Relationship between indoor ambient dose equivalent rates and the architectural style of standalone houses in locations with high naturally occurring radionuclide soil concentrations
There have been numerous studies relating house construction materials with the indoor gamma dose rate mainly coming from natural radionuclide activities. The relationship between the outdoor gamma dose rate and the soil's naturally occurring radionuclide content is well documented. Few studies...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo General de la Arquitectura Técnica de España (CGATE) |
| Repositorio: | RIARTE |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.riarte.es:20.500.12251/1981 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12251/1981 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ab85ce |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Diseño arquitectónico Estilo arquitectónico Radioactividad Contaminación Suelos Material de construcción Radiación gamma Edificación residencial 2211.13 Interacción de la Radiación Con Sólidos 3207.15 Patología de la Radiación 3305.14 Viviendas 3212 Salud Publica 2202.05 Rayos Gamma 3313.04 Material de Construcción |
| Sumario: | There have been numerous studies relating house construction materials with the indoor gamma dose rate mainly coming from natural radionuclide activities. The relationship between the outdoor gamma dose rate and the soil's naturally occurring radionuclide content is well documented. Few studies, however, have investigated the historical evolution of indoor gamma dose levels due to the principal materials used in house construction in geographical areas where outdoor natural radiation levels are significant. The present work was carried out in an area of Spain with high outdoor gamma dose levels (on average, 0.267 µSv h-1) due to the natural radioactive characteristics of its soils, considering a great variety of standalone houses built from the beginning of the 18th century until today with different styles, architectural techniques, and materials in their construction. The measured ambient dose equivalent rates in thgese houses decreased the more recent the date of their construction was. In conclusion, today's architectural style for housing, which uses materials of practically universal origin, not only attenuates part of the irradiation due to the composition of a location's soils but also contributes less to the indoor gamma dose rate due to the relatively low naturally occurring radionuclide concentration of modern building materials. © 2020 Society for Radiological Protection. Published on behalf of SRP by IOP Publishing Limited. All rights reserved. |
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