Mapping radon hazard areas using (238)U measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of China

In order to identify radon-prone areas and evaluate radon risk level, a soil gas radon survey combined with gamma-ray spectrometry measurements was carried out in Shenzhen City, south China. Meanwhile, the statistical analysis was applied to evaluate the distribution of measured results. This paper...

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Autores principales: Liu, Hongtao, Wang, Nanping, Chu, Xingming, Li, Ting, Zheng, Ling, Yan, Shouliang, Li, Shijun
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Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27594727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4717-5
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author Liu, Hongtao
Wang, Nanping
Chu, Xingming
Li, Ting
Zheng, Ling
Yan, Shouliang
Li, Shijun
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description In order to identify radon-prone areas and evaluate radon risk level, a soil gas radon survey combined with gamma-ray spectrometry measurements was carried out in Shenzhen City, south China. Meanwhile, the statistical analysis was applied to evaluate the distribution of measured results. This paper presents the methodology of the radon risk assessment. A radon risk map was accomplished based on a combination of soil gas radon concentration (RC), soil air permeability (Perm.) and uranium ((238)U) concentration. The results showed that the distribution of soil gas RC and radon-prone areas were closely related to geologic distribution of uranium ((238)U) and local lithology.
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spelling pubmed-49906022016-09-01 Mapping radon hazard areas using (238)U measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of China Liu, Hongtao Wang, Nanping Chu, Xingming Li, Ting Zheng, Ling Yan, Shouliang Li, Shijun J Radioanal Nucl Chem Article In order to identify radon-prone areas and evaluate radon risk level, a soil gas radon survey combined with gamma-ray spectrometry measurements was carried out in Shenzhen City, south China. Meanwhile, the statistical analysis was applied to evaluate the distribution of measured results. This paper presents the methodology of the radon risk assessment. A radon risk map was accomplished based on a combination of soil gas radon concentration (RC), soil air permeability (Perm.) and uranium ((238)U) concentration. The results showed that the distribution of soil gas RC and radon-prone areas were closely related to geologic distribution of uranium ((238)U) and local lithology. Springer Netherlands 2016-02-23 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4990602/ /pubmed/27594727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4717-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Liu, Hongtao
Wang, Nanping
Chu, Xingming
Li, Ting
Zheng, Ling
Yan, Shouliang
Li, Shijun
Mapping radon hazard areas using (238)U measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of China
title Mapping radon hazard areas using (238)U measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of China
title_full Mapping radon hazard areas using (238)U measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of China
title_fullStr Mapping radon hazard areas using (238)U measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of China
title_full_unstemmed Mapping radon hazard areas using (238)U measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of China
title_short Mapping radon hazard areas using (238)U measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of China
title_sort mapping radon hazard areas using (238)u measurements and geological units: a study in a high background radiation city of china
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27594727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4717-5
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