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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on December 15, 2005
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2006 118(1):122-125; doi:10.1093/rpd/nci374
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Radon concentration measurements in the AMASRA coal mine, Turkey

R. Baldik1, H. Aytekin1,*, N. Çelebi2, B. Ataksor2 and M. Tasdelen2

1 Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Department of Physics, 67100, Zonguldak, Turkey
2 Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Centre, P.O. Box 1, Atatürk Airport, 34149, Istanbul, Turkey

* Corresponding author: aytekin{at}karelmas.edu.tr

Received October 12, 2005, amended November 11, 2005, accepted November 16, 2005

In this study, the results of atmospheric radon measurements that were performed for the Amasra underground coal mine in Zonguldak bituminous coal basin (Turkey) are presented. The radon measurements were performed for 40 days between November 2004 and December 2004 using passive nuclear etched track detectors. The radon concentrations vary from a minimum value 49 Bq m–3 in a site located at +40 m to a maximum value 223 Bq m–3 in a site located at –100 m. Mean concentration is 117 (Bq m–3). This value is well below the action level of 500–1500 Bq m–3 recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) (1993). The mean effective dose value for workers of this mine of 3.4 µSv per day was obtained. This result shows that protection against radiological hazards would not be necessary for workers of this mine(2).


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