Influence of radon protecting measures in children educational institutions on the radiation risk exposure to radon (an example of one of the schools in St. Petersburg)

The article presents summary information about modern approaches to risk assessment of radon-induced lung cancer caused by exposure to radon of the population and by radon’s short-lived daughter decomposition products in residential and public buildings. It is pointed out on the importance of radon-protecting measures in children’s school and pre-school institutions. As the example for applying of risk assessment models as an instrument for the effectivness of implemented measures, the results of calculation of life-long attributive risk before and after radon protection in one of the school of St. Petersburg have been introduced.