Indoor Radon Concentrations in the Southeastern Alpine Area of Switzerland

Crameri, Reto; Furrer, Daniel; Burkart, W.

doi:10.1093/rpd/24.1-4.237

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“…It is unlikelv that normal walls are constructed (Cramen et al 1989). For one of the most affectedregions, the Southeastern alps (Crameri et al 1988), even the highest estimated contribution of building materials r e p resents only a small percentage of the measured average of 3 18 Bq m-3. using Only components exhibiting the highest Acknowledgments-This work was partially supported by swiss Federal rates, as assumed in this work* Therefore, the mean of 7 to 28 Bq m-3 ( …”

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Assessment of the Indoor Rn Contribution of Swiss Building Materials

Schuler

Crameri²,

Burkart³

1991

Health Physics

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Assessment of the Indoor Rn Contribution of Swiss Building Materials

Schuler

Crameri²,

Burkart³

1991

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“…In Switzerland, a few radon-related studies have been conducted since the mid-1980s, focusing on health impacts [7,40], building characteristics [41,42], influences of environmental parameter on IRC [4,38,43], and modelling and mapping [4,[44][45][46], indicating some concern over radon-related topics and its impacts being ubiquitous in Switzerland.…”

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Long-Term Impacts of Weather Conditions on Indoor Radon Concentration Measurements in Switzerland

Rey

Goyette

Gandolla³

et al. 2022

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Radon is a natural and radioactive gas that can accumulate in indoor environments. Indoor radon concentration (IRC) is influenced, among other factors, by meteorology, which is the subject of this paper. Weather parameters impact indoor radon levels and have already been investigated, but rarely in Switzerland. Moreover, there is a strong need for a better understanding of the radon behaviour inside buildings in Switzerland for public health concerns as Switzerland is a radon prone area. Based on long-term, continuous, and hourly radon measurements, radon distributions classified according to different weather event definitions were investigated and then compared at three different study sites in Western Switzerland. Outdoor temperature influences the most indoor radon, and it is globally anti-correlated. Wind influences indoor radon, but it strongly depends on intensity, direction, and building characteristics. Precipitation influences periodically indoor radon levels relatively to their intensity. Atmospheric pressure and relative humidity do not seem to be huge determinants on IRC. Our results are in line with previous findings and provide a vivid example in Western Switzerland. This paper underlines the different influence complexities of radon, and the need to communicate about it within the broader public and with construction professionals, to raise awareness.

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“…A number of investigators have measured the indoor radiation level in dwellings in different parts of the world (Crameri et al,1988;Perrit et al, 1990;Kumar et al, 1991;Quindos et al, 1993;Narayana et al,1998).These studies include large scale residential radon surveys carried out in several countries and many surveys of populations exposed to elevated natural background radiations present in some parts of the world, known as high background radiation areas (HBRAs) (Sreenivasa Reddy et al, 2003;Sreenath Reddy et al, 2004;Chougaonkar et al, 2004). Natural high background radiation results from the naturally occurring radio nuclides present in earth's crust and cosmogenic radiation from space.…”

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confidence: 99%