THE AUSTRIAN RADON PROJECT

Authors
FRIEDMANN H ZIMPRICH P ATZMULLER C HOFMANN W LETTNER H STEINHAUSLER F HAMERNIK E MARINGER FJ MOSSBAUER L KAINEDER H NADSCHLAGER E SPERKER S KARACSON P KARG V KRALIK C POCK K SCHONHOFER F BREITENHUBER L KINDL P OBERLERCHER G SEIBERL W STADTMANN H STEGER F TSCHURLOVITS M
Citation
H. Friedmann et al., THE AUSTRIAN RADON PROJECT, Environment international, 22, 1996, pp. 677-686
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Environment international → ACNP
ISSN journal
01604120
Volume
22
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
1
Pages
677 - 686
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-4120(1996)22:<677:TARP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The aim of the Austrian Radon Project (ARP) is to investigate the Rn-2 22 concentration in 0.3-0.5% of all Austrian dwellings to identify are as 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 lo g-normal shape. County-means between 60 and 330 Bq/m(3) were found. A radon potential was introduced to deduce a geological risk from the da ta taken under different circumstances in different types of houses. T his radon potential was defined as the annual mean radon concentration in a standard dwelling and is computed by normalizing the measured ra don data to this standard dwelling. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Scienc e Ltd.