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OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AT A THERAPEUTIC RADON SPA FACILITY IN HUNGARY

Published:2019-04-26 Issue:3-4 Volume:184 Page:470-473
ISSN:0144-8420
Container-title:Radiation Protection Dosimetry
language:en
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Author:

Kavasi Norbert¹²,Csordas Anita²³,Nagy Katalin⁴,Beltran Silvana⁵,Kikaj Dafina⁶,Vaupotič Janja⁶,Kovacs Tibor³

Affiliation:

1. National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba, Japan

2. Social Organization for Radioecological Cleanliness, Egyetem 10, Veszprem, Hungary

3. Institute of Radiochemistry and Radioecology, University of Pannonia, Egyetem 10, Veszprem, Hungary

4. Department of Rheumatology, Markhot Ferenc Hospital, Furdo 3-4, Eger, Hungary

5. Lithosphere Fluid Research Laboratory, Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest, Hungary

6. Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

Abstract In order to estimate occupational exposure of workers in a therapeutic radon spa facility, radon concentration in the workplace air was investigated at Markhot Ferenc Hospital, Eger, Hungary. The investigated balneotherapeutic facility and its natural hot spa water are used for treatments and rehabilitations of rheumatic patients. Radon concentration, radon decay products at a bathhouse, treatment rooms and a consultation room were continuously measured in August and September 2018. In the present study, different levels of radon concentration among the observation sites and its clear temporal variations were found, though radon concentrations in the investigated sites were below 300 Bq m−3. Regarding such radon fluctuation and low equilibrium factor level (0.1), the annual effective doses of workers are estimated to be around 0.5 mSv year−1.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiation,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

Link

http://academic.oup.com/rpd/article-pdf/184/3-4/470/30331587/ncz077.pdf

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