Radiation hazards associated with radionuclides and theoretical evaluation of indoor radon concentration from soil exhalation of Udhampur District, Jammu and …

S Sharma, A Kumar, R Mehra, R Mishra - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Soil is the prime source of radon and thoron concentrations in the household
dwellings. The presence of radioactive gases in the environment is mainly due to the …

Preliminary study on the variation of radon-222 inside greenhouse of Shouguang county, China

X Li, X Xu, W Li, F Wang, C Hai - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2016 - Elsevier
Studies on radon have become the focus of indoor radiation. In this study, we chose
greenhouse to be the study field, the research aims to:(1) explore the diurnal variation of …

Factors controlling temporal variability of near-ground atmospheric 222Rn concentration over central Europe

M Zimnoch, P Wach, L Chmura… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Concentration of radon (222 Rn) in the near-ground atmosphere has been measured quasi-
continuously from January 2005 to December 2009 at two continental sites in Europe …

[PDF][PDF] Results of long-term measurement of 222Rn concentrations in outdoor atmosphere

K Holy, R BShm, A PolaSkovd, O Hola - of the IRPA Regional Symposium …, 1997 - osti.gov
The radon (222Rn) in the outdoor atmosphere has been investigated in many studies. It was
found out that daily and seasonal variations of the 222Rn concentration occur near the …

Daily variation of radon gas and its short-lived progeny concentration near ground level and estimation of aerosol residence time

M Mohery, AM Abdallah, A Ali, SS Baz - Chinese Physics B, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Atmospheric concentrations of radon (222 Rn) gas and its short-lived progenies 218 Po, 214
Pb, and 214 Po were continuously monitored every four hours at the ground level in Jeddah …

Diurnal and seasonal variations of radon (222Rn) and their dependence on soil moisture and vertical stability of the lower atmosphere at Pune, India

NJ Victor, D Siingh, RP Singh, R Singh… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Continuous measurements of the concentration of Radon (222 Rn) and its progenies were
made with a Radon detector, RTM 2200, at a tropical site, Pune (18° 31′ N, 73° 55′ E …

Enhancement of radon exposure in smoking areas

HA Abdel Ghany - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2007 - Springer
Radium-226 is a significant source of radon-222 which enters buildings through soil,
construction materials or water supply. When cigarette smoke is present, the radon …

The characteristics of radon and thoron concentration from soil gas in Shenzhen City of Southern China

N Wang, L Zheng, X Chu, S Li, S Yan - Nukleonika, 2016 - sciendo.com
Radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn) from soil gas are very significant factors that can affect
the indoor radon level in the first floor or in the basement. China is one of the countries with …

Measurement of 222Rn exhalation rates and 210Pb deposition rates in a tropical environment

CE Lawrence - 2006 - eprints.qut.edu.au
This thesis provides the measurements of 222Rn exhalation rates, 210Pb deposition rates
and excess 210Pb inventories for locations in and around Ranger Uranium Mine and Jabiru …

Observations of surface radon in Central Italy

PD Carlo, G Pitari, N De Luca, D Battisti - Environmental geology, 2009 - Springer
Two years of in situ radon concentration measurements in the atmospheric surface layer
have been collected in a central Italy town (L'Aquila), located in the Aterno river valley …