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P Blahušiak1, K Holý1, M Mullerová1
1Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
|October 17, 2017
Abstract:
Radon concentration in thermal waters used in selected spas and aqua parks in Slovakia was investigated. In total, 23 thermal water sources were monitored. Measured radon levels varied in a large interval, from 4.1 to 488 Bq l-1. High radon activity (180 Bq l-1) was also found in thermal potable water in fountains used by the patients and the public.
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