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• 03:2024 Radon dose conversion coefficients and their use in the Nordic countries

  exposure would be twice as high, and in some cases even higher. This may lead to an increased number of workplaces being considered as a planned exposure situations and requiring a safety license under ... previously considered safe enough is no longer acceptable. A further complication factor is that the ICRP and UNSCEAR each have their own, different dose conversion coefficients. The problem is not confined to...

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• 01:2024 01:2024 Overview of radon management in the Nordic countries

  management and have a closer look at the similarities and differences between the Nordic countries in this matter. The document is not exhaustive but will be useful for the Nordic co-operation and serves as ... as a basis for further discussions and work to achieve our goals given in the mandate of the Nordic-Nat group. When comparing typical radon activity concentrations e.g. in dwellings, drinking water, etc...

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• 2022:11 Kingdom of Sweden IRRS ARM Summary Report 2022

  national frameworks for nuclear safety regulation (IRRS) and the safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste (ARTEMIS). In dialogue with the IAEA, and in support of the Ministry of the Environment, it ... self-assessments of their national frameworks and competent supervisory authorities and invite an international peer review of relevant parts of their national frameworks and competent supervisory authorities, with...

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• 2021:28 Analysis of Radon Levels in Swedish Dwellings and Workplaces

  Background Exposure to radon is considered the second most important cause of lung cancer next to smoking and is estimated to account for about 500 lung cancer cases per year in Sweden. For this reason, it is ... how many dwellings and workplaces there are which exceed the reference level 200 Bq/m³. This study focuses on single-family houses but also includes analysis for some workplaces and multi-family houses...

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• 2012:03 The IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service Mission to Sweden in February 2012

  the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, to apply for an international review of the Author-ity and its areas of supervision, an ‘IRRS’ (Integrated Regulatory Review Service) carried out by the International ... staff. It also contains a plan to implement measures to remedy deficiencies that have been identified and to improve the radiation safety work of the Authority. Swedish Radiation Safety Authority SSM English...

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• 2009:14 Review of Legislation and Regulatory Framework in Ukraine with Regard to Environmental Radiation Monitoring

  for the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM. The conclusions and viewpoints presented in the report are those of the author/authors and do not necessarily coincide with those of the SSM. In 2006, the ... 2006. This project originally focused on principal problems and aspects of radiation monitoring. The need for a review of the legislation and regulatory framework in Ukraine became evident in the course...

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• 2009:04 Radon in DWELLINGS in the Republic of Kalmykia. Results from the National Radon Survey 2006-2007

  Radiation Protection Authority (SSI) and the Russian Institute of Radiation Hygiene (RIRH). This work was financed by the Russian Institute of Radiation Hygiene and the Swedish Agency for Development Cooperation ... 2006 SSI, RIRH, federal and local authorities carried out a field study in Kalmykia when radon daughter measurements (equilibrium equivalent radon concentrations in the air) and gamma radiation measurements...

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• 2007:02e Radiation Environment in Sweden, summary

  investigations and background radiation from the ground and building materials in our houses. That is the conclusion of the first general Swedish summary of environmental monitoring data and dose calculations ... field of radiation. The report shows that people’s behaviour in the form of their exposure to the sun and smoking has a major impact on the risk of suffering radiation injuries. The radiation dose received...

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