Authors
Giorgia Cinelli, Marc De Cort, Tore Tollefsen, Michaela ACHATZ, Jelena AJTIĆ, Cristiano BALLABIO, Ivan BARNET, Francesco BOCHICCHIO, Pasquale BORELLI, Peter BOSSEW, Roberto BRAGA, Erika BRATTICH, Alessandra BRIGANTI, Carmela CARPENTIERI, Carlo-Maria CASTELLANI, Mauro CASTELLUCCIO, Enrico CHIABERTO, Giancarlo CIOTOLI, Chiara COLETTI, Anselmo CUCCHI, Zornitza DARAKTCHIEVA, Christian DI CARLO, Jennifer DE FRANCE, Boris DEHANDSCHUTTER, Filipa DOMINGOS, Tamara DUDAR, Javier ELIO, Paolo FALLETTI, Antonio FERREIRA, Ingvild Engen FINNE, Claudia FONTANA, Gianfranco GALLI, Marta GARCIA-TALAVERA, Olga GERMAN, Claudia GROSSI, Valeria GRUBER, Jose-Luis GUTIERREZ-VILLANUEVA, Maria HANSEN, Miguel Angel HERNANDEZ CEBALLOS, Marcus HOFFMANN, Stefanie HURST, Giorgia IURLARO, Kremena IVANOVA, Viktor JOBBAGY, Arwyn JONES, Grygoriy KOVALENKO, Krzysztof KOZAK, Russell LAWLEY, Rouwen LEHNÉ, Bob LISTER, Stephanie LONG, Carlo LUCCHETTI, M MAGNONI, Milan MATOLIN, Jadwiga MAZUR, Claudio MAZZOLI, James MCLAUGHLIN, Mara MOLLO, Domiziano MOSTACCI, Stefan MUNDIGL, Dieter NESBOR, Luis NEVES, Matej NEZNAL, Jovana NIKOLOV, Per NILSSON, Alessio NOGAROTTO, Aleksandra ONISCHENKO, Alberto ORGIAZZI, Petra PACHEROVÁ, Panagiotis PANAGOS, Alcides PEREIRA, Maria Del Rosario PEREZ, Vladimir POKALYUK, Dobromir PRESSYANOV, Luis Santiago QUINDÓS PONCELA, Wolfgang RINGER, Francois ROSSI, Marco SANGIORGI, Raffaele SASSI, Zdenko SIMIC, Pauline SMEDLEY, Silvia SOCCIARELLI, Michele SOLIGO, Stylianos STOULOS, Katalin SZABO, Krista TÄHT-KOK, Nataša TODOROVIĆ, Richelle TOLTON, Paola TUCCIMEI, Tuukka TURTIAINEN, Andrew TYE, V UDOVICIC, Aleksey VASILYEV, Gennaro VENOSO, Stefania VERDELOCCO, Valentyn VERKHOVTSEV, Mario VOLTAGGIO, Olga ZHUKOVA, Michael ZHUKOVSKY
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Publications Office of the European Union
Description
Natural ionizing radiation is considered as the largest contributor to the collective effective dose received by the world population. The human population is continuously exposed to ionizing radiation from several natural sources that can be classified into two broad categories: high-energy cosmic rays incident on the Earth’s atmosphere and releasing secondary radiation (cosmic contribution); and radioactive nuclides generated during the formation of the Earth and still present in the Earth’s crust (terrestrial contribution). Terrestrial radioactivity is mostly produced by the uranium and thorium radioactive families together with potassium. In most circumstances, radon, a noble gas produced in the radioactive decay of uranium, is the most important contributor to the total dose. This Atlas aims to present the current state of knowledge of natural radioactivity, by giving general background information, and describing its various sources. This reference material is complemented by a collection of maps of Europe displaying the levels of natural radioactivity caused by different sources. It is a compilation of contributions and reviews received from more than 80 experts in their field: they come from universities, research centres, national and European authorities and international organizations.This Atlas provides reference material and makes harmonized datasets available to the scientific community and national competent authorities. In parallel, this Atlas may serve as a tool for the public to: • familiarize itself with natural radioactivity; • be informed about the levels of natural radioactivity caused by different sources; • have a more balanced view of the annual …
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G Cinelli, M De Cort, T Tollefsen, M ACHATZ, J AJTIĆ… - 2019