Outdoor and indoor natural background gamma radiation across Kerala, India
John Richard Thomas, M. Vishnu Sreejith, Usha K. Aravind, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Priyalata Shetty, M. Swarnakar, R. A. Takale, Gauri Girish Pandit, Charuvila T. Aravindakumar
Abstract
The average annual outdoor background radiation dosage across the study area was ∼two times greater than the world average. Higher radiation dosage was observed in indoor environments than outdoors in the majority of the sampling locations.
Topics & Concepts
Background radiationGeographyEnvironmental scienceSampling (signal processing)RadiationPhysical geographyComputer sciencePhysicsTelecommunicationsQuantum mechanicsDetectorRadioactivity and Radon MeasurementsRadiation Therapy and DosimetryRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies