Radon and remediation measures near Băiţa-Ştei old uranium mine (Romania)

• Autorzy: Cosma C. , Cucoş A. , Papp B. , Begy R. , Dicu T. , Moldovan M. , Truţă L. , Niţă D. , Burghele B. , Suciu L. , Sainz C.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Băiţa-Ştei mine is an open pit mine in NW Romania (West Carpathian Mountains). It was the largest surface uranium deposit in the world. Two means of uranium transport and dissemination were used over time. The first was the natural way, represented by transportation of geological sediments by Crişul-Băiţa River that crosses the Băiţa surface deposit. These sediments were used as building materials (stone, gravel, sand). The second way was related to the people living in this valley, who used also the uranium waste as building material. The preliminary indoor radon concentrations measured in the buildings ranged from 40 to 4000 Bq m−3 with a mean value of 241 Bq m−3. A focused radon survey facilitated the selection of 20 houses with the highest indoor radon that were therefore proposed for remediation. To find the radon sources of these houses, systematic investigations on radon were performed. The remedial measures for these 20 houses were tested on a chosen pilot house.

Słowa kluczowe

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Baita uranium mine; indoor radon; radon potential; prone area; remedial measures; pilot house

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 61, no. 4
• Strony: 859--875
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 17 poz.

Twórcy

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Cosma C.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Cucoş A.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Papp B.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Begy R.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Dicu T.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Moldovan M.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Truţă L.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Niţă D.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Burghele B.

• Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Suciu L.

• Research and Design Institute for Electrical Engineering (ICPE) Bistriţa S.A., Bistriţa, Romania

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Sainz C.

• Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University Cantabria, Santander, Spain

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