The concentrations and exposure doses of radon and thoron in residences of the rural areas of Kosovo and Metohija

Milic, Gordana; Jakupi, B.; Tokonami, Shinji; Trajković, Radmila; Ishikawa, Tetsuo; Čeliković, I.; Ujić, P.; Cuknic, Olivera; Yarmoshenko, Ilia V.; Kosanović, Katica; Adrović, Feriz; Sahoo, Sarat Kumar; Veselinović, N.; Žunić, Zora S.

doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.10.052

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“…This is why exposure to thoron and its progenies can be comparable to or even higher than to radon and its progenies. According to some recent surveys, it has been found that elevated thoron concentrations can be observed in some regions of elevated radiological risk [2,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. In order to measure radon/thoron exhalation, the accumulation chamber technique can be used.…”

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Thoron emanation and exhalation of Slovenian soils determined by a PIC detector-equipped radon monitor

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). The thoron emanation features were also calculated from the obtained results (2.9 to 21.2% with an average of 8.6%). The thoron exhalation and emanation properties were compared with the radon exhalation and emanation features determined in a previous study. It was found that there was no correlation between the radon and thoron emanation features, according to the obtained data. This can be explained by the different Ra-224 and Ra-226 distributions in the soil grains. As a result, the thoron emanation factor cannot be predicted from radon emanation and vice versa.

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Thoron emanation and exhalation of Slovenian soils determined by a PIC detector-equipped radon monitor

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“…In Serbia, the specific activities of radon and thoron were carried out using RADUETs at 63 dwellings in rural communities of Central Kosovo, North Kosovo and Prizren regions [59], and at 43 dwellings in Sokobanja municipality (southern Serbia) [60]. RADUETs were mainly placed in old houses without concrete floors that had been built using building materials from the local environment and they were placed in living rooms and bedrooms for three to five months by hanging on the walls to reduce the thoron measurement uncertainty.…”

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Importance of Discriminative Measurement for Radon Isotopes and Its Utilization in the Environment and Lessons Learned from Using the RADUET Monitor

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Tamakuma

Hosoda

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Radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn), sources of natural background radiation, have been the subjects of long-standing studies, including research into radon and thoron as major causes of lung cancer at domestic and international levels. In this regard, radon and thoron measurement studies have been widely conducted all over the world. Generally, the techniques used relate to passive nuclear track detectors. Some surveys have shown that passive monitors for radon are sensitive to thoron, and hence some measured results have probably overestimated radon concentrations. This study investigated radon and thoron measurements in domestic and international surveys using the passive radon–thoron discriminative monitor, commercially named RADUET. This paper attempts to provide an understanding of discriminative measurements of radon isotopes and to present an evidence-based roadmap.

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“…Al though these houses are not ran domly se lected, they are still ap pro pri ate for the pur poses of this study. Only in two lo ca tions the mea sure ments were re peated, i. e. in Gracanica and Dobrotin, due to the pre vi ously measured high in door ra don con cen tra tions [6,7]. The houses are ru ral types houses with self-con tained ground-floor with or with out con crete slab and of aver age age of about 30 years.…”

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“…Many stud ies on the in door ra don have been carried out in Bal kan re gion [1]. Also, in the last de cade, a con sid er able at ten tion has been given to the in door radon sur vey in Kosovo and Metohija, al though it limited to some spe cific re gions [2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

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High annual radon concentration in dwellings and natural radioactivity content in nearby soil in some rural areas of Kosovo and Metohija

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Bochicchio²,

Carpentieri³

et al. 2013

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Some previous studies on radon concentration in dwellings of some areas of Kosovo and Metohija have revealed a high average radon concentration, even though the detectors were exposed for three months only. In order to better design a larger study in this region, the annual measurements in 25 houses were carried out as a pilot study. For each house, CR-39-based passive devices were exposed in two rooms for the two consecutive six-month periods to account for seasonal variations of radon concentration. Furthermore, in order to correlate the indoor radon with radium in nearby soil and to improve the knowledge of the natural radioactivity in the region, soil samples near each house were collected and 226Ra, 232Th, 40K activity concentration were measured. The indoor radon concentration resulted quite high from the average (163 Bq/m3) and generally it did not differ considerably between the two rooms and the two six-month periods. The natural radionuclides in soil resulted to be distributed quite uniformly. Moreover, the correlation between the226Ra content in soil and radon concentration in dwellings resulted to be low (R2=0.26). The annual effective dose from radon and its short-lived progeny (5.5 mSv, in average) was calculated by using the last ICRP dose conversion factors. In comparison, the contribution to the annual effective dose of outdoor gamma exposure from natural radionuclides in soil is nearly negligible (66 mSv). In conclusion, the observed high radon levels are only partially correlated with radium in soil; moreover, a good estimate of the annual average of radon concentration can be obtained from a six-month measurement with a proper choice of exposure period, which could be useful when designing large surveys

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The concentrations and exposure doses of radon and thoron in residences of the rural areas of Kosovo and Metohija

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Thoron emanation and exhalation of Slovenian soils determined by a PIC detector-equipped radon monitor

Thoron emanation and exhalation of Slovenian soils determined by a PIC detector-equipped radon monitor

Importance of Discriminative Measurement for Radon Isotopes and Its Utilization in the Environment and Lessons Learned from Using the RADUET Monitor

High annual radon concentration in dwellings and natural radioactivity content in nearby soil in some rural areas of Kosovo and Metohija

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