A comprehensive review on sources of radon and factors affecting radon concentration in underground uranium mines

P Sahu, DC Panigrahi, DP Mishra - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents an extensive literature review on the various sources of radon such as
ore body, backfill mill tailings, broken ore and mine water in underground uranium mines …

Radiological characterization of natural building materials from the Campania region (Southern Italy)

C Sabbarese, F Ambrosino, A D'Onofrio… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
The characterization of natural radioactivity content in thirty-one natural building materials
representative of the Campania region (South Italy) was carried out. High resolution γ-ray …

Indoor radon: An overview on a perennial problem

F Pacheco-Torgal - Building and Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) radon constitutes the second cause of
lung cancer in the general population, the first being smoking. In addition health …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of natural radioactivity in fertilizers and phosphate ores in Egypt

NM Hassan, NA Mansour, M Fayez-Hassan… - Journal of Taibah …, 2016 - Elsevier
Radionuclide concentrations of uranium (238 U), thorium (232 Th) and potassium (40 K)
maintained in 10 phosphate ore and 5 fertilizer samples were measured using a high-purity …

Natural radioactivity and radon exhalation rate of Sardinian dimension stones

V Dentoni, S Da Pelo, MM Aghdam… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the ever-growing public concern about radon risk arising from building materials, the
radon exhalation rates and the natural radioactivity of eighteen dimension stones mostly …

A model to predict radon exhalation from walls to indoor air based on the exhalation from building material samples

BK Sahoo, BK Sapra, JJ Gaware, SD Kanse… - Science of the total …, 2011 - Elsevier
In recognition of the fact that building materials are an important source of indoor radon,
second only to soil, surface radon exhalation fluxes have been extensively measured from …

Study of indoor radon distribution using measurements and CFD modeling

N Chauhan, RP Chauhan, M Joshi, TK Agarwal… - Journal of environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Measurement and/or prediction of indoor radon (222 Rn) concentration are important due to
the impact of radon on indoor air quality and consequent inhalation hazard. In recent times …

Estimation of the radon production rate in granite rocks and evaluation of the implications for geogenic radon potential maps: A case study in Central Portugal

A Pereira, R Lamas, M Miranda, F Domingos… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to estimate radon gas production rate in granitic rocks and identify
the factors responsible for the observed variability. For this purpose, 180 samples were …

Determination of mechanisms and parameters which affect radon entry into a room

AV Vasilyev, MV Zhukovsky - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2013 - Elsevier
There are practically no direct techniques for measuring radon entry rate in the rooms. The
suggested technique allows estimating such parameter under real conditions. The …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of geometrical parameters on the radon emanation coefficient and different radon parameters

EH El-Araby, A Azazi - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Radon is a radioactive gas produced from the uranium-238 series. Radon gas affects public
health and is the second cause of lung cancer. The study samples were collected from one …