Open AccessRadon Concentration in Chandigarh, India using LR-115 detector
Author(s) -
Jeeban Pd Gewali,
Manmeet Singh,
Navneet Kaur,
K. Kaur,
Ankush Thakur,
Bimla Jaishy,
Atul Saxena
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1531/1/012039
Subject(s) - radon , human health , environmental science , capital city , radon exposure , environmental chemistry , environmental health , geography , chemistry , physics , medicine , nuclear physics , economic geography
Radon monitoring has become a global phenomenon due to its health hazards. Mostly LR-115 detectors are being used to obtain the concentration levels of radon/thoron and their daughters. Studies have reported of the total exposure of radon to human being indor radon accounts for more than 50%. So study of radon in different region gains significance. In this paper we have studied the indoor radon concentration in various localities of Chandigarh a union territory and capital town of Punjab, India. We also compared the result with all India radon concentration level and WHO/UNSCEAR effective dose limit.