Indoor and Outdoor Radon Survey in Slovenia by Etched Track Detectors

Humar, Matjaž; Šutej, T.; Skvarč, J.; Mljac, L.; Radez, M.; Ilić, R.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a081601

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“…Preliminary radon survey had shown elevated radon activity concentration in indoor air, ranging from 300 Bq m −3 to 1000 Bq m −3 , as compared with the national average in winter of 121 Bq m −3 for one thousand randomly selected dwellings [55]. With some interruptions because of other measurements, outside measurements were carried out in May 2010 using the long Vienna DMA unit, and in October 2010 using the medium Vienna DMA unit, and indoor measurements were performed from October 2010 to January 2011, also using the medium Vienna DMA unit.…”

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Nanoaerosols Including Radon Decay Products in Outdoor and Indoor Air at a Suburban Site

Smerajec

Vaupotič

2012

Journal of Toxicology

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Nanoaerosols have been monitored inside a kitchen and in the courtyard of a suburban farmhouse. Total number concentration and number size distribution (5–1000 nm) of general aerosol particles, as measured with a Grimm Aerosol SMPS+C 5.400 instrument outdoors, were mainly influenced by solar radiation and use of farming equipment, while, indoors, they were drastically changed by human activity in the kitchen. In contrast, activity concentrations of the short-lived radon decay products 218Po, 214Pb, and 214Bi, both those attached to aerosol particles and those not attached, measured with a Sarad EQF3020-2 device, did not appear to be dependent on these activities, except on opening and closing of the kitchen window. Neither did a large increase in concentration of aerosol particles smaller than 10 or 20 nm, with which the unattached radon products are associated, augment the fraction of the unattached decay products significantly.

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Nanoaerosols Including Radon Decay Products in Outdoor and Indoor Air at a Suburban Site

Smerajec

Vaupotič

2012

Journal of Toxicology

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“…Measurements were performed in the kitchen of the basement flat (Smerajec et al, 2010) in which a preliminary radon survey had shown elevated radon activity concentration, ranging from 600 Bq m -3 to 1000 Bq m -3 , as compared with the national winter average of 121 Bq m -3 for a thousand dwellings (Humar et al, 1992). Both instruments were operated simultaneously from October 2010 to January 2011, covering temporal human activities, e. g., cooking, washing, opening window and door, etc.…”

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Nano Particles Including Radon Decay Products in Ambient Air

Vaupotič¹

2011

Chemistry, Emission Control, Radioactive Pollution and Indoor Air Quality

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“…The sensitivity of a dosimeter utilizing etched track detectors, defined as the smallest detectable radon activity concentration, A mxn (Bq m~3), can be calculated (Humar et al, 1992;Hie et al, 1990) by…”

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confidence: 99%