BARC/PUB/2012/1309

 
 

Indoor 222Rn and 220Rn concentrations and doses in Bangalore, India

 
     
 
Author(s)

Sathish, L. A.; Nagaraja, K.; Ramachandran, T. V.
(EAD)

Source

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2012. Vol. 151 (2): pp. 344-353

ABSTRACT

222Rn and 220Rn levels have been measured using passive detector technique by employing time integrated solid-state nuclear track detector-based dosemeters in various types of houses at 10 different locations in and around Bangalore Metropolitan, India. The measured geometric mean concentration values of 222Rn and 220Rn levels in 200 dwellings of different types of construction were found to be 32.2±1.6 and 21.4±1.0 Bq m-3, respectively. The dose rate received by the population of Bangalore ranged between 0.2 and 3.5 mSv y-1 with an average and the geometric mean of 1.14±0.05 and 1.06 mSv y-1, respectively. Overall, the result does not show much significant radiological risk for the inhabitants and the 222Rn levels are well within the limits of global average concentration of 40 Bq m-3. However, the 220Rn levels observed were found to be higher than the global average of 10 Bq m-3.

 
 
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