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Título: Methodology for determination of radon prone areas combining the definition of a representative building enclosure and measurements of terrestrial gamma radiation
Autores/as: Briones, C.
Jubera, J.
Alonso, H. 
Olaiz, J.
Santana, J. T.
Rodríguez-Brito, N.
Tejera, A. 
Martel, P. 
González-Díaz, E.
Rubiano, J. G. 
Clasificación UNESCO: 2207 Física atómica y nuclear
Palabras clave: Building Type
Environmental Radioactivity
Indoor Radon
Radon Prone Area
Terrestrial Gamma Radiation
Fecha de publicación: 2021
Publicación seriada: Science of the Total Environment 
Resumen: The recommendations of the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) have recently been incorporated into Spanish regulations in the Basic Document of Health Standards of the Technical Building Code (CTE), section HS6, on protection against radon exposure. This further accentuates the need to delimit radon prone areas as a strategy to address measures which minimise the effects of this gas on the population. In this research, measurements of terrestrial gamma radiation and indoor radon of dwellings have been carried out in the same location to delimit these risk areas. A new methodology has been developed including a definition of a Representative Building Enclosure (RBE) and it is proposed a Building Storey Index (IBS) which allows normalizing measurements of indoor radon activity concentration taken in different levels from the ground to the RBE. The results show the need to consider the type of contact that exists between the building and the ground as a determining factor of radon risk. Terrestrial gamma radiation is used as a proxy for radioisotopic composition of soils to characterise the indoor radon risk at different geological formation.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/107494
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147709
Fuente: Science of the Total Environment [ISSN 0048-9697], v. 788, 147709, (Septiembre 2021)
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