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. 2023 Jun 19;199(12):1284–1294. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncad178

Table 2.

222Rn and 220Rn activity concentrations in air measured with alpha track detectors in Fen legacy iron mines and in Søve Niobium mine with inhalation dose rate contributions (cDR) and combined cold season dose rate (ccDR) with gamma radiation. Abbreviations for bedrock: Fe-Dolomite carbonatite: FDC, Karup: K, redrock: R, redrock with iron: RI, transition zone: T, School mine: SM and søvite: S. Meters below surface given for Karup shaft localities. Control in School office in area covered by Holocene clay deposits (HCD).

Nr Mine Type Zone 222Rn (Bq m−3) 220Rn (Bq m−3) 222Rn cDR (μSv h−1) 220Rn cDR (μSv h−1) ccDR (μSv h−1)
1 SM adit FDC 1500 2400 5.0 3.8 10
2 SM adit T 960 3100 3.1 4.9 11
3 Lichtloch shaft T 1200 2500 3.7 4.1 10
4 Lichtloch adit T <690 6600 2.2 11 15
5 Lichtloch adit R 1600 4700 5.2 7.5 18
6 Lichtloch adit RI 800 4100 2.6 6.6 18
7 Bolla shaft RI 880 45 000 2.9 72 85
8 AnneCat adita T 1600 740 5.3 1.2 9.1
9 AnneCat adit T 560 2600 1.8 4.1 9.1
10 Western Adit T 6900 1100 22 1.8 28
11 K-40 m shaft RI 1300 1600 4.2 2.6 15
12 K-26 m shaft RI 1200 8100 4.0 13 26
13 K-17 m shaft RI <600 2300 1.9 3.8 14
14 K-6 m shaft RI <580 2900 1.9 4.6 11
16 Main adit aditb R 1700 5600 5.5 9.0 23
17 Main adit adit R 840 6900 2.7 11 23
18 Hov adit R 6600 3100 22 5.0 34
19 Bolla adit R 2500 3500 8.2 5.6 24
20 Søve adit S 5500 2200 18 3.5 22
15 Control Office HCD <540 1900 1.7 3.0 4.8
16 Control Office HCD <11 4700 0.1 7.5 7.6
a

At base of shaft.

b

Inclined adit.