Problems with Estimating Annual Mean Indoor Radon Concentrations

Journal Article · Thu Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3498284· OSTI ID:21428582

Marusiakova, Miriam; Hulka, Jiri ^[1]

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1. National Radiation Protection Institute, Bartoskova 28, 14000 Prague (Czech Republic)

Radon and its progeny in dwellings is responsible for the majority of the total radiation dose among the general population. The indoor radon concentration varies considerably during the daytime, individual days, seasons and even years. It is affected by many factors such as ventilation, soil concentration, quality of house insulation and others.The annual mean value of the radon concentration in buildings is important in order to estimate the effective dose to inhabitants. However, it is not always possible to perform radon measurements over a period of one year. Thus estimates based on short-term continuous measurements are suggested.We analyse hourly radon measurements obtained from one uninhabited rural house in Teleci in the Czech Republic. We study the behaviour of the radon concentration with time and its relationship to meteorological variables such as outdoor temperature, wind speed or pressure. Further we discuss various estimates of the annual mean radon concentration and their properties.

• OSTI ID: 21428582
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1281, Issue 1; Conference: ICNAAM 2010: International conference of numerical analysis and applied mathematics 2010, Rhodes (Greece), 19-25 Sep 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3498284; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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