Indoor exposure levels of radon in dwellings, schools, and offices in China from 2000 to 2020: a systematic review

C Su, M Pan, Y Zhang, H Kan, Z Zhao, F Deng… - Indoor …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of development, the indoor environment in China has changed. A systematic
review was conducted from peer‐reviewed scientific papers with field test data of indoor …

Effect of soil's porosity and moisture content on radon and thoron exhalation rates

A Pyngrope, A Saxena, A Khardewsaw… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2022 - Springer
We study the variation of radon mass exhalation rate (J m) and thoron surface exhalation
rate (J s) with soil's porosity and moisture content using a scintillation based monitor-Smart …

Design on intermittent ventilation strategy for radon removal in underground space

B Wang, T Song, J Li, X Zhang, Y Li, X Han… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ventilation to reduce radon was one of the most widely used, important, and effective means
to reduce radon concentration in underground engineering. The largest energy consumption …

Dose distribution to individual tissues and organs due to exposure of alpha energies from radon and thoron to local population of Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, India

AK Singla, S Kansal, R Mehra - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear …, 2021 - Springer
The purpose of the present study is to assess dose received by individual tissues or organs
of human beings from the exposure of indoor radon (Rn-222), thoron (Rn-220) and their …

Assessment of radon and potentially toxic metals in agricultural soils of Punjab, India

I Kaur, A Gupta, BP Singh, S Sharma, A Kumar - Microchemical Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Radon, a radioactive gas is a primary source of radioactive pollution and directly influence
the humans exposed to it. Radon (Rn 222)/thoron (Rn 220) exhalation and soil gas radon …

Assessment of indoor radon, thoron concentrations, and their relationship with seasonal variation and geology of Udhampur district, Jammu & Kashmir, India

A Kumar, S Sharma, R Mehra, S Narang… - International journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background The inhalation doses resulting from the exposure to radon, thoron, and their
progeny are important quantities in estimating the radiation risk for epidemiological studies …

Study of radon/thoron exhalation rate, soil-gas radon concentration, and assessment of indoor radon/thoron concentration in Siwalik Himalayas of Jammu & Kashmir

M Kaur, A Kumar, R Mehra, R Mishra - Human and Ecological Risk …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, the soil-gas radon concentration was assessed at different depth
intervals, ie, 15 cm, 30 cm, 60 cm, and 100 cm from the 30 villages of Jammu & Kashmir …

Measurement of radon concentration in soil gas and radon exhalation rate from soil samples along and across the Main Central Thrust of Garhwal Himalaya, India

KP Singh, S Chandra, P Panwar, A Joshi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The present study focuses on measuring radon concentrations in soil gas at various depths,
radon exhalation rate (surface and mass) from soil samples, and gamma dose rate along …

Radiological risk assessment due to attached/unattached fractions of radon and thoron progeny in Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan

AK Singla, S Kansal, S Rani, R Mehra - Journal of Radioanalytical and …, 2021 - Springer
Present study has been carried out for dose estimation from attached/unattached progeny
fractions of radon and thoron using wiremesh capped DTPS/DRPS. The measured annual …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of natural radionuclide and exhalation rates of environmental radioactive pollutants from the soil of northern India

V Devi, RP Chauhan - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The estimation of radioactivity level is vital for population health risk assessment and
geological point of view and can be evaluated as rate of exhalation and source …