Measurement of Radon Level in Dwellings of the Yıldırım County in Bursa

• Authors: A. Kahraman , A. Poffijn , G. Kaynak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It was well known that inhalation of high levels of radon can lead to lung cancer. Indoor radon concentration measurements were carried out in randomly selected 18 dwellings of Yıldırım county in Bursa, Turkey using Makrofol-DE Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors. The results of the radon measurements ranged from 13 to 98 Bq m^{-3}, with as 42 Bq m^{-3} average value. The range of annual effective dose was between 0.33 and 2.47 mSv y^{-1}.

Keywords

EN

87.53.Bn; 89.60.Ec

Discipline

• 89.60.Ec: Environmental safety(for air quality, see 92.60.Sz; for water quality, see 92.40.kc, and 92.40.qc in Geophysics Appendix)
• 87.53.Bn: Dosimetry/exposure assessment

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 268-270

Dates

published

2014-02

Contributors

author

A. Kahraman

• Physics Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Uludag University, Gorukle Campus, 16059, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey

author

A. Poffijn

• Department of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, University of Gent, Proeftuinstraat 86, Gent B-9000, Belgium

author

G. Kaynak

• Physics Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Uludag University, Gorukle Campus, 16059, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.268