Radiation exposure, natural
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In Germany the natural radiation exposure for most
of the inhabitants amounts to 1 to 6 mSv/year with an average value
of 2.1 mSv/year. External radiation exposure contributes to one third,
and internal radiation exposure to two thirds of the effective dose
from all natural radiation sources. The dose due to external irradiation
comes in nearly equal proportions from cosmic radiation, potassium-40
and nuclides of the uranium and thorium chain. Approximately three quarters
of the effective dose due to incorporated radionuclides is made up of
radon-222 and radon-220 and in particular their short-lived decay products,
followed by potassium-40 and polonium-210.
Exposure by |
Annual effective dose in mSv
|
External
irradiation |
Internal
irradiation |
Total |
Cosmic radiation: |
|
|
|
at sea level: |
|
|
|
ionizing component |
0.23 |
|
} 0.3 |
neutrons |
0.07 |
|
at 1,000 m altitude: |
|
|
|
ionizing component |
0.29 |
|
} 0.44 |
neutrons |
0.15 |
|
Cosmogenic radionuclides |
|
0.02 |
0.02 |
Primordial radionuclides: |
|
|
|
|
0.15 |
0.17 |
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
U-238 -> Ra-226 |
} 0.11 |
0.01 |
} 1.3 |
Rn-222 - > Po-214 |
1.10 |
Pb-210 -> Po-210 |
0.12 |
|
|
|
|
Th-232 -> Ra-224 |
} 0.15 |
0.02 |
} 0.2 |
Rn-220 -> Tl-208 |
0.05 |
Total |
0.7 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
Contributions of various sources of
natural radiation exposure in Germany
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ENS conferences |
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TopSafe 2017
12-16 Feb. 2017
Vienna, Austria |
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PIME 2017
19 - 22 March 2017, Middelburg Netherlands |
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RRFM 2017
14 - 18 May 2017 in Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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ETRAP 2017
30 May - 2 June 2017, Valencia, Spain |
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