Environmental Radioactivity Unit

Disciplines, scientific fields, research areas

• Environment & Energy
  • Circular economy
    • Waste and resource management

Keywords

• Radon in air
• Radon in water
• Radon in soil
• Gamma detection
• Neutron detection
• radiation mapping
• GIS interactive maps
• environmental radioactivity
• equivalent doses

Description

Environmental Radioactivity Unit
- Systematic grid-wise airborne radon in Cyprus (houses, schools, public buildings) and interactive radon maps of various types of formats.
- Systematic measurements of radon in drinking water and soils all over Cyprus and interactive radon maps of various types of formats; radon measurements in some groundwater too.
- Gamma radiation measurements in building materials used in Cyprus and dose calculations.
- Gamma radiation measurements in commonly consumed foodstuff in Cyprus and dose calculations.
Other researchers: Visiting Professor Haralabos Tsertos, Research Scientist Dr George Charitou