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Resumo:This chapter contains a lot of information on the new European approach to regulate natural radioactivity in building materials. The main Directive that deals with natural radioactivity in building materials is the Euratom- Basic Safety Standards Directive (EU-BSS) and its approach to regulate building materials is described in Section 4.3. Some additional information on the link with the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) is provided in Section 4.3.1. For the reader who wants to explore the history of the EU-BSS and several important earlier documents in greater depth we refer to Section 4.2. For the reader who wonders how the Euratom drinking water Directive might impact on building materials we refer to Section 4.4. In Sections 4.5 and 4.6 current national legislations on natural radioactivity in building materials are considered in more detail. Several tools are described for the screening of the radiological properties of building materials. These tools are discussed in Section 4.7.
Autores principais:Aguiar, J. L. Barroso de
Assunto:Basic safety directive Building materials Construction products regulation Drinking water directive Natural radioactivity Activity concentration index EU legislation Modeling National legislations Natural radioactivity in building materials
Ano:2017
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:capítulo de livro
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Resumo:This chapter contains a lot of information on the new European approach to regulate natural radioactivity in building materials. The main Directive that deals with natural radioactivity in building materials is the Euratom- Basic Safety Standards Directive (EU-BSS) and its approach to regulate building materials is described in Section 4.3. Some additional information on the link with the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) is provided in Section 4.3.1. For the reader who wants to explore the history of the EU-BSS and several important earlier documents in greater depth we refer to Section 4.2. For the reader who wonders how the Euratom drinking water Directive might impact on building materials we refer to Section 4.4. In Sections 4.5 and 4.6 current national legislations on natural radioactivity in building materials are considered in more detail. Several tools are described for the screening of the radiological properties of building materials. These tools are discussed in Section 4.7.