REASSESSMENT OF RADIATION EXPOSURES OF UNDERGROUND NON-URANIUM MINE WORKERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
In: Radiation protection dosimetry, Jg. 191 (2020-12-03), Heft 3, S. 272-287
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In the 1990, radon and radon progeny was reported to contribute approximately 70% of the average 1.4 + 1.0-mSv annual dose across 26 Western Australian underground non-uranium mines. The Western Australian underground mining workforce has expanded significantly, and parameters used to calculate doses have changed significantly, warranting a review of the 1990's data. The review concludes that doses received by the contemporary mining workforce has increased on average, by 5.4%, with annual dose estimates ranging from 0.53 to 3.56 mSv, with a mean of 1.33 mSv. Doses in 12 of the 23 underground mines exceed 1 mSv and are required to comply with radiation safety legislation. It is estimated that 5400 underground workers will fall into the greater than 1-mSv category. The collective dose to the underground worker population has increased by 4.5 times from 3060 man mSv (2173 workers) to 13 669 man mSv (8597 workers).
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REASSESSMENT OF RADIATION EXPOSURES OF UNDERGROUND NON-URANIUM MINE WORKERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Ralph, MI ; Hinckley, S ; Cattani, M |
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| Zeitschrift: | Radiation protection dosimetry, Jg. 191 (2020-12-03), Heft 3, S. 272-287 |
| Veröffentlichung: | 2004- : Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Ashford, Kent : Nuclear Technology Pub., c1981-, 2020 |
| Medientyp: | academicJournal |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 (electronic) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/rpd/ncaa131 |
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