The Austrian Radon Project
- Autor(en)
- Harry Friedmann, Peter Zimprich, C Atzmüller, W Hofmann, H Lettner, F Steinhäusler, E Hamernik, Franz Josef Maringer, L Mossbauer, H Kaineder, E Nadschläger, S Sperker, P Karacson, V Karg, C Kralik, K Pock, Franz Schönhofer, L Breitenhuber, P Kindl, Gernot Oberlercher, Wolfgang Seiberl, H Stadtmann, Ferdinand Steger, M. Tschurlovits
- Abstrakt
The aim of the Austrian Radon Project (ARP) is to investigate the 222Rn concentration in 0.3-0.5% of all Austrian dwellings to identify areas with elevated radon exposure. The survey is carried out using short- term and long-term integrating radon detectors covering a population of 2 800 000 persons so far. The homes were randomly selected from the telephone directory. The radon concentration distribution showed a log-normal shape. County-means between 60 and 330 Bq/m3 were found. A radon potential was introduced to deduce a geological risk from the data taken under different circumstances in different types of houses. This radon potential was defined as the annual mean radon concentration in a standard dwelling and is computed by normalizing the measured radon data to this standard dwelling.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg, Arsenal Research : Österreichisches Forschungs- und Prüfzentrum Arsenal Ges.m.b.H., Bundesanstalt für Lebensmitteluntersuchung und Forschung in Wien, Technische Universität Graz, Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung, Niederösterreichische Landesregierung, Austrian Research Centers GmbH (ARC Seibersdorf), Technische Universität Wien
- Journal
- Environment International
- Band
- 22
- Seiten
- 677-686
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 10
- ISSN
- 0160-4120
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00171-7
- Publikationsdatum
- 1996
- ÖFOS 2012
- 1030 Physik, Astronomie
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/the-austrian-radon-project(3b4ae6da-f305-49e5-99c2-adc6c5c43e52).html