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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on April 24, 2008
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 130(1):64-67; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn115
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Investigation and remediation of houses affected by radon phenomena connected with earlier exploration of silver and uranium ore

Tomás Cechák1, Ladislav Moucka2,*, Martin Jiránek3, Ales Fronka2 and Lenka Thinová1

1 Czech Technical University, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Brehová 7, 115 19 Praha 1, Czech Republic
2 National Radiation Protection Institute, Bartoskova 28, 140 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
3 Czech Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Thákurova 7, 166 29 Praha 6, Czech Republic

* Corresponding author: ladislav.moucka{at}suro.cz

The sources of gamma radiation inside buildings affected by earlier silver and uranium mining activities are discussed. Possibilities how to reduce gamma dose rates from building materials were studied on several houses located in the old mining town Jáchymov. Results of the efficiency analysis are presented. Experience obtained up to now indicates that it is almost impossible to reduce the gamma dose rates in such buildings to the level corresponding with the natural background, because some of the gamma radiation sources cannot be completely removed from the building structures.


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