Assessment of long-term indoor radon concentrations from short-term testing results are of significant importance when radon risk assessment and liability issues are considered. These issues are based on the figure of annual exposure to indoor radon while radon measurement practices are mainly followed the EPA short-term testing protocols. A mathematical framework has been developed that facili...

Background & Aims: Human beings are constantly exposed to different radiations that have always been recognized as a health hazard. Radon -222 and its daughter products are major sources of natural radiations and a significant total inhalation dose is related to them. Hence, the measurement of radon activity in the environment has gained an increasing importance. In this study, with the measure...

background: indoor radon gas (222rn) has been recognized as one of the health hazards for human. air radon comes mainly from basement soil and construction materials. saghand region with rich uranium mines lies 180 km from yazd, so the indoor radon concentration can be high. yazd, with population of about 457000, is the biggest city near saghand, thus, indoor gamma background radiation of yazd ...

To consider the total exposure to indoor radon and thoron, a concept of equivalent radon concentration for thoron is introduced, defined as the radon concentration that delivers the same annual effective dose as that resulting from the thoron concentration. The total indoor exposure to radon and thoron is then the sum of the radon concentration and the equivalent radon concentration for thoron....

Design criteria for achieving an acceptable indoor radon concentration are presented in this paper. The paper suggests three design criteria. These criteria have to be considered at the early stage of the building design phase to meet the latest recommendations from the World Health Organization in most countries. The three design criteria are; first, establishing a radon barrier facing the gro...

The relative potential for elevated residential indoor radon has been mapped for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. Using published geologic maps and soil permeability information, the study area was divided into geologic and soil permeability (geoperm) units. Evaluation of the data showed a relationship between residential basement indoor radon concentrations and geopenn units. Mean indoor ra...

The average indoor radon concentration in Finnish flats is 80 Bq/m3. Typically walls have been made using concrete elements. Building materials are the dominant source of indoor radon. However, in the flats of the lowest floor, with a floor slab in direct ground contact, the main source of radon is often the inflow of radon bearing soil air. The number of these ground contact flats is less than...

background: many public health agencies rank residential radon exposure as the second leading cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. it has been shown that the risk coefficient for lung cancer is higher for children than that for adults. therefore, indoor radon measurements were carried out in the elementary schools of tulkarem province, west bank, palestine. materials and methods: two h...