Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that originates from the decay of uranium in rocks and soils and is linked to some 13% of lung cancer cases in Ireland. Between 1992 and 1999, the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII)1 carried out a National Radon Survey (NRS) of Ireland to identify the areas of the country most at risk from high indoor radon levels. Those areas wher...

The State of Florida has a radon standard for new construction. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of two slab types (monolithic and slab-in-stem wall) in retarding radon entry in new houses built in accordance with the proposed standard over high radon potential soils. Fourteen houses were monitored during their construction on sites whose soil gas radon concentrations were...

Exposure to indoor radon has been determined to be the second leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco smoking. Canadian population risk of radon induced lung cancer was assessed in 2005 with the radon distribution characteristics determined from a radon survey carried out in the late 1970s in 19 cities. In that survey, a grab sampling method was used to measure radon levels. The observed rad...

The objective of this research paper is to create a public awareness in understanding the radon gas problem, discuss efficient data management methods and analyses of indoor radon gas concentrations, and mitigate the indoor radon gas concentrations to below acceptable level in the state of Ohio. The Ohio Radon Information System (ORIS) is a compendium of five databases or modules, viz. the “Hom...

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...