A geogenic approach for the Radon monitoring and the exposure assessment at a regional scale: The results of the Rad_Campania project
<p>The aim of this paper is to analyse and discuss the results of the regional program Rad Campania for the monitoring and the assessment of the radon risk. An innovative methodology, based on a geogenic approach, was developed, supported by a comprehensive campaign of radon measurement perfor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Advances in Geosciences |
| Online Access: | https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/52/87/2020/adgeo-52-87-2020.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>The aim of this paper is to analyse and discuss the
results of the regional program Rad Campania for the monitoring and the
assessment of the radon risk. An innovative methodology, based on a geogenic
approach, was developed, supported by a comprehensive campaign of radon
measurement performed in soil gas, natural waters, drinking natural water
samples and indoor air. Data refer to field measurements carried out in
three provinces of the Campania Region (Italy): Salerno, Avellino and
Benevento. The programme was completed with the main purpose to investigate
the peculiarities of the radon issue at a provincial scale and to redact a
map of the radon potential from soil as a tool for authorities to recognise
critical areas (“Radon prone areas”) to monitor. Since the experience
demonstrates that the high radon potential from soil is not indicative of
high indoor radon concentrations, in this paper the authors have tried to
identify a possible general correlation between geological features of the
soil and structural characteristics of the buildings, elaborating more in
depth all data collected. The main purpose is to categorize and analyse the
performance of different kind of construction, typical of the local area, in
order to develop, in a future work, an indicator of the building
performances as a useful tool, for authorities, to recognise constructions
potentially more exposed to high indoor radon activity concentrations.
Results and perspectives have been discussed.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1680-7340 1680-7359 |