title: Radiation performance index for Dutch dwellings: consequences for some typical situations.
abstract: This paper describes the new approach to control radiation exposure from natural sources to inhabitants of dwellings that is presently being considered in the Netherlands. The goal of this approach is to uphold the current rather favorable situation (average annual effective dose due to indoor radon and external radiation in dwellings is approx. 1 mSv). To achieve this goal a model is foreseen to predict the potential effective dose an inhabitant may receive from a dwelling on basis of its building plan. A scheme to calculate this dose is proposed in this paper. In future, such a scheme will be included in the Dutch Building Codes and houses to be built will be evaluated by using this scheme and comparing the results with, yet to be posed, limits to the potential effective dose.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Geophysics Division, Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. vandergraaf@kvi.nl
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: van der Graaf
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Schaap
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bosmans
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000009:adverse effects; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009426:Netherlands; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D012308:Risk Management
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon