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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on June 2, 2008
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn135
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RADON RISK IN ALPINE REGIONS IN AUSTRIA: RISK ASSESSMENT AS A SETTLEMENT PLANNING STRATEGY

V. Gruber1,*, A. Baumgartner1,2, C. Seidel1 and F. J. Maringer1,2

1 BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Science, LLC-Laboratory Arsenal, Faradaygasse 3, Arsenal Objekt 214, 1030 Vienna, Austria
2 BEV, Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying, Arltgassse 35, 1160 Vienna, Austria

* Corresponding author: valeria.gruber{at}boku.ac.at

Soil gas radon measurements complement indispensable and well-established radon indoor measurements in Austria. Radon in soil gas is a result of geochemical conditions as well as of geology, mineralogy, geophysics and meteorology. Therefore, geological factors can help to predict potential indoor radon concentrations via soil gas. Soil gas radon measurements in well-defined geological units give an estimate of local and regional radon hazards and build the basis for radon risk maps, which could be used for land-use planning and urban development. The creation of maps makes an important contribution to health care. For this purpose, several research projects were carried out in Austria. On the one hand, a study was already conducted in Lower Austria to determine the influence of meteorological and soil physical parameters on radon concentrations in soil gas and to evaluate soil gas radon concentrations with a radon emanation and migration model. On the other hand, radon measurements on different geomorphologic formations in the Austrian Alps, which are potential settlement areas, are of special interest.


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