Radon concentrations and forecasting exposure risks to residents and workers in rare earth and copper mines containing radioactivity in northwest Vietnam

  • Van Dung Nguyen*, Thi Lan Anh Vu, Thi Cuc Nguyen
  • Thi Lan Anh Vu
  • Dinh Huan Trinh
Từ khóa: lung cancer, radioactive, radon, radon exposure, risk level.

Tóm tắt

Radon and its isotopes are inert gases as they do not interact with any chemical compounds. Compared with thoron (220Rn) and radon-219 (219Rn), the risk of radioactive exposure of radon-222 (222Rn) is very high due to its long half-life of 3.8 d, while the half-life of 220Rn is 55 sec and of 219Rn is 4 sec. As a gas, radon can escape from the surfaces of ore, minerals, and rocks, then dissolve into groundwater and move very far from the formation site...

Tác giả

Van Dung Nguyen*, Thi Lan Anh Vu, Thi Cuc Nguyen

Faculty of Environment, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology

Thi Lan Anh Vu

Faculty of Environment, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Dinh Huan Trinh

Geological Division for Radioactive and Rare Elements, General Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam

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Phát hành ngày
2022-03-23
In ra
Số. 1C (2022): MARCH 2022 . VOLUME 64 NUMBER 1
Chuyên mục
EARTH SCIENCES