Indoor radon gas measurements and its cancer risk using radon-scout detector

IF 1.8 3区工程技术 Q3 CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR

Applied Radiation and Isotopes Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-02 DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2026.112537

Nada Farhan Kadhim , Yasser Ayad Kadhim , Hala Adnan Ahmed , Mohammed jawad Kadhim , Hyam Nazmy Badr Khalaf , A. Ashour , Mostafa Y.A. Mostafa

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Abstract

In this study, radon (²²²Rn) gas concentration has been investigated in the indoor air of selected 30 homes in Baghdad city to estimate the Lung cancer risk. An active technique, the radon-scout detector, is used. The detector was placed in the middle of the living room at a height of nearly 1 m. The measuring time for each house is 7 days (166 h). The radon-scout detector measures the average exposure, maximum exposure, minimum exposure, temperature, and relative humidity (%). Results show that the average exposure in all homes is in the range from 14 ± 3 to 53 ± 4.9 Bq m⁻³. The maximum exposure is 307 Bq m⁻³, which is detected at houses1 (h1), the minimum exposure is zero, which is detected at all houses, the relative humidity ranges between 73% and 28%, the temperature ranges between 32 and 13 °C. All the estimated average radon exposures within the global limits of 200-300 Bq m⁻³, except one reading detected at h1 (307 Bq m⁻³), were slightly higher than the recommended limits. Based on measured results, the maximum potential energy of alpha concentration (PEAC) is 5.724 WLM estimated at h9, the exposure to radon progeny (EP) is ranged from 0.0623 to 0.235 WLM y⁻¹, the annual absorbed dose rate (D) is ranged from 0.35 to 1.34 × 10⁻⁶ mSv y⁻¹, the annual effective dose rate (ED) is ranged from 0.35 to 3.2 mSv y⁻¹, and the lung cancer risk (LCR) is ranged between 15.1 and 57.8. Finally, it can be concluded that houses in Baghdad city are safe from radon gas as a second cause of lung cancer worldwide.

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用氡探测仪测量室内氡气及其致癌风险。

本研究对巴格达市选定的30个家庭室内空气中的氡（222Rn）气体浓度进行了调查，以估计肺癌的风险。使用了一种主动技术，即氡侦察探测器。探测器被放置在客厅的中间，高度接近1 m。每间房屋的测量时间为7天（166 h）。氡探测器测量平均暴露量、最大暴露量、最小暴露量、温度和相对湿度（%）。结果表明，所有家庭的平均暴露量为14 ± 3 ~ 53 ± 4.9 Bq m-3。最大暴露量为307 Bq m-3，在房屋1 （h1）检测到，最小暴露量为零，在所有房屋均检测到，相对湿度范围为73% ~ 28%，温度范围为32 ~ 13 °C。除在h1检测到的一个读数（307 Bq - m-3）外，所有估计的平均氡暴露量均在200-300 Bq - m-3的全球限值内，略高于建议限值。根据测量结果，h9时α浓度最大势能（PEAC）估计为5.724 WLM，氡子体暴露（EP）范围为0.0623 ~ 0.235 WLM y-1，年吸收剂量率(D)范围为0.35 ~ 1.34 × 10-6 mSv y-1，年有效剂量率（ED）范围为0.35 ~ 3.2 mSv y-1，肺癌危险度（LCR）范围为15.1 ~ 57.8。最后，可以得出结论，巴格达市的房屋是安全的，氡气是世界范围内肺癌的第二大原因。

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Applied Radiation and Isotopes 工程技术-核科学技术

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406

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13.5 months

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