The Study Of Radon/Thoron And Progeny Concentration In The District Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India Using SSNTDS

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Rajnish Kumar
Sandeep Kumar
Pankaj Kumar
Anil Kumar
Kapil Vats
R.B.S. Rawat

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Annual radon and thoron exposure imparts a major contribution to inhalation doses received by the public. we have found the results of Indoor radon and thoron concentrations were measured passively over time in the Haridwar region, with health hazards to residents. In the current study Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTDS) based twin chamber dosimeters, i.e. pin-hole dosimeters with LR-115 track detectors, were utilized to estimate Radon (Rn) and Thoron (Rn) gas concentration levels in Haridwar houses. DRPS and DTPS were used for estimating the radon progeny concentration and thoron progeny concentration. The average Radon concentration levels studied in houses were found the values from 15.75 Bq/m3 to 52.13 Bq/m³ and thoron concentrations is found to vary from 9.71 Bq/m3 to 31.89 Bq/m³ and its corresponding geometric mean of Radon and thoron concentration were found 25.58 Bq/m³ and 17.04 Bq/m³.

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Rajnish Kumar

Department of Physics, M.S. College Saharanpur 247001, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Sandeep Kumar

Department of Physics, M.S. College Saharanpur 247001, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pankaj Kumar

Department of Physics, M.S. College Saharanpur 247001, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Anil Kumar

Department of physics, S.S. College, Shahjahanpur-242001, Uttar Pradesh, India

Kapil Vats

Department of Physics, M.S. College Saharanpur 247001, Uttar Pradesh, India.

R.B.S. Rawat

Department of Physics, M.S. College Saharanpur 247001, Uttar Pradesh, India.