provide two complete datasets (air concentration samples, http://data.europa.eu/89h/23cbc7c4-4fcc-47d5-a286-f8a4edc8215f (De Cort et al., 2019a) and gamma dose rates, http://data.europa.eu/89h/0f9f3e2d-c8d7-4f46-bbe7-eacf3eed1560 (De Cort et al., 2019b)) for the recent radiological release of 106Ru in Europe which occurred between the end of September and early October 2017. Records stored are publicly accessible through an unrestricted repository called “COLLECTION” belonging to JRC Data Public Catalogue ( https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu).

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Digital version of the European Atlas of natural radiation

Cited by 108 publications

References 21 publications

Indoor Radon Measurements in Finnish Daycare Centers and Schools—Enforcement of the Radiation Act

Indoor Radon Measurements in Finnish Daycare Centers and Schools—Enforcement of the Radiation Act

The European Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

The European Union Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

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