The radiation dose from the exposure to radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn) is mainly contributed by their progeny, not by the gases themselves. This study aims to investigate the health risk associated with the internal exposure to attached and unattached progeny of 222Rn and220Rn in the indoor environment of Garhwal Himalaya, India. For this purpose, the passive measurements of attached and unattached progeny levels of 222Rn and 220Rn were performed in Garhwal Himalaya, India using nuclear track detector based recently developed progeny sensors. The measured values of unattached and total progeny concentrations were used to estimate the unattached fractions and annual effective doses. The annual mean unattached fractions of 222Rn and 220Rn progeny were found to be 0.15 ± 0.04 and 0.17 ± 0.05, respectively. The estimated values of the annual effective doses were found to be 3.4 ± 1.9 mSv/y and 0.7 ± 0.4 mSv/y due to the progeny of 222Rn and 220Rn, respectively. The methodology and results obtained are discussed in details.
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The continuous measurement of any physical entity is the finest approach to see the real-time variation of any concentration. In the present study, an effort has been made to see the continuous variation of radon and thoron progeny concentration (EERC and EETC) using time-integrated flow-mode sampler in which the deposition of progeny particles has been done in the filter paper in which an absorber has been mounted which specifically absorbs the alpha energies emitted by the progenies of radon or thoron. Also, the variation of thoron progeny concentration (EETC) using two different types of SSNTDs, LR-115 and CR-39, has been seen and it has been found that the measurement of EETC using both of the detectors is very much comparable with positive relationship (R = 0.89) between the results obtained.
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