Outdoor Radon as a Tool to Estimate Radon Priority Areas—A Literature Overview

Igor Čeliković, Gordana Pantelić, Ivana Vukanac, Jelena Krneta Nikolić, Miloš Živanović, Giorgia Cinelli, Valeria Gruber, Sebastian Baumann, Luis Santiago Quindos Poncela and Daniel Rabago
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Igor Čeliković: “VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Gordana Pantelić: “VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Ivana Vukanac: “VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Jelena Krneta Nikolić: “VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Miloš Živanović: “VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Giorgia Cinelli: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy
Valeria Gruber: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Department for Radon and Radioecology, 4020 Linz, Austria
Sebastian Baumann: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Department for Radon and Radioecology, 4020 Linz, Austria
Luis Santiago Quindos Poncela: Radon Group, University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain
Daniel Rabago: Radon Group, University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-21

Abstract: Doses from the exposure to outdoor radon are typically an order of magnitude smaller than those from indoor radon, causing a greater interest on investigation of the latter for radiation protection issues. As a consequence, assessment of radon priority areas (RPA) is mainly based on indoor radon measurements. Outdoor radon measurements might be needed to guarantee a complete estimation of radiological risk and may help to improve the estimation of RPA. Therefore, authors have analysed the available literature on outdoor radon to give an overview of outdoor radon surveys and potential correlation with indoor radon and estimation of RPA. The review has shown that outdoor radon surveys were performed at much smaller scale compared to indoor radon. Only a few outdoor radon maps were produced, with a much smaller density, covering a larger area, and therefore putting doubt on the representativeness of this data. Due to a large variety of techniques used for outdoor radon measurements and requirement to have detectors with a high sensitivity and resistance to harsh environmental conditions, a standardised measurement protocol should be derived. This is no simple endeavour since there are more applications in different scientific disciplines for outdoor radon measurements compared to indoor radon.

Keywords: outdoor radon concentrations; literature overview; radiation risk; indoor radon concentrations; radon priority areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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