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Radon Monitoring in Radioprotection, Environmental and/or Earth Sciences

Proceedings of the Second Workshop
    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814536387Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    The Table of Contents for the full book PDF is as follows:

    • Foreword

    • Invited Papers

      • The European Radon Programme

      • Natural Environmental Radioactivity with Particular Regard to Radon Gas and Cosmic Radiation

      • Present and Future Radioprotection Recommendations within the European Community with Special Regard to Radon

      • A Review of Experimental Animal Radon Health Effects Data

      • Review of the Latest Findings of Populations Exposed to High Background Natural Radioactivity

      • The Italian National Survey on Radon Indoors Run by Several Different Regional Laboratories: Sampling Strategy, Realization and Follow-up

      • The Regional Survey of Indoor Radon in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy)

      • Radon Monitoring in Dwellings and in Water in Localized Areas of Friuli Venezia Giulia

      • Radon Monitoring by Passive Detection

      • High Level Natural Radiation Areas with Special Regard to Ramsar

      • Realization of Nuclear Track Filters and their Applications to the Study of Environmental Aerosol Samples

      • Grab Sampling and Continuous Monitoring of Radon and its Progeny in Air

      • Indoor and Outdoor Radon Survey in Slovenia by Etched Track Detectors

      • Intercalibration of Radon Chambers

      • Summary of Indoor Radon Research Results using Nuclear Track Detectors

      • Man-made Radiation Related to Natural Radioactivity

      • The Study of the Dynamic Behaviour of Radionuclides in the Environment

      • The Search for Radon Sources, A Multidisciplinary Task

      • Natural Radioactivity and Dating

      • Fractal Analysis of Radon Indoor Time Series with Rescaled Range and Box Counting Methods

      • On the Determination of U and Th Concentrations in Soils and Building Materials

      • Comparison between Neutron Induced and Photon Induced Fission for Measuring Actinides

      • Single Event Upsets in Microelectronics and Similar Radiation Effects in Biological Systems

      • The Use of Silicon Devices (Diodes, RAMs, etc.) for Alpha Particle Detection

      • Ionizing Particle Detection by Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs)

      • Long-Term Radon Studies at the Thermal Karst Region of Budapest

      • Radon in Soil-Air and in Groundwater Related to Major Geophysical Events: A Survey

      • Radon in Spring Waters and Other Hydrogeochemical Parameters as Seismic Precursors

      • Radon Monitoring for the Prediction of Mine Outbursts

      • Selected Problems in Radon Measurement for Earthquake Prediction

      • Prospects and Potentials of Radon Monitoring in North-Eastern India

      • The Investigations of Subsoil Radon Fields in USSR

      • Radon Monitoring at the Rodigo Geothermal Station

      • Radon Anomalies: Correlation with Seismic Activities in Northern India

      • Self-Potential Anomalies preceding Tectonic and Volcanic Crises

      • Geochemistry Applied to Volcanic Surveillance

      • Extraterrestrial Induced Multi-years Cycle in Geophysical, Geochemical and Biological Parameters

      • Variations of 222-Rn in Soil Gas as Seismic Precursor Signals at Latera Caldera (Central Italy)

      • Radon Geochemistry and Geophysics in Deep Fluids in Italy

      • Radon Monitoring for the Study of Fractured Aquifers

      • Mineral Exploration Based on Radon Measurements

    • Contributed Papers

      • Radon Measurements in Kindergartens of Osijek

      • Preliminary Results of Indoor Radon-222 Concentration in Trieste

      • Radon Measurements in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory

      • Measurements of Indoor Radon Concentration in High Natural Radiation Areas of Northern Italy

      • Detailed Radon Emanation Mapping in Northern Latium

      • Measurement of Radon-222 at a Hospital Tunnel System

      • Models for Interpreting the Deposition Measurements for Radon-222 and Radon-220 Daughters

      • Optimisation and Performance of the Spark Replica Counter

      • Radon Volume Concentration Measurement in Pereslavl-Zalessky

      • Megarad – A New Alpha Radiation Detection System for Environmental Surveys

      • Radon Measurements for Use in Earthquake Prediction and Location of Geological Faults in Pakistan

      • Dependence of Radon Anomalies on Seismicity and Other Parameters in Bad Brambach (Vogtland, Germany)

      • A Theoretical Model for Deriving Working Level Ratios Using Track-Detector Dosemeters

      • Gamma Ray Activity in Concrete used in Pakistan

    • List of Participants