A STUDY OF INDOOR RADON LEVELS IN RURAL DWELLINGS OF EZINE (CANAKKALE, TURKEY) USING SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS
RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY, cilt.131, sa.3, ss.379-384, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 131 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Doi Numarası: 10.1093/rpd/ncn190
- Dergi Adı: RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.379-384
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Indoor radon activity level and radon effective dose (ED) rate have been carried out in the rural dwellings of Ezine (Canakkale) during the summer season using Radosys-2000, a complete set suitable to radon concentration measurements with CR-39 plastic alpha track detectors. The range of radon concentration varied between 9 and 300 Bq m(-3), with an average of 67.9 (39.9 SD) Bq m(-3). Assuming an indoor occupancy factor of 0.8 and 0.4 for the equilibrium factor of radon indoors, it has been found that the Rn-222 ED rate in the dwellings studied ranges from 0.4 to 5.2 mSv y(-1), with an average value of 1.7 (1.0) mSv y(-1). There is a possibility that low radon concentrations exist indoors during the summer season in the study area because of relatively high ventilation rates in the dwellings. A winter survey will be needed for future estimation of the annual ED.