https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04299-1
Regular Article
ISOradioLAb: an educational project on environmental radioactivity for Italian minor islands—the case study of Lampedusa and Linosa
1
Department of Physics, University of Milan, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milan, MI, Italy
2
LASA, University of Milan and INFN-Milano, via F.lli Cervi 201, 20090, Segrate, MI, Italy
3
Department of Physics “E. Pancini”, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 80126, Naples, Italy
4
National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Section of Naples, via Cinthia, 80126, Naples, Italy
Received:
20
May
2023
Accepted:
20
July
2023
Published online:
8
August
2023
ISOradioLAb is an educational project for schools of the Italian minor islands promoted by the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics. It aims to increase the population awareness of natural radioactivity by involving the students of the high schools in the measurement of indoor radon activity concentration in their schools and in some representative buildings. Within this project, questionnaires about risk perception and radon knowledge are also dispensed. With this approach students learn-by-doing and share their knowledge with friends and relatives. In this paper, we present the activities performed during the first year of the project, focused on the case study of the minor island of Lampedusa and Linosa, Agrigento (Italy). Questionnaires and radon measurements (using CR-39 and Electret) results are reported.
Flavia Groppi and Mariagabriella Pugliese have contributed equally as co-last authors.
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04299-1.
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