Assessment of Lignite-Fired Power Plants Impact on Radon Activity Concentrations-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Assessment of Lignite-Fired Power Plants Impact on Radon Activity Concentrations

Published:2024-08-13 Issue:3 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2149-9144
Container-title:International Journal of Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering
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Short-container-title:IJCESEN

Author:

Nafezi Gazmend,Bahtijari Meleq

Abstract

Radon activity concentrations has been surveyed in dwellings in the vicinity of an open-cast lignite mine and two lignite-fired power plants in the Pristina region, Kosovo. For this purpose solid-state nuclear track detectors CR-39 were exposed in the winter period for three months. Radon activity concentration ranged from 41 Bq m−3 to 327 Bq m−3, and the resulted annual effective doses was, from 0.74 mSv y−1 to 5.83 mSv y−1. The relationships of radon levels with the age of buildings, building material and local geology has been sought and is discussed. The impact of lignite-fired power plants on indoor radon concentration has not been observed.

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International Journal of Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering

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