{"title":"Health risk zoning and assessment of radon exposure in mining area based on Thiessen polygon and spatial autocorrelation","authors":"Decheng Qin, Mingya Wang, Mingshi Wang, Baoxian Jia, Kewu Liu, Jing Wang, Qiao Han, Fengcheng Jiang, Xiaoming Guo, Mingfei Xing","doi":"10.1007/s10967-025-10372-z","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Radon exposure in mining areas poses health risks to miners and nearby residents, so risk zoning and health assessment are essential. This study used the HS01B radon measuring instrument to measure three environmental media at 28 locations in the Peigou Coal Mine in China. Results showed that mean radon concentrations in air, water and soil were 37.6 ± 3 Bq m<sup>−3</sup>, 1.84 ± 0.35 Bq L<sup>−1</sup> and 4,696 ± 855 Bq m<sup>−3</sup>, respectively. The excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) was higher than the global average. The radon risk zoning was identified using the framework of Theissen polygons and spatial autocorrelation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 9","pages":"6155 - 6167"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10967-025-10372-z","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Radon exposure in mining areas poses health risks to miners and nearby residents, so risk zoning and health assessment are essential. This study used the HS01B radon measuring instrument to measure three environmental media at 28 locations in the Peigou Coal Mine in China. Results showed that mean radon concentrations in air, water and soil were 37.6 ± 3 Bq m−3, 1.84 ± 0.35 Bq L−1 and 4,696 ± 855 Bq m−3, respectively. The excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) was higher than the global average. The radon risk zoning was identified using the framework of Theissen polygons and spatial autocorrelation.
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An international periodical publishing original papers, letters, review papers and short communications on nuclear chemistry. The subjects covered include: Nuclear chemistry, Radiochemistry, Radiation chemistry, Radiobiological chemistry, Environmental radiochemistry, Production and control of radioisotopes and labelled compounds, Nuclear power plant chemistry, Nuclear fuel chemistry, Radioanalytical chemistry, Radiation detection and measurement, Nuclear instrumentation and automation, etc.