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 dose received by the world population, to which natural radioactivity is the largest contributor;
• and make direct comparisons between doses from natural sources of ionizing radiation and those from man-made (artificial) ones, hence to better understand the latter.
Additional information at:
https://remon.jrc.ec.europa.eu/About/Atlas-of-Natural-Radiation
CINELLI Giorgia;
DE CORT Marc;
TOLLEFSEN Tore;
ACHATZ Michaela;
AJTIĆ Jelena;
BALLABIO Cristiano;
BARNET Ivan;
BOCHICCHIO Francesco;
BORELLI Pasquale;
BOSSEW Peter;
BRAGA Roberto;
BRATTICH Erika;
BRIGANTI Alessandra;
CARPENTIERI Carmela;
CASTELLANI Carlo-Maria;
CASTELLUCCIO Mauro;
CHIABERTO Enrico;
CIOTOLI Giancarlo;
COLETTI Chiara;
CUCCHI Anselmo;
DARAKTCHIEVA Zornitza;
DI CARLO Christian;
DE FRANCE Jennifer;
DEHANDSCHUTTER Boris;
DOMINGOS Filipa;
DUDAR Tamara;
ELIO Javier;
FALLETTI Paolo;
FERREIRA Antonio;
FINNE Ingvild Engen;
FONTANA Claudia;
FUENTE MERINO Ismael;
GALLI Gianfranco;
GARCIA-TALAVERA Marta;
GERMAN Olga;
GROSSI Claudia;
GRUBER Valeria;
GUTIERREZ-VILLANUEVA Jose-Luis;
HANSEN Maria;
HERNANDEZ CEBALLOS Miguel Angel;
HOFFMANN Marcus;
HURST Stefanie;
IURLARO Giorgia;
IVANOVA Kremena;
JOBBAGY Viktor;
JONES Arwyn;
KOVALENKO Grygoriy;
KOZAK Krzysztof;
LAWLEY Russell;
LEHNÉ Rouwen;
LISTER Bob;
LONG Stephanie;
LUCCHETTI Carlo;
MAGNONI M.;
MATOLIN Milan;
MAZUR Jadwiga;
MAZZOLI Claudio;
MCLAUGHLIN James;
MOLLO Mara;
MOSTACCI Domiziano;
MUNDIGL Stefan;
NESBOR Dieter;
NEVES Luis;
NEZNAL Matej;
NIKOLOV Jovana;
NILSSON Per;
NOGAROTTO Alessio;
ONISCHENKO Aleksandra;
ORGIAZZI Alberto;
PACHEROVÁ Petra;
PANAGOS Panagiotis;
PEREIRA Alcides;
PEREZ Maria Del Rosario;
POKALYUK Vladimir;
PRESSYANOV Dobromir;
QUINDÓS PONCELA Luis Santiago;
RINGER Wolfgang;
ROSSI Francois;
SANGIORGI Marco;
SASSI Raffaele;
SIMIC Zdenko;
SMEDLEY Pauline;
SOCCIARELLI Silvia;
SOLIGO Michele;
STOULOS Stylianos;
SZABO Katalin;
TÄHT-KOK Krista;
TODOROVIĆ Nataša;
TOLTON Richelle;
TUCCIMEI Paola;
TURTIAINEN Tuukka;
TYE Andrew;
UDOVICIC V.;
VASILYEV Aleksey;
VENOSO Gennaro;
VERDELOCCO Stefania;
VERKHOVTSEV Valentyn;
VOLTAGGIO Mario;
ZHUKOVA Olga;
ZHUKOVSKY Michael;
CINELLI Giorgia;
DE CORT Marc;
TOLLEFSEN Tore;
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2020-07-15
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC116795
978-92-76-08258-3 (online),
978-92-76-08259-0 (print),
OP KJ-02-19-425-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-02-19-425-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC116795,
10.2760/46388 (online),
10.2760/520053 (print),
