Measurements in Afghanistan using an active radon exposure meter and assessment of related annual effective dose
- authored by
- Mohammad R. Tanha, Jan Willem Vahlbruch, Beate Riebe, Josef Irlinger, Werner Rühm, Fazal R. Khalid, Abobaker Storai, Clemens Walther
- Abstract
Radon gas concentrations in eight basements, four living rooms and four caves from different locations in Kabul and Panjsher, Afghanistan, were measured by using eight active radon exposure meters recently developed by the Helmholtz Center in Munich, Germany. The two-phase measurements lasted from a week to a year. In the first phase of measurements which lasted one week, the mean activity concentrations ranged from 6 to 120 Bq/m3 and 25 to 139 Bq/m3 for the basements and caves, respectively. In the second phase of measurements which lasted one year, the mean activity concentrations ranged from 33 to 2064 Bq/m3 and the corresponding effective annual doses calculated for the inhabitants were in the range between 0.6 and 33.4 mSv. As some of the values are rather high and exceed the recommended recommendations by IAEA and ICRP, based on the local conditions a number of simple recommendations has been proposed for the possible reduction of effective annual dose caused by radon in the measurement locations.
- Organisation(s)
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Centre for Radiation Protection and Radioecology
- External Organisation(s)
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Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health
Afghan Atomic Energy High Commission
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Volume
- 178
- Pages
- 122-130
- No. of pages
- 9
- ISSN
- 0144-8420
- Publication date
- 18.07.2018
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncx086 (Access:
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