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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on July 6, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 128(2):251-253; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm332
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Radon measurements in the Çatalagzi Thermal Power Plant, Turkey

H. Aytekin1,*, S. Bayata1, R. Baldik1 and N. Çelebi2

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

* Corresponding author: huseyinaytekin{at}gmail.com

Received February 20, 2007, amended May 21, 2007, accepted May 27, 2007

The Çatalagzi Thermal Power Plant (ÇTPP) (41030'48.4''N and 0.31053'41.5''E) is located at nearly 13 km North-east of Zonguldak city, which is located at the West Black Sea coast in Turkey. The middling products with high ash content of bituminous coals are used in this plant. Seasonal radon concentration measurements have been carried out by using CR-39 plastic track detectors in and around the ÇTPP. The annual average radon concentration has been found to vary from a minimum of 39.8 ± 28.9 Bq m–3 in the ash area to a maximum of ~75.0 ± 15.7 Bq m–3 in the service building of the power plant. The annual average radon concentration in the dwellings of the thermal power plant colony of the plant is 71.0 ± 33.4 Bq m–3. The effective dose has been found to vary from 0.38 to 0.71 mSv y–1 with a mean value of 0.56 mSv y–1, which is lower than the effective dose values 3–10 mSv given as the range of action levels recommended by International Commission on Radiological Protection: Protection against radon-222 at home and at work, ICRP Publication 65 (1993).


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