Radon levels in New Jersey

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6946808

Ranney, C; Machever, R ^[1]

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1. Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc., Edison, NJ (USA)

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection began to assess the potential for a natural indoor radon problem in the state following the discovery in December 1984 of high radon levels in homes in northeastern Pennsylvania. A geologic feature commonly known as the Reading Prong underlying the affected homes was identified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources as the source of elevated indoor radon levels. The Reading Prong, which contains bands of rock bodies associated with high uranium concentrations runs in a northeasterly direction out of Pennsylvania through northern New Jersey and into New York. A review of available geologic and aeroradiometric data conducted by the New Jersey Geological Survey demonstrated that New Jersey had significant potential for a radon problem and it was likely that the problem would not be confined to the Reading Prong region, but would include areas to the north and south as well. To determine the magnitude and extent of the indoor radon problem, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection commissioned a statewide radon study. A major component of this study and the primary subject of this paper is a survey of approximately 6,000 dwellings. Objectives of the survey are outlined and the results are presented.

• OSTI ID: 6946808
• Report Number(s): CONF-880679-; TRN: 90-011030
• Resource Relation: Conference: 81. annual meeting of Air Pollution Control Association, Dallas, TX (USA), 19-24 Jun 1988; Other Information: 88-76.1; Related Information: Volume 4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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AIR QUALITY
RADON
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GEOLOGIC SURVEYS
HOUSES
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
RADIOMETERS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
URANIUM
US EPA
ACTINIDES
AIR POLLUTION
BUILDINGS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FEDERAL REGION II
FLUIDS
GASES
MASS TRANSFER
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
POLLUTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE GASES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SURVEYS
US ORGANIZATIONS
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