A survey of gamma exposure in dwellings of Campania region, southern Italy has been performed using Thermo Luminescent Dosimeters (TLD). In each dwelling TLDs were exposed for six months in the room where the inhabitant spent most of their time, generally the bedroom or living room. The arithmetic mean was found to be 264 111 nGy/h, after the subtraction of the cosmic contribution. The effects of building materials and geographic location were also examined. Using UNSCEAR model, the annual effective dose due to indoor gamma radiation was evaluated and it was found to be 1.3 mSv/y, that is higher than Italian national average of 0.4 mSv/y.
Gamma dose rate measurements in dwellings of Campania region, South Italy / Quarto, Maria; Pugliese, Mariagabriella; Roca, Vincenzo. - In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY. - ISSN 0265-931X. - 115:(2013), pp. 114-117. [10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.07.016]
Gamma dose rate measurements in dwellings of Campania region, South Italy
QUARTO, MARIA;PUGLIESE, MARIAGABRIELLA;ROCA, VINCENZO
2013
Abstract
A survey of gamma exposure in dwellings of Campania region, southern Italy has been performed using Thermo Luminescent Dosimeters (TLD). In each dwelling TLDs were exposed for six months in the room where the inhabitant spent most of their time, generally the bedroom or living room. The arithmetic mean was found to be 264 111 nGy/h, after the subtraction of the cosmic contribution. The effects of building materials and geographic location were also examined. Using UNSCEAR model, the annual effective dose due to indoor gamma radiation was evaluated and it was found to be 1.3 mSv/y, that is higher than Italian national average of 0.4 mSv/y.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
