Published 2015 | Version v1
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A study of indoor radon, thoron and measurement of average inhalation dose in Fazilka District, Punjab, India

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, Abohar (India)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, Amritsar (India)
  • 3. Department of Applied Sciences, Guru Kashi University, Talwadi Sabo (India)

Description

In the present study, indoor radon and thoron measurements have been carried out in 100 dwellings of 20 villages situated in the Fazilka district of Malwa region of Punjab. These measurements were done using LR-115 type II based Radon-Thoron discrimating twin-cup dosimeters. These dosimeters were hanged for a period of four months of winter season i.e. from October 2014 to February 2015. The radon concentration varies from 26.6 Bq/m3 to 65.3 Bq/m3 which lies well within the safe limits recommended by ICRP. The average inhalation dose was also assessed which also lies below the recommended safe limits. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the first national conference on radiation awareness and detection in natural environment: abstracts and souvenir

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
Imprint Place
Tehri Garhwal (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the first national conference on radiation awareness and detection in natural environment: abstracts and souvenir
Imprint Pagination
83 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 51

Conference

Title
national conference on radiation awareness and detection in natural environment
Acronym
RADNET-I
Dates
15-17 Jun 2015
Place
Tehri Garhwal (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
47015503
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON 220
Descriptors DEC
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CONTAMINATION; DOSES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MONITORING; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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