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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on January 25, 2005
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/nch447
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry © Oxford University Press 2005; all rights reserved
Received October 12, 2004
Revised November 24, 2004
Accepted December 5, 2004

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PAPER

RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH RISK EVALUATION OF RADIUM CONTAMINATED LAND: A REAL LIFE IMPLEMENTATION

J. Paridaens 1*

1 Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, B2400 Mol, Belgium

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Paridaens, E-mail: jparidae{at}sckcen.be


  Abstract

A plot of land, currently used for dairy farming, has been contaminated over the years with radium due to the operation of one of the world's largest radium production plants. Within the framework of a global remediation approach for the plant surroundings, the land owner needed advice for a future destination of the land. Therefore, the radium contamination was accurately mapped, and on the basis of its severity a practically feasible subdivision of the land into four plots was proposed. For all four plots, the radiological risk was evaluated for the current type of land use and for possible alternative types. Hence a clear and useable advice could be formulated to the authorities reconciling public health, economic and practical issues.


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