Vol.4, No 1, 2006 pp. 1 - 10
UDC 53+504.055
METHODS OF RADON MEASUREMENT
S. Forkapić, I. Bikit, Lj. Čonkić, M. Vesković, J. Slivka,
M. Krmar, N. Žikić-Todorović, E. Varga, D. Mrđa
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro
e-mail: bikit@im.ns.ac.yu
Abstract. Several important international scientific organizations
have designated radon as a carcinogenic and serious health problem. As
a chemically inert gas, it is easily released from soil, building materials,
and water, to emanate to the atmosphere. Since 1992, Laboratory for Nuclear
Physics of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad has
been involved in measurements of radon concentration in air, using several
different techniques. Last year, systematic radon measurements in drinking
waters began, too. The work presented here gives a survey and discussion
of the results of the both series of measurements.
Key words: radon activity concentration, charcoal canisters,
gamma-spectrometry, soil radioactivity, emanation, CR39 track detectors,
alpha spectrometer.
METODE MERENJA RADONA
Značajne međunarodne naučne organizacije su označile radon kao karcinogen
i ozbiljan zdravstveni problem. Kao hemijski inertan gas, radon lako napušta
zemljište, građevinski materijal i vodu i prelazi (emanira) u atmosferu.
Laboratorija za nuklearnu fiziku, Departmana za fiziku na PMF-u u Novom
Sadu se od 1992. godine bavi merenjem koncentracije radona u vazduhu i
emaniranog iz zemljišta korišćenjem više različitih metoda. Prošle godine
započeto je i merenje koncentracije radona u pijaćim vodama. U ovom radu
dat je pregled rezultata dosadašnjih merenja uz diskusiju dobijenih rezultata.
