Population Doses from Environmental Gamma Radiation in Norway
- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Health Physics
- Vol. 33 (4) , 319-323
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-197710000-00005
Abstract
Results of open-air measurements of the environmental radiation in Norway are reported. The measurements were performed with an ionisation chamber placed in a car. The exposure was integrated while driving the car, so that each measurement represents an average value for an area. The population-weighted average outdoor gamma-dose rate in air was found to be 7.3 μrad/hr. From values of the indoor dose rates given by Storruste et al. (St65) and from our measurements, the population-weighted average gonad dose was found to be 48 mrad/yr. The ratio of the indoor to the outdoor gamma-dose rates was found to be 0.95, 1.17 and 1.60 for wood, concrete and brick buildings respectively. The ratio of the indoor to the outdoor population gamma-dose rates including all types of dwellings was found to be 1.12.Keywords
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