Radon risk management: the future challenge for the nuclear community.
The short-lived decay products (Rn-d) of radon gas (222Rn, 220Rn) have been identified as a health hazard in occupational exposure situations, as well as a public health risk in general. Decisions will have to be made concerning the initiation and scale of national Rn-mitigation programmes. In view of the potentially significant socio-economic impact of such programmes, it is recommended to proceed from the current approach based on Rn-d risk assessment to the integrated approach of radon risk management (RRM). A seven-step RRM is proposed, ranging from the selection of an action level based on an incremental risk-reduction, to the conduct of auditing procedures, monitoring the RRM-outreach factor.
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Institute of Physics and Biophysics, University of Salzburg, Austria. physik@sbg.ac.at
D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000517:prevention & control; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000517:prevention & control; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012308:Risk Management
D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon