Diurnal variations of radon and thoron activity concentrations and effective doses in dwellings in Niška Banja, Serbia

In Niška Banja, a spa town in a radon-prone area in southern Serbia, radon ((222)Rn) and thoron ((220)Rn) activity concentrations were measured continuously for one day in indoor air of 10 dwellings with a SARAD RTM 2010-2 Radon/Thoron Monitor, and equilibrium factor between radon and its decay prod...

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Published inRadiation protection dosimetry Vol. 157; no. 3; p. 375
Main Authors Vaupotič, J, Streil, T, Tokonami, S, Žunic, Z S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.12.2013
Subjects
Air Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis
Housing
Humans
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Monitoring
Radon - analysis
Radon Daughters - analysis
Seasons
Serbia
Serbia
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Summary:In Niška Banja, a spa town in a radon-prone area in southern Serbia, radon ((222)Rn) and thoron ((220)Rn) activity concentrations were measured continuously for one day in indoor air of 10 dwellings with a SARAD RTM 2010-2 Radon/Thoron Monitor, and equilibrium factor between radon and its decay products and the fraction of unattached radon decay products with a SARAD EQF 3020-2 Equilibrium Factor Monitor. Radon concentration in winter time ranged from 26 to 73 100 Bq m(-3) and that of thoron, from 10 to 8650 Bq m(-3). In the same period, equilibrium factor and the unattached fraction varied in the range of 0.08 to 0.90 and 0.01 to 0.27, respectively. One-day effective doses were calculated and were in winter conditions from 4 to 2599 μSv d(-1) for radon and from 0.2 to 73 μSv d(-1) for thoron.
ISSN:1742-3406
DOI:10.1093/rpd/nct145