Radon measurements at the FEMP
- Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corp., Cincinnati, OH (United States). Fernald Environmental Management Project
- Cincinnati Univ., OH (United States)
Environmental radon monitoring activities at the DOE Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP) have been conducted extensively since the early 1980`s. Monitoring has been conducted at ambient concentration levels (< 1 pCi/L Rn-222), inside buildings, and at significantly elevated levels (hundreds of thousands pCi/L Rn-222) within the K-65 silo that store concentrated radium bearing wastes. The purpose of this paper/presentation is to present and discuss some of the difficulties encountered/solutions (e.g. reliability, detection limits, affects of environmental factors, data transfer, etc.) that have been discovered while taking measurements using both alpha track-etch passive integrating detectors and alpha scintillation real-time detectors. A short summary and conclusion section is provided following each topic presented.
- Research Organization:
- Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corp., Cincinnati, OH (United States). Fernald Environmental Management Project
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-92OR21972
- OSTI ID:
- 10121459
- Report Number(s):
- FEMP-2293; CONF-9309191-2; ON: DE94006471; BR: 35EW00000/35EW20100; TRN: 94:003607
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International radon conference,Denver, CO (United States),20-23 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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