title: Indoor radon, geogenic radon surrogates and geology - Investigations on their correlation.
abstract: The indoor radon concentration was measured in most houses in a couple of municipalities in Austria. At the same time the activity concentration of radium in soil, the soil gas radon concentration, the permeability of the ground and the ambient dose equivalent rate were also measured and the geological situations (geological units) were recorded too. From the indoor radon concentration and different house and living parameters a radon potential (Austrian radon potential) was derived which should represent the radon concentration in a standard room. Another radon potential (Neznal radon potential) was calculated from the soil gas radon concentration and the permeability. The aim of the investigation was to correlate all the different variables and to test if the use of surrogate data (e.g. geological information, ambient dose equivalent rate, etc.) can be used to judge the radon risk for an area without performing numerous indoor measurements.
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Nuclear Physics, Währinger Strasse 17, A 1090 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: harry.friedmann@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Friedmann
authors.affiliation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, LLC-Laboratory Arsenal, Faradaygasse 3, Arsenal 214, A 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: a.baumgartner@boku.ac.at.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.affiliation: AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Radon and Radioecology, Wieningerstrasse 8, A 4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: markus.bernreiter@ages.at.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernreiter
authors.affiliation: AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Radon and Radioecology, Wieningerstrasse 8, A 4020 Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gräser
authors.affiliation: AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Radon and Radioecology, Wieningerstrasse 8, A 4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: valeria.gruber@ages.at.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.affiliation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, LLC-Laboratory Arsenal, Faradaygasse 3, Arsenal 214, A 1030 Vienna, Austria; BEV - Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying, Arltgasse 35, A 1160 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: franz.kabrt@bev.gv.at.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kabrt
authors.affiliation: Federal Government of Upper Austria, Environment, Kärntnerstrasse 10-12, A 4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: heribert.kaineder@ooe.gv.at.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaineder
authors.affiliation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, LLC-Laboratory Arsenal, Faradaygasse 3, Arsenal 214, A 1030 Vienna, Austria; BEV - Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying, Arltgasse 35, A 1160 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: franz-josef.maringer@boku.ac.at.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Maringer
authors.affiliation: AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Radon and Radioecology, Wieningerstrasse 8, A 4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: wolfgang.ringer@ages.at.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ringer
authors.affiliation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, LLC-Laboratory Arsenal, Faradaygasse 3, Arsenal 214, A 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: claudia.seidel@boku.ac.at.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.affiliation: AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Radon and Radioecology, Wieningerstrasse 8, A 4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: gernot.wurm@ages.at.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wurm
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001317:Austria; D005844:Geology; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon
keywords: Geogenic radon surrogates; Indoor radon; Radon; Radon correlated with environmental parameters; Radon potential