Estimating the radon concentration in water and indoor air.
The paper presents the results of radon concentration measurements in the vicinity of water, indoor air and in contact to building walls. The investigations were carried out using CR-39 track detectors. Samples of ground water flowing out of many springs mostly in Arabian Gulf area except one from Germany have been studied. The results are compared with international recommendations and the values are found to be lower than the recommended value. Measuring the mean indoor radon concentrations in air and in contact to building walls in the dwellings of Kuwait University Campus were found 24.2 +/- 7.7, and 462 +/- 422 Bq m(-3) respectively. These values lead to average effective dose equivalent rates of 1.3 +/- 0.4 and 23 +/- 21 mSv year(-1), respectively.
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National Center for Radiation Research and Technology, Atomic Energy Authority, P.O.Box 29, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. magedali@hotmail.com
D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008877:Middle East; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis
D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon