Indoor radon survey in dwellings of some regions in Yemen

A. H. Khayrat; M. I. Al-Jarallah; X. Fazal-ur-Rehman; F. Abu-Jarad

doi:10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00169-0

Indoor radon survey in dwellings of some regions in Yemen

A. H. Khayrat^*, M. I. Al-Jarallah, X. Fazal-ur-Rehman, F. Abu-Jarad

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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Abstract

Indoor radon survey in a total of 241 dwellings, distributed in some regions of Yemen was performed, using CR-39 based radon monitors. The objective of this radon survey is to get representative indoor radon data of three regions, namely Dhamar, Taiz and Hodeidah, situated at different altitudes above sea level. The radon concentrations varied from 3 to 270 Bq m ^-3 with an average of 42 Bq m^-3. It was found that the average radon concentration in the surveyed areas increases with altitudes. The highest average radon concentration of 59 Bq m^-3 was found in Dhamar city while the lowest average concentration of 8 Bq m^-3 was found in Hodeidah city.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	449-451
Number of pages	3
Journal	Radiation Measurements
Volume	36
Issue number	1-6 SPEC.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00169-0
State	Published - Jun 2003

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Funding Information:
The Investigators would like to thank Physics Department and the Research Institute of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for the research support. The P. I. acknowledges the National Seismological Observation Center for their cooperation in distributing and collecting the monitors.

Keywords

Indoor radon survey
Nuclear track detectors
Passive radon monitors
Yemen

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Radiation
Instrumentation

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Indoor radon survey in dwellings of some regions in Yemen

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