DocumentCode
3347522
Title
Notice of Retraction
Evaluation of Rn-Safe around a Uranium Company in Southern China
Author
Cheng Gang ; Jiang Ming
Author_Institution
Sch. of Cvil Eng. & Archit., AnHui Universtiy of Sci. & Technol., Huainan, China
fYear
2011
fDate
10-12 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
In order to determine exposure to natural sources of radiation for people in the vicinity of a southern China uranium company, six sites included a school, a hospital and four residential areas were investigated from September 2006 to march 2008. The surveys evaluated indoor radon concentrations and outdoor and indoor external gamma dose rates. Indoor radon concentrations were measured in 98 dwellings by means of nuclear track-etched detectors. The terrestrial gamma ray dose rate was measured outdoors and indoors at a total of 148 points and 85 points, respectively. The results show that the total mean annual effective doses for the six areas studied ranged from 3.6 to 5.9 mSv per year, which is between 1.8 and 2.8 times higher than the HengYang average value. Applying the BEIR VI model to the areas studied, the population-weighted average lifetime risk of lung cancer can get 1.9×10-4.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
In order to determine exposure to natural sources of radiation for people in the vicinity of a southern China uranium company, six sites included a school, a hospital and four residential areas were investigated from September 2006 to march 2008. The surveys evaluated indoor radon concentrations and outdoor and indoor external gamma dose rates. Indoor radon concentrations were measured in 98 dwellings by means of nuclear track-etched detectors. The terrestrial gamma ray dose rate was measured outdoors and indoors at a total of 148 points and 85 points, respectively. The results show that the total mean annual effective doses for the six areas studied ranged from 3.6 to 5.9 mSv per year, which is between 1.8 and 2.8 times higher than the HengYang average value. Applying the BEIR VI model to the areas studied, the population-weighted average lifetime risk of lung cancer can get 1.9×10-4.
Keywords
dosimetry; natural radioactivity hazards; radon; BEIR VI model; HengYang average value; hospital; indoor radon concentrations; lung cancer; natural sources; nuclear track-etched detectors; population-weighted average lifetime risk; radiation exposure; residential areas; school; southern China; terrestrial gamma ray dose rate; uranium company; Area measurement; Cancer; Companies; Geologic measurements; Lungs; Pollution measurement; Sea measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
ISSN
2151-7614
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5088-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781643
Filename
5781643
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