Abstract
During the war in 1991 and 1992, because of artillery bombardment, the citizens of Croatia have been forced to live underground in shelters and cellars and therefore they have been exposed to an additional radon radiation. Rn concentration in shelters (cellars) and dwellings of Osijek and Zagreb were measured by means of a silicon detector (Radhome) and also, at several locations, by an LR-115 nuclear track detector. Estimated monthly radon exposures in dwellings and cellars of Osijek or Zagreb were (2.88±1.58)×104 Bq h m−3 and (6.62±3.17)×104 Bq h m−3, respectively, or (1.94±0.72)×104 Bq h m−3 and (7.46±7.78)×104 Bq h m−3. Inhabitants of Osijek and Zagreb have received, on the average, the effective dose equivalent of 4.1 and 2.6 mSv y−1, respectively.
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Planinić, J., Lokobauer, N., Franić, Z. et al. Radon dose in cellars during the war in Croatia. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 176, 91–101 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02163189
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