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It is well known that the interest in radon concentration indoor as a pollutant emerged during the energy crisis of seventies which led to reduce ventilation in dwellings. Recently the Euratom Recommendation 2001/928 suggested the necessity of performing frequent 222Rn checks on tap waters. As a consequence of this Recommendation, Urbino and Perugia Universities carried out a preliminary 222Rn determination on tap waters of the Pesaro-Urbino province. Samplings were carried out in twenty-eight sites and radon concentration was determined by liquid scintillation counting and gamma-spectrometry. The results obtained by the two techniques were comparable (the deviation from the mean is lower than 10% for 54.5% of the samples). The resulted 222Rn concentration was very low (5 Bq . l-1 for 43% of the samples) and, therefore, radon in waters cannot be considered as a direct radiological risk for the local population.
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Desideri, D., Roselli, C., Rongoni, A. et al. 222Rn determination in drinkable waters of a central eastern Italian area: Comparison between liquid scintillation and gamma-spectrometry. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 266, 191–197 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-005-0891-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-005-0891-6