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Volume 12, Issue 5
1 December 2001
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Environmental Management and Health
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Case Report| December 01 2001

Radon in a disused mine in Cornwall, UK

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7085
Print ISSN: 0956-6163
© MCB UP Limited
2001
Environmental Management and Health (2001) 12 (5): 500–509.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006038

A study has been undertaken of radon levels in an abandoned metalliferous mine in South‐West England. Measurements have been taken in Gunnislake Old Adit using a variety of techniques. Radon gas levels of between 30,000Bq m‐3 and 69,000Bq m‐3 have been noted in this mine, associated with radon progeny levels of between 2.6 and 4.8 working levels. These radon levels pose a health risk for regular visitors to such mines.

Keywords: Radon, Health
© MCB UP Limited
2001
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