Monitoring for exposures to TENORM sources in Vojvodina region.
TENORM are found in a wide variety of waste materials, some raw mineral ores and in some consumer products (in trace amounts) where molecules of radionuclides may be bound to specific minerals used in the manufacturing process and can result in increases in radiation exposures to workers and the public. The aim of this paper is to understand this problem and to develop effective ways to protect humans and the environment from harmful exposure to the radiation in TENORM materials in the Vojvodina region. The results of measurement of indoor radon concentration in schools and kindergartens and dose-rate and gamma-spectrometry measurements of the workplace with TENORM materials are presented.
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia. natasa.todorovic@df.uns.ac.rs
Natasa
N
Todorovic
Sofija
S
Forkapic
Istvan
I
Bikit
Dusan
D
Mrdja
Miroslav
M
Veskovic
Slavko
S
Todorovic
D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D001417:Background Radiation / Q000009:adverse effects; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D011883:Radium / Q000032:analysis; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis; D012574:Schools; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma / Q000379:methods; D014501:Uranium / Q000032:analysis; D015022:Yugoslavia
D014501:Uranium; D011886:Radon; D011883:Radium