Published August 7, 2008 | Version v1
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Preliminary Results of Indoor Radon/thoron Concentrations and Terrestrial Gamma Doses in Gejiu, Yunnan, China

Creators

  • 1. National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8555 (Japan)
  • 2. National Institute of Radiological Protection, Beijing (China)
  • 3. Gejiu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gejiu China (China)

Description

A preliminary survey on indoor radon/thoron and external gamma ray dose rate was conducted for houses in Gejiu city and its neighboring village in Yunnan Province, China. As a result of the radon/thoron measurements for about 50 houses, very high thoron concentrations were found in some hoses (maximum: 7,900 Bq/m3). The mean annual dose from thoron decay products was estimated to be larger than that from radon decay products (2.9 mSv vs. 1.6 mSv). Further dosimetric and epidemiological studies are needed to investigate the possible effects of radon and thoron

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2991201;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1034
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 173-176
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
8. International symposium on the natural radiation environment
Acronym
NRE-VIII
Dates
7-12 Oct 2007
Place
Buzios, RJ (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40030461
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHINA; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; DOSE RATES; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HOUSES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DOSES; RADON; RADON 220; URBAN AREAS
Descriptors DEC
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ASIA; BUILDINGS; DOSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOTOPES; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; RARE GASES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics