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Outdoor Radon as a Tool to Estimate Radon Priority Areas—A Literature Overview

  • Igor Čeliković,
  • Gordana Pantelić,
  • Ivana Vukanac,
  • Jelena Krneta Nikolić,
  • Miloš Živanović,
  • Giorgia Cinelli,
  • Valeria Gruber,
  • Sebastian Baumann,
  • Luis Santiago Quindos Poncela and
  • Daniel Rabago
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2022, 19(2), 662;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020662

7 January 2022

Doses from the exposure to outdoor radon are typically an order of magnitude smaller than those from indoor radon, causing a greater interest on investigation of the latter for radiation protection issues. As a consequence, assessment of radon priori...

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Overview of Radon Flux Characteristics, Measurements, Models and Its Potential Use for the Estimation of Radon Priority Areas

  • Igor Čeliković,
  • Gordana Pantelić,
  • Ivana Vukanac,
  • Jelena Krneta Nikolić,
  • Miloš Živanović,
  • Giorgia Cinelli,
  • Valeria Gruber,
  • Sebastian Baumann,
  • Giancarlo Ciotoli and
  • Daniel Rábago
  • + 1 author
Atmosphere2022, 13(12), 2005;https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13122005

29 November 2022

Radon flux measurements provide information about how much radon rises from the ground toward the atmosphere, thus, they could serve as good predictors of indoor radon concentrations. Although there are many different mapping methods with many differ...

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A New Methodology for Defining Radon Priority Areas in Spain

  • Alicia Fernández,
  • Carlos Sainz,
  • Santiago Celaya,
  • Luis Quindós,
  • Daniel Rábago and
  • Ismael Fuente
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2021, 18(3), 1352;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031352

2 February 2021

One of the requirements of EU-BSS (European Basic Safety Standards) is the design and implementation of a National Radon Action Plan in the member states. This should define, as accurately as possible, areas of risk for the presence of radon gas (222...

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IAEA Safety Guides vs. Actual Challenges for Design and Conduct of Indoor Radon Surveys

  • Andrey Tsapalov,
  • Konstantin Kovler,
  • Sergey Kiselev,
  • Ilia Yarmoshenko,
  • Robert Bobkier and
  • Petr Miklyaev
Atmosphere2025, 16(3), 253;https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16030253

23 February 2025

An analysis of the international radon regulatory framework identified actual challenges for the design and conduct of indoor radon surveys, though there is little discussion on this issue in the radon community. The main challenges hindering the dev...

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Pilot Survey of Outdoor Radon and Thoron Levels in Bulgaria Using an Innovative DVD-Based Method

  • Dobromir Pressyanov and
  • Dimitar Dimitrov
Atmosphere2024, 15(9), 1141;https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15091141

21 September 2024

This study presents the results of a pilot survey utilizing an innovative DVD-based method to measure outdoor radon and thoron levels. Twenty-six discriminative radon/thoron detectors were deployed across four different territorial zones in Bulgaria....

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Radon Hazard in Central Italy: Comparison among Areas with Different Geogenic Radon Potential

  • Francesca Giustini,
  • Livio Ruggiero,
  • Alessandra Sciarra,
  • Stan Eugene Beaubien,
  • Stefano Graziani,
  • Gianfranco Galli,
  • Luca Pizzino,
  • Maria Chiara Tartarello,
  • Carlo Lucchetti and
  • Giancarlo Ciotoli
  • + 4 authors
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2022, 19(2), 666;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020666

7 January 2022

Radon (222Rn) is a natural radioactive gas formed in rocks and soil by the decay of its parent nuclide (238-Uranium). The rate at which radon migrates to the surface, be it along faults or directly emanated from shallow soil, represents the Geogenic...

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Italian National Radon Action Plan: New Challenges for Risk Assessment

  • Giuseppe La Verde,
  • Giuseppe Della Peruta,
  • Chiara Imparato,
  • Fabrizio Ambrosino,
  • Rocco Mottareale,
  • Gaetano Gagliardo and
  • Mariagabriella Pugliese
Atmosphere2024, 15(7), 846;https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15070846

18 July 2024

Radon gas is one of the chemical pollutants with one of the most significant physical effects due to its impact on human health: it is a radioactive noble gas which, if inhaled, can stochastically induce lung cancer. For this reason, it is classified...

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Contextualizing Radon Mitigation into Healthy and Sustainable Home Design in the Commonwealth of Kentucky: A Conjoint Analysis

  • Osama E. Mansour,
  • Lydia (Niang) Cing and
  • Omar Mansour
Sustainability2025, 17(14), 6543;https://doi.org/10.3390/su17146543

17 July 2025

Indoor radon constitutes a public health issue in various regions across the United States as the second leading cause of lung cancer following tobacco smoke. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency advises radon mitigation interventions for residen...

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