Denman A R, Phillips P S
Medical Physics Department, Northampton General Hospital, Cliftonville, UK.
J Radiol Prot. 1998 Jun;18(2):119-24. doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/18/2/007.
The costs of remedial work, and the radon level reduction achieved, have been studied in a series of domestic properties in Northamptonshire, which is a radon affected area. The cost-effectiveness of the series is similar to published theoretical estimates for proposed national remediation programmes, and five times more effective than our similar analysis for the National Health Service workplace, if it is assumed that 100% of householders discovering levels above 300 Bq m-3 implement remediation. In practice, in the UK, far fewer of those who arrange an initial radon test proceed to remediation, but this domestic programme could be cost effective if more than 5% carry out remediation. Our series confirms that a considerable number of householders with radon levels in the 200 to 300 Bq m-3 range do not seek or implement remediation work.
在北安普敦郡（一个受氡影响的地区）的一系列住宅中，研究了补救工作的成本以及实现的氡水平降低情况。如果假设发现氡水平高于300贝克勒尔/立方米的住户中有100%进行补救，那么该系列的成本效益与已公布的拟议国家补救计划的理论估计相似，并且比我们对国民保健服务机构工作场所的类似分析有效五倍。实际上，在英国，安排初始氡测试的人中进行补救的要少得多，但如果超过5%的人进行补救，这个家庭计划可能具有成本效益。我们的系列研究证实，相当数量的氡水平在200至300贝克勒尔/立方米范围内的住户不会寻求或进行补救工作。
