Radon in the spas of Croatia

• Published in: Journal of environmental radioactivity 2005, Vol.83 (2), p.191-198
• Main Authors: RADOLIC, V, VUKOVIC, B, SMIT, G, STANIC, D, PLANINIC, J
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Air Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Baths; Biological and medical sciences; Biological effects of radiation; Croatia; Dispersed sources and other; Dose equivalent; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Health Resorts; Humans; Natural water pollution; Pollution; Pollution sources. Measurement results; Pollution, environment geology; Radiation Monitoring; Radiocontamination; Radon - analysis; Radon concentration; Rainwaters, run off water and others; Spa; Temperature; Tissues, organs and organisms biophysics; Transfer factor; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Water treatment and pollution
• ISSN: 0265-931X; 1879-1700
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.02.016

Radon concentrations in air and geothermal water of the spa pools in Croatia were measured and the average values of 40.3 and 4.5 kBq/m 3 were obtained, respectively. Great difference between radon concentrations in pool and spring water was considered as a result of mixing normal and geothermal water in the pool as well as the radon decay. Estimation of an effective dose, received by the personnel in the Bizovac spa, gave the value of 0.27 mSv/y. At the location Stubica, the transfer factor of the radon for air and thermal water in the pool was calculated, and the value of 4.9 ± 0.7 × 10 −3 was obtained.