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Some recent Italian laws, based on the Euratom Directive 26/96, introduce the obligation of monitoring the exposition to natural radioactivity in particular worksites (thermal baths, mines, basements, etc.). This paper reports the results of 222Rn measurements in some thermal baths of Rimini and Pesaro-Urbino provinces (Central Eastern Italy), by Radosys-2000, a complete set suitable to radon concentration measurements with CR-39 plastic alpha-track detectors. Some areas where radon could accumulate (bathing, reaction, muddy, inhalation, insufflation rooms and swimming pools) were selected for the investigation. The dosimeters have been exposed for 98 days. The results show that 222Rn concentrations are very low in the considered thermal baths (7-71 Bq.m-3). Moreover, no difference was observed between the concentrations measured in the therapy rooms (bathing, muddy, inhalation and insufflation rooms, swimming pools) and in the normal areas (passages, reaction rooms, dressing rooms, etc.). The calculated dose contribution to workers was about one tenth of the legally suggested value.
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Desideri, D., Bruno, M.R. & Roselli, C. 222Rn determination in some thermal baths of a central eastern Italian area. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 261, 37–41 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JRNC.0000030932.97142.90
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