In this study, we used the can technique, containing CR-39, to estimate the radon concentration from the soils in Karbala city, Karbala governorate, Iraq, radon concentrations and effective dose rate in soil have been measured by using a long-term technique for alpha particle emission with solid state nuclear track detector type CR-39. It has been selected fifty-five different locations for soi...

Introduction: Natural radioactivity in the soil is considered a major indicator of radiological contamination. Primordial radionuclides are the main source of natural radioactivity. Natural radioactivity transfers radionuclides into the environment and poses radiation hazards to people's health. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the radon concentration an...

Radon concentrations were measured with long-term alpha-track radon detectors along with radon scout. Radon gas emanates from the radium content of terrestrial products, like tobacco leaves. Smoking materials contain, beside tobacco, many other additives that may also contain radium traces. These additives aim at exciting smoker’s feeling via chemical reactions, which may be disrupted by alpha ...

There are several methods for the measurement of radon concentration or exposure, that use nuclear tracks detectors lodged into dosemeters with different geometries. It was necessary to determinate some calibration parameters of the new detector’s optical system in order to characterize instead of a semicylindrical a cylindrical dosemeter was used in this investigation. The new system we used i...

background: inhalation of radon and its short-lived decay products is one of the ‎most significant sources of exposure to natural radiation. radon is the second cause ‎of lung cancer in the populations. the present study was carried out under the projects of ‎national radon, with the aim of determining the concentration of indoor in the city of qom ‎located in the central semi-arid region of ir...

background: while in the open air the amount of radon gas is very small and does not pose a health risk, in confined spaces, radon can accumulate to relatively high levels and become a health hazard. exposure to high levels of radon has been associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, depending on the time length of exposure. radon level in dwelling of shiraz with 1,200,000 populations ha...

The possibility to combine the track-etched CR-39 or Makrofol detectors with charcoal to increase the detector sensitivity was shown in the last years. Special requests are necessary in the case of a personal dosimeter when the detector must be active only during working activity. Regarding the combination of charcoal with TL detectors our preliminary investigations indicate that the TLD intens...

Humans are mostly exposed to ionizing radiation through radon and its decay products. The results of indoor measurements in 39 kindergartens primary schools the Campania region southern Italy presented this paper. survey was carried out with CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs). Radon concentrations were measured ranged from 11 1416 Bq/m3, a geometric mean 77 Bq/m3 standard deviat...

Background: While in the open air the amount of radon gas is very small and does not pose a health risk, in confined spaces, radon can accumulate to relatively high levels and become a health hazard. Exposure to high levels of radon has been associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, depending on the time length of exposure. Radon level in dwelling of Shiraz with 1,200,000 popul...