Open AccessFinal Report: Radon: Gas Transport in Soils and its Relation Toradon Availability: Hot Spot Identification and Flow Characteristics Near Structures, May 1, 1996 - September 30, 1997
Author(s) -
C. J. Olsen
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/765724
Subject(s) - radon , environmental science , soil water , basement , identification (biology) , quality assurance , hydrology (agriculture) , soil science , geology , civil engineering , engineering , geotechnical engineering , nuclear physics , operations management , physics , botany , external quality assessment , biology
There were 3 major objectives being addressed in this research. The first was to coordinate ground-truth quality assurance in the DOE/LBL/EPA cooperative study to determine a methodology to predict the areas where indoor radon concentrations have the highest probability of exceeding 20 pCi/L (750 Bq/md). the second was to examine 2 common types of homes (basement and non-basement) for yearly radon variation by monitoring specific parameters under normal living conditions. The third task was to develop a rapid field method to determine the thoron (Rn-220) content of soils that would complement the rapid method of Rn-222 content that was earlier developed under this proposal