Exposure of burrowing mammals to Radon Rn-222 in Northwest England

This dataset includes individual passive detector measurements of radon Rn-222 in the air of artificial burrows, Rn-222 measurements by instrumentation in soil gas of interstitial soil pores and burrow air, gamma analyses results for soil samples and, soil moisture and temperature data. Estimates of absorbed dose rates to wildlife from exposure to natural background radionuclides are required to put estimates of dose rates arising from regulated releases of radioactivity and proposed benchmarks into context. These data are from a study conducted at seven sites in northwest England (comprising broadleaved and coniferous woodlands, scrubland and pastures). Passive track etch detectors were used to measure the Rn-222 concentrations in artificial burrows over a period of approximately one year (July 2009 to June 2010). Instrumented measurements of burrow air and soil pore gas were also conducted in October 2009. The data result from a study funded by NERC-CEH and the England & Wales Environment Agency. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2641515F-5B76-445C-A936-1DA51BF365AD

本数据集涵盖了人工洞穴中氡-222（Rn-222）在空气中的个体被动探测器测量值，土壤孔隙气体及洞穴空气中的Rn-222仪器测量数据，土壤样品的伽马分析结果，以及土壤湿度和温度数据。为了将源于放射性物质受控排放和拟议中的基准值产生的剂量率估计置于适当背景中，需要估算野生动物暴露于自然背景放射性核素所吸收的剂量率。这些数据源于在英国西北部七个地点（包括阔叶林和针叶林、灌木丛和草地）进行的调查研究。被动径迹蚀刻探测器被用于在2009年7月至2010年6月期间大约一年的时间内测量人工洞穴中的Rn-222浓度。2009年10月还进行了洞穴空气和土壤孔隙气体的仪器测量。这些数据由NERC-CEH和英格兰及威尔士环境署资助的研究项目产生。有关此数据集的详细信息，请参阅https://doi.org/10.5285/2641515F-5B76-445C-A936-1DA51BF365AD。