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Passive-Type Radon Monitor Constructed Using a Small Container for Personal Dosimetry

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  • Yuki Tamakuma

    (Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan
    Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan)

  • Chutima Kranrod

    (Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan)

  • Takahito Suzuki

    (Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan
    Present address: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., 1 Fujimachi, Hino, Tokyo 191-8502, Japan.)

  • Yuki Watanabe

    (School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan
    Present address: Radiation Protection Department, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1194, Japan.)

  • Thamaborn Ploykrathok

    (Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan
    Present address: Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.)

  • Ryoju Negami

    (Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan)

  • Eka Djatnika Nugraha

    (Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan)

  • Kazuki Iwaoka

    (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba 263-0024, Japan)

  • Mirosław Janik

    (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba 263-0024, Japan)

  • Masahiro Hosoda

    (Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan
    Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan)

  • Shinji Tokonami

    (Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8564, Japan)

Abstract

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recently recommended a new dose conversion factor for radon based on the latest epidemiological studies and dosimetric model. It is important to evaluate an inhalation dose from radon and its progeny. In the present study, a passive radon personal monitor was designed using a small container for storing contact lenses and its performance was evaluated. The conversion factor for radon ( 222 Rn), the effect of thoron ( 220 Rn) concentration and the air exchange rate were evaluated using the calibration chamber at Hirosaki University. The minimum and maximum detectable radon concentrations were calculated. The conversion factor was evaluated as 2.0 ± 0.3 tracks cm −2 per kBq h m −3 ; statistical analyses of results showed no significant effect from thoron concentration. The minimum and maximum detectable radon concentrations were 92 Bq m −3 and 231 kBq m −3 for a measurement period of three months, respectively. The air exchange rate was estimated to be 0.26 ± 0.16 h −1 , whose effect on the measured time-integrated radon concentration was small. These results indicate that the monitor could be used as a wearable monitor for radon measurements, especially in places where radon concentrations may be relatively high, such as mines and caves.

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  • Yuki Tamakuma & Chutima Kranrod & Takahito Suzuki & Yuki Watanabe & Thamaborn Ploykrathok & Ryoju Negami & Eka Djatnika Nugraha & Kazuki Iwaoka & Mirosław Janik & Masahiro Hosoda & Shinji Tokonami, 2020. "Passive-Type Radon Monitor Constructed Using a Small Container for Personal Dosimetry," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-11, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:16:p:5660-:d:395014
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