Radon on the ground floor in the buildings of pre-university education in Montenegro

• Autorzy: Vukotic Perko , Zekic Ranko , Andjelic Tomislav , Svrkota Nikola , Djurovic Andrija , Dlabac Aleksandar

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/nuka-2020-0007

• Konferencja: III International Conference „Radon in the Environment” (3 ; 27-31 May 2019 ; Krakow, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A national radon survey was performed recently in all buildings of pre-university education in Montenegro. During the school year 2016/2017, radon (222Rn) was measured with passive detectors (Radosys, RSFV type) in 2855 ground-floor rooms of 468 buildings. The average 9-month radon activity concentrations above the level of 300 Bq/m3 were found in 728 rooms, which belong to 213 buildings, while in 111 rooms, belonging to 47 buildings, they were above 1000 Bq/m3 . Radon concentrations in the educational buildings, averaged over all sampled ground-floor rooms in a building, range from 16 Bq/m3 to 2810 Bq/m3 , with arithmetic mean (AM) = 275 Bq/m3 . They follow a log-normal distribution with geometric mean (GM) = 174 Bq/m3 and geometric standard deviation (GSD) = 2.58. There are 135 buildings with average indoor radon concentrations on the ground floor above 300 Bq/m3 and 18 buildings where they are above 1000 Bq/m3 . The influence of the nine factors (climate, urban/rural area, age of building, number of stories, building materials, basement, foundation slab, window frames, and heating) on radon concentrations in the buildings was analysed by univariate (UVA) and multivariate (MVA) methods. The univariate analysis revealed the significant relationship of the four factors: age of buildings, basement, building materials, and window frames with radon concentrations on the ground floor in the buildings, while multivariate analysis added to those factors urban/rural area and number of stories, but excluded building materials as a factor infl uencing signifi cantly radon concentrations.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ground-floor rooms; pre-university institutions; Radon-222; univariate and multivariate analysis

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 65, No. 2
• Strony: 53--58
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 9 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Vukotic Perko

• Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts R. Stijovica 5, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

autor

Zekic Ranko

• Centre for Ecotoxicological Research Bulevar S. De Gola 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

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Andjelic Tomislav

• Centre for Ecotoxicological Research Bulevar S. De Gola 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

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Svrkota Nikola

• Centre for Ecotoxicological Research Bulevar S. De Gola 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

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Djurovic Andrija

• Deloitte d.o.o, Building Maxim Bulevar Sv. Petra Cetinjskog, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

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Dlabac Aleksandar

• Centre for Nuclear Competence University of Montenegro Dz. Vasingtona bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).