Name: RADON 2024
Start: 2024-09-09T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-12T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering

RADON 2024

from Monday, September 9, 2024 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, September 12, 2024 (7:00 PM)

Monday, September 9, 2024

8:00 AM Registration
Registration
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: room 103
10:30 AM Methods of measurement for both radon and thoron - devices, metrological aspects: Methods of measurement for both radon and thoron - devices, metrological aspects
Methods of measurement for both radon and thoron - devices, metrological aspects
10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Room: room 103
Contributions

10:40 AM Intercomparisons of passive radon detectors at UKHSA - Catherine Miller (UK Health Security Agency)

11:00 AM Comparison and Application of Seasonal Radon Correction Factors in Slovakia - Viktoria Benková (FMFI UK)

11:20 AM New metrology research project RadonNET - Petr Kovář (Czech Metrology Institute)

1:30 PM Determination of the Radon Progenies Activity Size Distribution - Eliška Fialová (National Institute for NBC Protection)

1:50 PM Factors influencing outdoor radon variability: A time series study in Bratislava, Slovakia - Mohammad Alem Sultani (Comenius University in Bratislava)

2:10 PM Assessment and comparison of the long-term performance of Electronic Radon Integrating Monitors - David Wright (UK Health Security Agency)

2:30 PM Radon exhalation from soil and possible influence on high indoor radon concentrations - Jovana Knežević Radić (Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi SadJo)

2:40 PM Analyses of 3 years of continual monitoring of 222Rn and CO2 concentrations in the soil and their exhalations in an area of FMPH CU in Bratislava - Terézia Eckertová (FMPH CU in Bratislava)

2:50 PM Assessment of indoor radon concentration and annual effective dose for workers' exposure in an arsenic concentrate warehouse - Jovana Knežević Radić (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, 21000 Novi Sad)

3:00 PM Evaluation of Radon and Thoron Adsorption Efficiency on Zeolites. - MISBAH JAVED (Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli)

3:40 PM Development of the BfS-UR1 thoron progeny calibration chamber - Francesca Tugnoli (BfS)

4:00 PM INDOOR RADON MEASUREMENTS IN KINDERGARTENS IN SOUTHERN POLAND - Katarzyna Wołoszczuk (Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection)

4:20 PM Didactic radon measurement method using CR-39 detector – comparison of visual image assesment and digital analysis - Miroslav Vanek (Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen)

4:30 PM 2023 NRPI Prague international comparison of measuring instruments in a mixed field of radon - thoron gas and their short-lived decay product. - Karel Jilek (SURO v.v.i. Praha , CZ)

4:50 PM RadoNorm comparison measurement of radon and radon progeny in field conditions - Katerina Navratilova Rovenska (National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO))
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
9:00 AM Health effects of radon: Health effects of radon
Health effects of radon
9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Room: room 103
Contributions

9:00 AM Interaction of radon and smoking on lung cancer risk - Ladislav Tomášek (SURO)

9:20 AM Lung cancer mortality attributable to residential radon in Germany - Felix Heinzl (Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany)

9:40 AM Impact of smoking on radon risk in residential areas - Terézia Eckertová (FMPH CU in Bratislava)

9:50 AM Practical aspects of determining the effective dose from inhalation of radon decay products - Petr Otáhal (SÚJCHBO, v.v.i.)

10:40 AM Should we re-evaluate radon risk? - Peter Bossew
1:30 PM National programs and projects: National programs and projects
National programs and projects
1:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Room: room 103
Contributions

1:30 PM Data driven updates to Canada’s National Radon Program to more effectively address rising radon exposure - Pawel Mekarski (Health Canada)

1:50 PM National Radon Database (NRD), especially focused on schools, fulfills goals of the Czech National Action Plan for control of public exposure to radon (RANAP) - Jana Plotnárková (SÚJB) Marcela Adamová (SÚJB)

2:10 PM Proposal for the creation of national radon activity monitoring networks based on the national pre-university school network.Information, Education, Research. - SANDOR Csegzi (HUNGARIAN TEHNICAL SCIENCES SOCIETY OF TRANSILVANIA , BRANCH OFFICE TG. MURES, ROMANIA)

2:30 PM Long-term effectiveness of measures to prevent and mitigate radon in houses - Ivana Fojtikova (National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO))

2:50 PM Various aspects of measurement and exposure assessment at workplaces - Katerina Navratilova Rovenska (National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO))

3:40 PM Development of the system of radiation protection against radon and radon progenies with focus on dose assessment - Francesco Bochicchio (Italian National Institute of Health)
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
9:25 AM Radon in civil engineering
9:25 AM - 5:40 PM
Room: room 103
Contributions

9:30 AM Requirements for radon barriers - current status and future - Martin Jiránek (Czech Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Thákurova 7, 166 29 Praha 6, Czech Republic)

9:50 AM Development of a new mathematical procedure for radon diffusion coefficient measurement; application to ecofriendly construction materials - Elena Castaño Casco (Universidad de Huelva)

10:10 AM The first experimental apparatus to evaluate the actual effectiveness of face masks to reduce the effective dose due to radon progeny - Christian Di Carlo (Italian National Institute of Health)

10:50 AM PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF RADON REMEDIATION WORKS - Massimo MORONI

11:10 AM Development and implementation of a monitoring network to real-time monitor the radon concentration levels in a large-scale Italian historical building - Mario Caprio (Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy))

1:30 PM Radon diagnostics in historical buildings I - Katerina Navratilova Rovenska (National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO))

1:50 PM Radon diagnostics in historical buildings II - the importance of determining air exchange rate - Radim Moznar (National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO))

2:10 PM A new high-resolution residential radon map for Germany using a machine learning based probabilistic model - Eric Petermann (Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS))

2:30 PM Measurement of radon exhalation from clay bricks obtained by recycling waste phosphogypsum and fly ash - Sofija Forkapić (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics)

2:50 PM PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF RADONORM PROJECT ACTIVITIES ON IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS OF RADON EXHALATION RATE FROM BUILDING STRUCTURES - Andrea Maiorana (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) Christian Di Carlo (Italian National Institute of Health)

3:00 PM Tests on the effectiveness of air purifiers as a method to reduce radon exposure. - Zuzanna Pawlowska (Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection)

3:40 PM The first experimental apparatus to measure the radon exhalation rate on-site from existing building manufacts - Christian Di Carlo (Italian National Institute of Health)

4:00 PM THORON INTERFERENCE ON RADON EXHALATION MEASUREMENTS ON BUILDING MATERIALS SAMPLES - Andrea Maiorana (Istituto Superiore di Sanità)
Thursday, September 12, 2024
9:00 AM Radon - information carrier, radonometry, radon as a tracer gas: Radon - information carrier, radonometry, radon as a tracer gas
Radon - information carrier, radonometry, radon as a tracer gas
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: room 103
Contributions

9:00 AM Long term radon monitoring in the Bozkov dolomite caves in the context of the geological situation - Václav Štěpán (CTU FNSPE)

9:20 AM Seasonal variation of radon and effective dose estimation in the Demänovská Cave of Liberty, Slovakia - Iveta Smetanová (Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava)

9:30 AM RADON CONCENTRATIONS IN VETERNICA CAVE - CROATIA - Tomislav Bituh (Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health)

9:40 AM Application of ground surface temperature measurements for indirect estimation of airflow in uranium waste rock dumps - Martin Kaschner (KDAIZ, FJFI, ČVUT v Praze)

10:20 AM Waste rock dumps as remnants of uranium ore mining can be strong sources of radon – introduction to the Brod village case study - I - Lenka Thinová (CTU FNSPE)

10:40 AM The impact of uranium waste rock dumps on the outdoor atmosphere - Theodor Adam

11:00 AM Possible influence of an external source of radon on indoor radon concentration - Kamila Johnová (SÚRO, v.v.i.)

11:20 AM Estimation of the effect of an external radon source on the irradiation inside buildings – village of Brod case study II - Václav Štěpán (CTU FNSPE)

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