LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

A study on seasonal variability of 222Rn–220Rn parameters in dwellings around a thermal power plant, India

Photo from wikipedia

The present study utilizes the latest solid state nuclear track detectors based single entrance radon-thoron twin chambers, direct radon/thoron progeny sensors to measure indoor radon, thoron, and their progenies. From… Click to show full abstract

The present study utilizes the latest solid state nuclear track detectors based single entrance radon-thoron twin chambers, direct radon/thoron progeny sensors to measure indoor radon, thoron, and their progenies. From the measured values of radon, thoron and their progenies concentrations, radon and thoron equilibrium factors and annual effective inhalation dose have been estimated. The mean values of equilibrium factor for radon and thoron in studied dwellings have been found to be 0.52 ± 0.19 and 0.013 ± 0.006 respectively. The mean value of annual effective dose is estimated as 1.02 ± 0.41 mSv. Seasonal and different types of house wise variations of radon, thoron and their progenies are discussed in detail.

Keywords: seasonal variability; thoron progenies; study seasonal; radon thoron; thoron

Journal Title: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Year Published: 2017

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.