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Peculiar radon spot in Hungary

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For the public, indoor radon is the main source of exposure from ionizing radiation. Radon gas originates from the radioactive decay chain of uranium deposited in rocks or in building materials. In the reviews mostly a rather steady radon exhalation has been assumed. In a village of North-East Hungary, however, high radon concentrations have been measured, differing strongly in neighbouring houses and varying in time, due to the interplay of several geochemical phenomena.

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  1. Lauder Radon Lab., Budapest, Hungary

    E. Tóth & R. Kuczi

  2. Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

    F. Deák, Zs. Kasztovszky, G. Marx & L. Sajó-Bohus

  3. Institute of Nuclear Technology, Technical University, Budapest, Hungary

    Cs. Gyurkócza, Cs. Sükösd & N. Vajda

  4. Section of Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    B. Nagy

  5. SCK. CEN, Boeretang 200, B-2100, Mol, Belgium

    S. Oberstedt

  6. National Geological Institute, Budapest, Hungary

    G. Tóth

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Tóth, E., Deák, F., Gyurkócza, C. et al. Peculiar radon spot in Hungary. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 213, 317–330 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02162931

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