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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on July 11, 2008
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 131(3):379-384; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn190
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A study of indoor radon levels in rural dwellings of Ezine (Çanakkale, Turkey) using solid-state nuclear track detectors

Y. Örgün1, N. Altinsoy2,*, S. Y. Sahin3, B. Ataksor4 and N. Çelebi4

1 Faculty of Mines, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Ayazaga Kampusu, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
2 Institute of Energy, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Ayazaga Kampusu, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
3 Department of Geophysics, Engineering Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
4 Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center, PO Box 1, Atatürk Airport, 34149 Istanbul, Turkey

* Corresponding author: altinsoy{at}itu.edu.tr

Received September 5, 2007, amended June 17, 2008, accepted June 19, 2008

Indoor radon activity level and radon effective dose (ED) rate have been carried out in the rural dwellings of Ezine (Çanakkale) during the summer season using Radosys-2000, a complete set suitable to radon concentration measurements with CR-39 plastic alpha track detectors. The range of radon concentration varied between 9 and 300 Bq m–3, with an average of 67.9 (39.9 SD) Bq m–3. Assuming an indoor occupancy factor of 0.8 and 0.4 for the equilibrium factor of radon indoors, it has been found that the 222Rn ED rate in the dwellings studied ranges from 0.4 to 5.2 mSv y–1, with an average value of 1.7 (1.0) mSv y–1. There is a possibility that low radon concentrations exist indoors during the summer season in the study area because of relatively high ventilation rates in the dwellings. A winter survey will be needed for future estimation of the annual ED.


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