Abstract
Surveys of environmental radon and thoron progeny concentrations were carried out with the filter method in Fujian Province of China, where very high concentrations of 238 U and 232 Th in soil had been reported. The mean values of equilibrium-equivalent radon and thoron concentrations (EEC Rn and EEC Tn ) were 12.9 Bq.m -3 and 0.87 Bq.m -3 indoors, 9.7 Bq.m -3 and 0.39 Bq.m -3 outdoors in the general living environment. Very high concentrations of both radon and thoron progeny were observed in underground places and railway tunnels. The mean additional effective doses due to the inhalation of radon and thoron and their progeny were estimated to be 7.75 mSv.a -1 and 22.2 mSv.a -1 for workers in those places mentioned above. Furthermore, the diurnal/seasonal variations and height distributions of radon and thoron progeny were also studied.
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