Radon in Workplaces
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In order to investigate the peculiarities of the radon situation in workplaces located inside buildings, compared with the radon situation in dwellings, long-time recordings of radon, attached radon progeny and unattached radon progeny concentrations (Po, Pb, Bi) have been carried out at several categories of workplaces (e. g. offices, public buildings like schools and hospitals, different rooms in factories, workshops, kitchens, agricultural facilities). 36 workplaces have been investigated. There have been carried out at least 2 to 3 longtime recordings for each workplace during different seasons. At the same time the gamma dose rate, meteorological conditions, aerosol particle concentrations have been registered. Many parameters of the workplaces and the buildings have been recorded. Activity size distribution of the aerosol-attached and unattached fraction of shortlived radon decay products have been determined in 20 workplaces.
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ANNEX E Sources-to-effects assessment for radon in homes and workplaces Contents
I . SOURCES AND LEVELS OF RADON EXPOSURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 A . Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 B . Indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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