Radon and thoron exhalation rate measurements from building materials used in Serbia

The second most important source of indoor radon, after soil beneath dwelling, is building material. With the increase in environmental awareness and new energy-saving policies, residents tend to replace the existing windows with tighter windows, which leads to a decrease in air exchange rate and co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nukleonika 2020-06, Vol.65 (2), p.111-114
Hauptverfasser: Čeliković, Igor T., Pantelić, Gordana K., Živanović, Miloš Z., Vukanac, Ivana S., Krneta Nikolić, Jelena D., Kandić, Aleksandar B., Lončar, Boris B.
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Zusammenfassung:The second most important source of indoor radon, after soil beneath dwelling, is building material. With the increase in environmental awareness and new energy-saving policies, residents tend to replace the existing windows with tighter windows, which leads to a decrease in air exchange rate and consequently an increase in indoor radon concentration. In case of low exchange rates, dose caused by inhalation of radon and its progeny can exceed external dose originating from the radium content in the surrounding building material. In this paper, surface exhalation rates of radon ( Rn) and thoron ( Rn) from typical building materials used for construction and interior decoration of houses in Serbia were investigated. Surface exhalation rate measurements were performed using the closed-chamber method, while concentrations of radon and thoron in the chamber were continuously measured using an active device, RTM1688-2, produced by SARAD® GmbH. Finally, the impact of the replacement of windows on the indoor radon concentration was estimated.
ISSN:0029-5922
1508-5791
0029-5922
DOI:10.2478/nuka-2020-0017