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Radon and thoron exhalation rate measurements from building materials used in Serbia

Published:2020-05-29 Issue:2 Volume:65 Page:111-114
ISSN:0029-5922
Container-title:Nukleonika
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Author:

Čeliković Igor T.¹^ORCID,Pantelić Gordana K.¹^ORCID,Živanović Miloš Z.¹^ORCID,Vukanac Ivana S.¹^ORCID,Krneta Nikolić Jelena D.¹^ORCID,Kandić Aleksandar B.¹,Lončar Boris B.²

Affiliation:

1. “Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences , University of Belgrade , Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 1100 Belgrade , Serbia

2. Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy , University of Belgrade , Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade , Serbia

Abstract

Abstract The second most important source of indoor radon, after soil beneath dwelling, is building material. With the increase in environmental awareness and new energy-saving policies, residents tend to replace the existing windows with tighter windows, which leads to a decrease in air exchange rate and consequently an increase in indoor radon concentration. In case of low exchange rates, dose caused by inhalation of radon and its progeny can exceed external dose originating from the radium content in the surrounding building material. In this paper, surface exhalation rates of radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn) from typical building materials used for construction and interior decoration of houses in Serbia were investigated. Surface exhalation rate measurements were performed using the closed-chamber method, while concentrations of radon and thoron in the chamber were continuously measured using an active device, RTM1688-2, produced by SARAD® GmbH. Finally, the impact of the replacement of windows on the indoor radon concentration was estimated.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Waste Management and Disposal,Condensed Matter Physics,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality,Instrumentation,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/nuka-2020-0017

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