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O'Brien, R.S.; Peggie, J.R.; Leith, I.S.
Australian Radiation Lab., Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
Australian Radiation Lab., Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
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[en] This report presents the results of a study carried out to estimate the annual effective dose equivalent contribution from phospho-gypsum plaster-board if it were used as an internal lining in buildings. The study considered four sources of radiation exposure that would arise in such use, such as inhalation of 222Rn and its daughters, inhalation of phospho-gypsum dust and exposure to beta and gamma radiation. Measurements of the 226Ra content and 222Rn exhalation rate were made for a number of samples of phospho-gypsum plaster-board, and the behaviour of 222Rn and its daughters in a typical building was modelled. The results of the study suggest that, for building ventilation rates greater than approximately 0.5 air changes per hour, the contribution to the total annual effective dose equivalent from inhalation of radon (222Rn) and its daughters (218Po, 214Pb, 214Po) exhaled from the phospho-gypsum plaster-board should be well below the recommended limit of 1 milli-Sievert for members of the public. The total annual effective dose equivalent from all these sources should be less than 0.6 milli-Sieverts, provided reasonable work practices are observed during installation of the phospho-gypsum plaster-board and the ventilation rate is kept above approximately 0.5 air changes per hour. 31 refs., 12 tabs., 5 figs
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Feb 1991; 45 p
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BETA PARTICLES, BISMUTH 214, BUILDING MATERIALS, COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION, DOSE EQUIVALENTS, DUSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY, GAMMA RADIATION, GYPSUM, HEALTH HAZARDS, INHALATION, LEAD 214, MICROSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY, NUMERICAL DATA, PHOSPHORUS, POLONIUM 214, POLONIUM 218, RADIATION DOSES, RADON 222, RADON 226, RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, VENTILATION
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BISMUTH ISOTOPES, BUILDINGS, CHARGED PARTICLES, DATA, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, ELEMENTS, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, HAZARDS, HEAVY NUCLEI, INFORMATION, INTAKE, IONIZING RADIATIONS, ISOTOPES, LEAD ISOTOPES, MATERIALS, MINERALS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NONMETALS, NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, POLONIUM ISOTOPES, RADIATIONS, RADIOACTIVITY, RADIOISOTOPES, RADON ISOTOPES, SIMULATION, SULFATE MINERALS
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