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Título: Radioisotopes present in building materials of workplaces
Título do periódico: Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Autor(es): Del Claro, F
Paschuk, S. A
Corrêa, J. N
Denyak, V
Kappke, J
Perna, A. F. N
Martins, M. R
Santos, T. O
Rocha, Z
Schelin, H. R
Afiliação: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Instituto de Pesquisa Pelé Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia da Tecnologia, CDTN, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia da Tecnologia, CDTN, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
National Science Center Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Akademicheskaya, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Data do documento: 2017
Palavras-chave: Building materials;Radionuclides;Radon;Gamma spectroscopy;Hazard indexes
Resumo: The isotope 222Rn is responsible for approximately half of the effective annual dose received by the world population. The decay products of 222Rn interacting with the cells of biological tissue of lungs have very high probability to induce cancer. The present survey was focused in the evaluation of activity concentration of 222Rn and other radioisotopes related to the building materials at workplaces at Curitiba – Paraná State. For this purpose, the instant radon detector AlphaGUARD (Saphymo GmbH) was used to measure the average concentrations of 222Rn in building materials, which were also submitted to gamma spectrometry analysis for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the radionuclides present in samples of sand, mortar, blue crushed stone (Gneissic rock), red crushed stone (Granite), concrete and red bricks. The main radionuclides evaluated by gamma spectrometry in building material samples were 238U/226Ra, 232Th and 40K. These measurements were performed at the Laboratory of Applied Nuclear Physics of the Federal University of Technology – Paraná in collaboration with the Center of Nuclear Technology Development (CDTN – CNEN). The results of the survey present the concentration values of 222Rn related to construction materials in a range from 427 ± 40.52 Bq/m³ to 2053 ± 90.06 Bq/m³. The results of gamma spectroscopy analysis show that specific activity values for the mentioned isotopes are similar to the results indicated by the literature. Nevertheless, the present survey is showing the need of further studies and indicates that building materials can contribute significantly to indoor concentration of 222Rn.
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