Diurnal radon variations in the upper soil layers and at the soil-air interface related to meteorological parameters

M Schubert, H Schulz - Health Physics, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Measurements of the radon concentration in a column (1 m 2× 2 m) consisting of a
homogenous mixture of dry sand and uranium tailings have been performed to obtain …

Outdoor Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia

K Holý, M Műllerová, M Bulko, O Holá, T Melicherová - Nukleonika, 2016 - sciendo.com
Radon activity concentration (RAC) in the outdoor atmosphere was monitored in four
localities of Slovakia. The distance between the localities were up to 130 km. The localities …

Seasonal variation of night-time accumulated Rn-222 in central Italy

G Pitari, N De Luca, E Coppari, P Di Carlo… - Environmental Earth …, 2015 - Springer
Observations of Radon-222 taken in the central Italy site of L'Aquila since 2004 have been
analysed with simultaneously collected meteorological data and other atmospheric trace …

Statistical approach to assess radon-222 long-range atmospheric transport modelling and its associated gamma dose rate peaks

A Quérel, K Meddouni, D Quélo… - Advances in …, 2022 - adgeo.copernicus.org
There is a need for a validation framework for long-range atmospheric transport modelling
dedicated to radionuclides. For distances greater than 50 km, the modelling of radionuclide …

Radon exhalation potential and natural radioactivity in soil collected from the surrounding area of a thermal power plant

M Kumar, P Kumar, R Prajith, A Agrawal… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2022 - Springer
In the present study, radon (222Rn), thoron (220Rn) exhalation rates, and the specific
activities of 238U, 232Th, and 40K of 75 soil samples collected from the surrounding area of …

Radon concentration of waters in Greece and Cyprus

D Nikolopoulos, E Vogiannis… - EGU General Assembly …, 2009 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Radon (222Rn) is a radioactive gas generated by the decay of the naturally occurring 238U
series. It is considered very important from radiological point of view, since it is the most …

Soil heat flux and air temperature as factors of radon (Rn-222) concentration in the near-ground air layer

A Podstawczyńska, W Pawlak - Nukleonika, 2016 - sciendo.com
A unique, highly time-resolved, and synchronous three-year dataset of near-surface
atmospheric radon-222 as well as soil heat flux and air temperature measurements at two …

Activity of radon (222Rn) in the lower atmospheric surface layer of a typical rural site in south India

KC Kumar, TR Prasad, MV Ratnam… - Journal of Earth System …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Analysis of one year measurements of in situ radon (222 Rn) and its progenies
along with surface air temperature, relative humidity and pressure near to the Earth's surface …

Long period study of outdoor radon concentration in Milan and correlation between its temporal variations and dispersion properties of atmosphere

L Sesana, E Caprioli, GM Marcazzan - Journal of Environmental …, 2003 - Elsevier
The results of a survey of outdoor radon concentrations in Milan are reported.
Measurements were performed hourly over a continuous four year period from January …

Factors controlling measurements of radon mass exhalation rate

ND Chau, E Chruściel, Ł Prokólski - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2005 - Elsevier
Radon mass exhalation rate of soil samples was measured using an exhalation chamber of
10dm3 volume and a Lucas cell. The results show that mass of sample, grain size and water …