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A New Methodology for Defining Radon Priority Areas in Spain

One of the requirements of EU-BSS (European Basic Safety Standards) is the design and implementation of a National Radon Action Plan in the member states. This should define, as accurately as possible, areas of risk for the presence of radon gas ((222)Rn) in homes and workplaces. The concept used by...

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Autores principales: Fernández, Alicia, Sainz, Carlos, Celaya, Santiago, Quindós, Luis, Rábago, Daniel, Fuente, Ismael
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33540910
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031352
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author Fernández, Alicia
Sainz, Carlos
Celaya, Santiago
Quindós, Luis
Rábago, Daniel
Fuente, Ismael
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description One of the requirements of EU-BSS (European Basic Safety Standards) is the design and implementation of a National Radon Action Plan in the member states. This should define, as accurately as possible, areas of risk for the presence of radon gas ((222)Rn) in homes and workplaces. The concept used by the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), the body responsible for nuclear safety and radiation protection in Spain, to identify “radon priority areas” is that of radon potential. This paper establishes a different methodology from that used by the CSN, using the same study variables (indoor radon measurements, gamma radiation exposure data, and geological information) to prepare a radon potential map that improves the definition of the areas potentially exposed to radon in Spain. The main advantage of this methodology is that by using simple data processing the definition of these areas is improved. In addition, the application of this methodology can improve the delimitation of radon priority areas and can be applied within the cartographic system used by the European Commission-Joint Research Center (EC-JRC) in the representation of different environmental parameters.
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spelling pubmed-79084082021-02-27 A New Methodology for Defining Radon Priority Areas in Spain Fernández, Alicia Sainz, Carlos Celaya, Santiago Quindós, Luis Rábago, Daniel Fuente, Ismael Int J Environ Res Public Health Article One of the requirements of EU-BSS (European Basic Safety Standards) is the design and implementation of a National Radon Action Plan in the member states. This should define, as accurately as possible, areas of risk for the presence of radon gas ((222)Rn) in homes and workplaces. The concept used by the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), the body responsible for nuclear safety and radiation protection in Spain, to identify “radon priority areas” is that of radon potential. This paper establishes a different methodology from that used by the CSN, using the same study variables (indoor radon measurements, gamma radiation exposure data, and geological information) to prepare a radon potential map that improves the definition of the areas potentially exposed to radon in Spain. The main advantage of this methodology is that by using simple data processing the definition of these areas is improved. In addition, the application of this methodology can improve the delimitation of radon priority areas and can be applied within the cartographic system used by the European Commission-Joint Research Center (EC-JRC) in the representation of different environmental parameters. MDPI 2021-02-02 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7908408/ /pubmed/33540910 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031352 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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