Indoor Radon Monitoring in Kindergarten and Primary Schools in South Italy
Filomena Loffredo, Irene Opoku-Ntim, Giovanni Meo, Maria Quarto
Abstract
Humans are mostly exposed to ionizing radiation through radon and its decay products. The results of indoor radon measurements in 39 kindergartens and primary schools in the Campania region of southern Italy are presented in this paper. The survey was carried out with CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs). Radon concentrations were measured and ranged from 11 to 1416 Bq/m3, with a geometric mean of 77 Bq/m3 and a geometric standard deviation of 2. The findings revealed that 70% of the measures were below the WHO recommended level of 100 Bq/m3 and that 97 percent of the measurements were below the 300 Bq/m3 level set by Italian law.
Topics & Concepts
RadonNuclear trackCR-39Environmental scienceGeometric standard deviationIonizing radiationSolid-stateGeometric meanAtmospheric sciencesGeographyMeteorologyPhysicsIrradiationNuclear physicsMathematicsStatisticsAerosolEngineering physicsRadioactivity and Radon MeasurementsRadiation Dose and ImagingNuclear and radioactivity studies