Abstract
The regulation of radon concentration at workplaces has gained an accentuated importance in all countries. Nevertheless, at this time there is no globally accepted workplace protocol that sets out safe radon concentration values. In this study the radon concentration measured during the working hours and the equilibrium factor, which are necessary for the exact estimation of the radiation dose originating from radon and effecting manganese miners are determined in a Hungarian manganese mine. In order to determine the exact committed effective dose, workers wore track-etched radon. The annual average radon concentration measured at the different points in the mine that was investigated may vary by ±30% relative to the average of the total of the measurement points. The influence of the measurement period is even more significant as the difference related to the annual average may be ±30% with a measurement period of 6 months. The radon concentration level measured during working hours was approximately half of the average measured during the whole period. The measured equilibrium factor was 50% greater than the value given in literature. Disregarding any of these factors may lead to significant errors for the estimation of dose to workers. The average value of the estimated effective radiation dose was 3.7 mSv year −1 based on the personal radon dosimeters.
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