An Innovative Tool to Control Occupational Radon Exposure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15466592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucia Martin‐Gisbert (0000-0002-4641-2129, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), Alberto Ruano-Ravina (0000-0001-9927-7453, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, corresponding author), Juan Miguel Barros-Dios (0000-0002-8632-6540, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), Leonor Varela‐Lema (0000-0001-8365-7961, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), Mónica Pérez‐Ríos (0000-0003-4456-6631, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 18 |
| Pages | 11280-11280 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191811280 |
| PMID | 36141555 |
| OpenAlex | W4296087384 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
After smoking, indoor radon is the main contributor to lung cancer in many countries. The European Union (EU) Directive 2013/59/Euratom establishes a maximum reference level of 300 Bq/m 3 of radon concentration in the workplace, and an effective dose limit of 20 mSv per year for workers. If the radon concentration in a workplace exceeds the reference level, constructive mitigation applies. When constructive mitigation is not feasible, we propose to keep workers' effective dose below 6 mSv per year (category B of exposed workers) by controlling occupancy time. Setting the maximum annual dose at 6 mSv protects workers' health and eases the regulatory requirements for employers. If multisite workers are present, each worker has to be monitored individually by tracking the time spent and the radon concentration at each worksite. This paper shows a software tool for employers to perform this complex tracking in an accurate, conservative, and transparent manner, and in compliance with the EU by-laws
Business · Directive · Effective dose (radiation) · Environmental health · European union · Hazardous waste · Nuclear medicine · Occupational exposure · Radon · Radon exposure · Waste management · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Science · Medicine · Nuclear and radioactivity studies · Radiation Dose and Imaging · Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |