When compared to indoor radon concentrations, outdoor radon levels are generally low. Within the vicinity of a radon mitigation system, however, exhausted radon may cause unnaturally high levels of outdoor radon. A study was conducted over a period of three weeks on a home with a subslab depressurization mitigation system measuring outdoor radon concentrations correlated with wind speed. The da...

In order to identify radon-prone areas and evaluate radon risk level, a soil gas radon survey combined with gamma-ray spectrometry measurements was carried out in Shenzhen City, south China. Meanwhile, the statistical analysis was applied to evaluate the distribution of measured results. This paper presents the methodology of the radon risk assessment. A radon risk map was accomplished based on...

In most countries, radon is the dominant contributor among natural radiation sources to the radiation exposure dose of the general population. Numerous case-control studies of residential radon and lung cancer have been conducted using passive radon (Rn-222) detectors. These studies showed that radon may increase lung cancer risk, but most of them did not show a significant risk. Recently it wa...

The indoor radon program in the US. started in the early 1970's in response to Congressional Hearings that recommended the initiation of radon measurements in certain parts of the united States where enhanced radon caused by contaminated uranium and radium tailings was suspect. In the mid 1970's, the Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML), conducted the first in...

Radon and its progenies have been ranked second of being responsible for lung cancer in humans. Hong Kong has four major groups of uranium-rich plutonic and volcanic rocks and is suffering from radon emanated therefrom. However, there is a lack of radon potential maps in Hong Kong to resolve the spatial distribution of radonprone areas. A ten-point radon potential system was developed in German...

Publicly available information about radon potential in Northern Ireland is currently based on indoor radon results averaged over 1-km grid squares, an approach that does not take into account the geological origin of the radon. This study describes a spatially more accurate estimate of the radon potential of Northern Ireland using an integrated radon potential mapping method based on indoor ra...

A survey was undertaken of radon levels in 1013 dwellings in Sussex, UK. A number of dwellings were identified with high radon levels in an area previously considered to offer low radon risk from geological sources. Multiple regression was used to determine the relative influence of the various geographical and building-related factors on indoor radon levels. The radon hazard, independent of bu...

Radon mitigation by natural basement ventilation was compared to mitigation by forced ventilation (pressurization) and to mitigation by the operation of a modified heating and air conditioning (HAC) system in a series of experiments conducted during the spring and summer in a research house. Both natural ventilation and basement pressurization reduced average basement radon concentrations from ...

results the mean radon concentration in the drinking water of aliabad katoul is 2.90 ± 0.57 bq/l. conclusions the radon concentration in aliabad katoul is below the limit for hazardous levels, but some precautions will make conditions even safer for the local populace. objectives the aim of this study is to evaluate the concentration of soluble radon in the drinking water of the city of aliabad...