贵阳室内氡时空分布特征研究

为了全面分析室内氡的时空分布特征、来源和影响因素,选择了贵阳市不同地理位置的居民住宅、办公场所和公共场所,进行了为期一年的室内氡监测。贵阳市室内氡的平均浓度为(72.7±1.6)Bq/m3,低于室内空气污染国家标准,达标率98.5%。其中居民住宅、办公场所和公共场所的室内氡浓度分别为(93.46±86.93)、(74.68±40.74)、(61±26.93)Bq/m3。研究表明,室内涂料、装修程度和通风效果、小区环境等对室内氡浓度高低有显著影响,室内氡也随季节变化而发生波动。对于居民住宅和公共场所氡的室内外来源相对重要性不同。居民住宅内新楼和旧楼不同楼层室内氡的来源、影响因素和分布特征有显著差异。     

广州市新建民用建筑工程土壤氡浓度调查

对广州市天河区和白云区206个新建民用建筑工程场地土壤氡浓度进行了调查.结果表明,不同测点的土壤氡浓度为520 Bq/m3～147 500 Bq/m3,不同工程场地土壤平均氡浓度相差也很大;土壤氡浓度与场地岩性的分布比较吻合.在所测场地中,只有4个工程场地的土壤氡浓度超过周围非地质构造断裂区域3～5倍,需要采取相应的防氡措施,其他须进行一般的建筑工程场地地基施工即可.     

室内氡子体浓度的动态观测

采用Markov快速潜能法,观测了武汉市某一建筑物室内氡子体浓度随季节和昼夜的变化规律.结果表明:全年(215天)室内氡子体浓度呈正态分布,24小时内最大值与最小值之比为2.9,月均值在年均值±60％内变化.对气压、气温、日照、相对湿度等气象因素的影响也进行了初步探讨.     

哈密地区环境中氡及其子体浓度所致居民剂量评价

用双滤膜法和Ｔｈｏｍａｓ三段法测定了哈密地区环境空气中氡及其子体浓度．结果表明，室内氡及其子体浓度平均值分别为２８．ＯＢｑ·ｍ－３和７．５×１０－８Ｊ·ｍ－３，室外氡及其子体浓度平均值分别为１０．７Ｂｑ·ｍ－３和３．１×１０－３Ｊ·ｍ－３．氡及其子体所致居民人均有效剂量当量为１．０３ｍＳｖ·ａ－１，集体有效剂量当量为４．２×１０２ｍａｎ·Ｓｖ．     

南京市地铁车站氡浓度水平的初步调查

采用静电收集氡子体法对南京市地铁车站环境中氡浓度进行了调查,初步掌握了南京市地铁站重点区域的氡浓度放射性水平,按照联合国原子辐射效应科学委员会推荐的评价方法估算氡浓度对地铁内工作人员人均年有效照射剂量。对地铁站新建和扩建项目的机械通风设计,为工作人员和公众的内照射剂量水平估算等提供依据。     

田湾核电站厂区及周围环境大气气溶胶中总α和总β放射性水平监测

通过2011—2013年对田湾核电站厂区及周围环境大气气溶胶中总α、总β放射性水平的监测,结果表明:该核电站厂区及周围环境大气气溶胶中总α、总β放射性浓度范围分别为0.023 m Bq/m3~0.296 m Bq/m3、0.240 m Bq/m3~2.460 m Bq/m3,放射性水平在本底范围内,未见明显差异;总α、总β放射性水平波动受气象条件影响,呈季节性变化特征。     

芦山县地震灾区饮用水水源地总放射性水平的初步调查

通过对地震后雅安市芦山县的饮用水水源地总放射性水平调查,初步掌握该县重点区域饮用水水源地放射性浓度的水平。参考《生活饮用水标准检验方法放射性指标》(GB/T 5750.13—2006),通过测定质量厚度-计数效率曲线获取不同质量厚度的样品源所对应的计数效率值,计算水质中总放射性浓度。结果显示,所采集的雅安芦山地震灾区40个饮用水源地水样中的总α、总β放射性活度浓度范围分别为9.13×10-3Bq/L~9.83×10~(-2)Bq/L和1.68×10~(-2)Bq/L~1.36×10-1Bq/L,均符合我国《生活饮用水卫生标准》(GB 5749—2006)中放射性活度浓度指标限值要求(总α≤0.5 Bq/L,总β≤1 Bq/L)。说明地震没有造成该地区饮用水源地水质的放射性污染。     

不同建材的建筑物室内氡浓度

(一)、用房选择,选择不同地区烧结粘土砖、蒸制粉煤灰砖和烧结煤矸石砖混结构的建筑物。为便于比较,测定的房间形状基本一致房子内墙表面喷刷石灰浆,天花板是普通水泥石子楼板,地板用水泥砂浆处理,面积为11—15平方米。 (二)测量:氡浓度用FD—125型氡(气土)分析仪测定。为减少氡子体对测量的影响,氡气引入闪烁室后平衡一小时开始测量,此时氡子体的增长已经缓慢,而且能得到较大的计数率,测量误差可控制在10％以内。     

提高土壤氡浓度测定效率的方法

采用测量α粒子能量的方法来确定氡及其子体的浓度,找出测量规律及提高测量效率的方法.通过实验建立了提高土壤中氡浓度的测量效率的模型.     

广东省部分饮用水源地水中总α和总β放射性水平

调查广东省不同地区饮用水源地水中总α、总β放射性水平,分丰水期和枯水期2次各采集20个不同水样,按照《生活饮用水标准检验方法放射性指标》(GB/T 5750.13—2006),利用BH1227型低本底α、β测量仪测定样品。结果表明,40个水样中总α、总β放射性水平分别为0.017 Bq/L~0.286 Bq/L和0.027 Bq/L~0.397 Bq/L,测量值均在正常本底波动范围之内,放射性指标符合国家《生活饮用水卫生标准》(GB 5749—2006)。     

Indoor radon measurement and effective dose assessment of 150 apartments in Mashhad,Iran

Environmental monitoring and indoor radon measurement are important for public health, to estimate the cancer risk of respiratory system and, if necessary, to suggest proper methods that reduce indoor radon level. In this research, indoor radon concentration in the air has been measured in 150 apartments in Mashhad city. The result demonstrates about 94.7% of apartments have radon concentration less than 100 Bq/m³, taken by WHO as the action level, and 5.3% have the concentration higher than this level. As well as, annual radon dose has been assessed using the equation for annual effective dose calculation introduced by United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.     

Indoor radon/thoron levels and inhalation doses to some populations in Himachal Pradesh, India

It is well established that some areas of Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) state of India situated in the environs of the Himalayan mountains are relatively rich in uranium-bearing minerals. Some earlier studies by our group have indicated high levels of radon (>200 Bq m(-3)) in the dwellings. It is in this context that an indoor radon/thoron survey has been carried out in selected villages of four districts in the state of H.P. This survey has been conducted as a part of a national, coordinated project using twin chamber dosemeter cups designed by the Environmental Assessment Division (EAD), Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India. The track-etch technique is used for calibration of plastic detector LR-115 type-II which are employed for recording alpha tracks due to radon/thoron and their daughters. Year long radon/thoron data have been collected for seasonal correlations of indoor radon/thoron in the dwellings. The indoor radon levels have been found to vary from a minimum value of 17.4 Bq m(-3) to a maximum value of 140.3 Bq m(-3). The indoor thoron levels vary from a minimum value of 5.2 Bq m(-3) to a maximum value of 131.9 Bq m(-3). The year average dose rate for the local population varies from 0.03 microSv h(-1) to 0.83 microSv h(-1). The annual exposure dose to inhabitants in all the dwellings lies below the upper limit of 10 mSv given in ICRP-65.     

Estimating the radon concentration in water and indoor air

The paper presents the results of radon concentration measurements in the vicinity of water, indoor air and in contact to building walls. The investigations were carried out using CR-39 track detectors. Samples of ground water flowing out of many springs mostly in Arabian Gulf area except one from Germany have been studied. The results are compared with international recommendations and the values are found to be lower than the recommended value. Measuring the mean indoor radon concentrations in air and in contact to building walls in the dwellings of Kuwait University Campus were found 24.2 +/- 7.7, and 462 +/- 422 Bq m(-3) respectively. These values lead to average effective dose equivalent rates of 1.3 +/- 0.4 and 23 +/- 21 mSv year(-1), respectively.     

Assessment of environmental radioactivity for Batman, Turkey

The province of Batman, located in southern Anatolia, has a population of approximately 500,000. To our knowledge, there exists no information regarding the environmental radioactivity in this province. Therefore, gamma activity measurements in soil, building materials and water samples and an indoor radon survey have been carried out in the Batman province. The mean activity concentrations of the natural radionuclides (²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K) and a fission product (¹³⁷Cs) were 35 ± 8, 25 ± 10, 274 ± 167 and 12 ± 7 Bq kg^???1, respectively, in the soil samples. The concentrations of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K in the selected building materials ranged from 18 to 48 Bq kg^???1, 8 to 49 Bq kg^???1 and 68 to 477 Bq kg^???1, respectively. All the calculated radium equivalent (Ra_eq) activity values of the building material samples are lower than the limit of 370 Bq kg^???1, equivalent to a γ-dose of 1.5 mSv year^???1. The activity concentrations of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K in tap waters collected from the study area were determined with mean specific activity concentrations of 42 ± 15, 35 ± 9 and 524 ± 190 mBq L^???1, respectively. Indoor radon measurements were made at 95 dwellings in Batman using a CR-39 detector. The radon concentration levels were found to vary from 23 to 145 Bq m^???3. The arithmetic mean of the measured radon concentration levels was found to be 84 Bq m^???3 with a standard deviation value of 23 Bq m^???3. The measurement results obtained in this study did not significantly differ from those taken in other parts of the country. The data generated in this study can be used to determine whether the Batman province is in a normal or high background radiation area and provides a valuable database for future estimations of the impact of radioactive pollution.     

Assessing radon concentrations in areas with few measurements

The New York State Department of Health has estimated and mappedradon concentrations for every town and city in the State. Sincefor many towns there are few indoor radon measurements, the radonestimates for these towns were determined using correlations to surficial geology. A project was conducted to target towns for additional measurements that currently have few data but, based on the surficial geology of the town, are estimated to have elevated levels of indoor radon. The objective of the project wasto obtain at least 30 additional measurements for the targeted towns and to compare the measurement results with the estimates based on geology. The study completed 1606 radon measurements from 9080 detector applications mailed to home owners in 94 underserved towns spread throughout the State. Of the 1115 basement measurements, 43% exceeded 148 Bq m^-3, with a maximum of 6900 Bq m^-3. Three homes measured in one town hadradon concentrations above 2900 Bq m^-3. Of the 491 living-area measurements, 19% exceeded 148 Bq m^-3, with a maximum of 2700 Bq m^-3. About 60% and 86% of measurementresults were within one standard deviation and a factor of two,respectively, of estimated concentrations. Results indicate thatregardless of the magnitude of radon potential, the estimates arein good agreement with measured concentrations.     

Outdoor 220Rn, 222Rn and terrestrial gamma radiation levels: investigation study in the thorium rich Fen Complex, Norway

The present study was done in the Fen Complex, a Norwegian area rich in naturally occurring radionuclides, especially in thorium ((232)Th). Measurement of radioactivity levels was conducted at the decommissioned iron (Fe) and niobium (Nb) mining sites (TENORM) as well as at the undisturbed wooded sites (NORM), all open for free public access. The soil activity concentrations of (232)Th (3280-8395 Bq kg(-1)) were significantly higher than the world and the Norwegian average values and exceeded the Norwegian screening level (1000 Bq kg(-1)) for radioactive waste, while radium ((226)Ra) was present at slightly elevated levels (89-171 Bq kg(-1)). Terrestrial gamma dose rates were also elevated, ranging 2.6-4.4 μGy h(-1). Based on long-term surveys, the air concentrations of thoron ((220)Rn) and radon ((222)Rn) reached 1786 and 82 Bq m(-3), respectively. Seasonal variation in the outdoor gamma dose rates and Rn concentrations was confirmed. Correlation analyses showed a linear relationship between air radiation levels and the abundance of (232)Th in soil. The annual outdoor effective radiation doses for humans (occupancy 5 h day(-1)) were estimated to be in the range of 3.0-7.7 mSv, comparable or higher than the total average (summarized indoor and outdoor) exposure dose for the Norwegian population (2.9 mSv year(-1)). On the basis of all obtained results, this Norwegian area should be considered as enhanced natural radiation area (ENRA).     

Estimation of uranium and radon concentration in some drinking water samples of Upper Siwaliks, India

Uranium and radon concentration was assessed in water samples taken from hand pumps, natural sources and wells collected from some areas of Upper Siwaliks, Northern India. Fission track registration technique was used to estimate the uranium content of water samples. The uranium concentration in water samples was found to vary from 1.08 +/- 0.03 to 19.68 +/- 0.12 microg l(-1). These values were compared with safe limit values recommended for drinking water. Most of the water samples were found to have uranium concentration below the safe limit of 15 microg l(-1) (WHO, World Health Organization, Guidelines for drinking-water quality (3rd ed.). Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2004). The radon estimation in these water samples was made using alpha-scintillometry to study its correlation with uranium. The radon concentration in these samples was found to vary from 0.87 +/- 0.29 to 32.10 +/- 1.79 Bq l(-1). The recorded values of radon concentration were within the recommended safe limit of 4 to 40 Bq l(-1) (UNSCEAR, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiations, Sources and effects of ionizing radiation. New York: United Nations, 1993). No direct correlation was found between uranium concentration and radon concentration in water samples belonging to Upper Siwaliks. The values of uranium and radon concentration in water were compared with that from the adjoining areas of Punjab state, India.     

室内甲醛污染及对人体健康的影响

通过对三种不同类型居室内甲醛监测表明,甲醛浓度与室内装饰、吸烟和燃料的不完全燃烧有关.兰州地区夏季室内甲醛超标率高,为41.0％～51.3％.室内主要污染物除TSP以外,甲醛居第2位,且一天中浓度最高值在中午.新建居室比普通居室甲醛浓度高,在所有情况下,室内浓度高于室外.     

杭州市环境空气中二噁英类物质检测与分析

为了解二噁英类物质(PCDD/Fs)在环境空气中污染现状及不同季节不同时段浓度、组成和存在形式等的变化情况,于夏、冬两季对杭州西湖区空气中PCDD/Fs进行了采样分析。结果表明,空气中PCDD/Fs毒性当量浓度与国内其他城市(北京、上海、广州)相近,夏、冬两季空气中PCDD/Fs质量浓度和毒性当量浓度分别为4.92 pg/m3、0.34 I-TEQ pg/m3和4.51 pg/m3、0.40 I-TEQ pg/m3,夏季PCDD/Fs毒性当量浓度略低于冬季;在分时段采样检测结果中,晚间空气中PCDD/Fs质量浓度和毒性当量浓度均高于白天空气中的PCDD/Fs浓度;夏季样品中TCDD/Fs、PeCDD/Fs主要以气相的形式存在,HpCDD/Fs、OCDD/F主要以颗粒相的形式存在,冬季样品中PCDD/Fs主要以颗粒相形式存在。