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View SchemaIndoor radon (Rn-222) concentration measurements in Cyprus using high-sensitivity portable detectors
| Authors | T. Anastasiou, H. Tsertos, S. Christofides, G. Christodoulides |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0212105 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0212105 |
| Journal | J.Environ.Radioact. 68 (2003) 159-169 |
Abstract
Using high--sensitivity radon (Rn-222) portable detectors (passive electronic devices of the type RADIM3), the airborne Rn-222 concentration in the interior of various Cypriot buildings and dwellings was measured. For each preselected building and dwelling, a calibrated detector was put into a closed room, and the Rn-222 concentration was registered in sampling intervals of 2 to 4 hours for a total counting time of typically 48 hours. Rn-222 activity concentrations were found to be in the range of 6.2 to 102.8 Bq/m**3, with an overall arithmetic mean value of (19.3 +- 14.7) Bq/m**3. This value is by a factor of two below the world average (population-weighted) value of 39 Bq/m**3. The total annual effective dose equivalent to the Cypriot population was calculated to be between 0.16 and 2.6 mSv with an overall arithmetic mean value of (0.49 +- 0.37) mSv.
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"title": "Indoor radon (Rn-222) concentration measurements in Cyprus using high-sensitivity portable detectors",
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