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Influence of solar activity on ambient dose equivalent H*(10) measured with thermoluminescent dosimeters in Slovenia Cover

Influence of solar activity on ambient dose equivalent H*(10) measured with thermoluminescent dosimeters in Slovenia

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|Mar 2021

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Figure 1

Annual ambient dose equivalent H*(10) averaged over nine locations at the fence of NPP Krško (155 m.a.s.l., white triangles) and over three locations in the nearby town of Krško (black dots) and annual number of sunspots (white dots) (13)
Annual ambient dose equivalent H*(10) averaged over nine locations at the fence of NPP Krško (155 m.a.s.l., white triangles) and over three locations in the nearby town of Krško (black dots) and annual number of sunspots (white dots) (13)

Figure 2

Annual ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at the locations Kusova Vrbina (black dots), Amerika (triangles), and Gmajnice (crosses) near NPP Krško, and the annual number of sunspots (white dots) (13)
Annual ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at the locations Kusova Vrbina (black dots), Amerika (triangles), and Gmajnice (crosses) near NPP Krško, and the annual number of sunspots (white dots) (13)

Figure 3

Annual ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at three locations in western Slovenia: Kredarica (2515 m.a.s.l., black dots), Trenta (624 m.a.s.l., crosses), and Sečovlje (2 m.a.s.l., triangles) and the annual number of sunspots (white dots)
Annual ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at three locations in western Slovenia: Kredarica (2515 m.a.s.l., black dots), Trenta (624 m.a.s.l., crosses), and Sečovlje (2 m.a.s.l., triangles) and the annual number of sunspots (white dots)

Mean annual ambient dose equivalents H*(10) measured around NPP Krško, and the rest of Slovenia, and calculated contribution of cosmic rays, from 2002 to 2019_ The uncertainties of the measured values are 7_5 % and correspond to the expanded uncertainty due to the standard deviations of the indications of both semi-annual measurements

YearH*(10)NPP (mSv)H*(10)rSlovenia (mSv)H*(10)cosmic rays (mSv)
20020.7910.7920.297
20030.7690.7910.297
20040.7650.7930.279
20050.8270.8640.302
20060.7830.8460.310
20070.7660.8400.314
20080.8220.8680.314
20090.8370.9220.317
20100.7930.8860.317
20110.7380.8990.315
20120.8060.8810.313
20130.8030.8770.311
20140.7630.8490.305
20150.8290.8950.306
20160.8140.9020.311
20170.8230.8950.316
20180.8290.8700.316
20190.8330.9100.316

Correlation between annual mean number of sunspots (n), and annual ambient dose equivalent [H*(10)] measured around NPP Krško (at 155 m_a_s_l_) and five locations in western Slovenia (Kredarica, Trenta, Stara Fužina, Bilje, and Sečovlje)

Locationr[H*(10), n]iminLocationr[H*(10), n]imin
NPP nine fence, locations mean value over-0.282006Kredarica, 2515 m.a.s.l.-0.692004
Krško locations mean value over three-0.462006Trenta, 624 m.a.s.l.-0.552003
Kusova Vrbina-0.542000Stara Fužina, 547 m.a.s.l.-0.532008
Amerika-0.442003Bilje, 55 m.a.s.l.-0.381995
Gmajnice-0.382003Sečovlje, 2 m.a.s.l-0.521992
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2021-72-3475 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 23 - 28
Submitted on: Aug 1, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 1, 2021
Published on: Mar 30, 2021
Published by: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Benjamin Zorko, Matjaž Korun, Boštjan Črnič, Branko Vodenik, Sandi Gobec, published by Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
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