Radon Research Program, FY 1991

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10148121

The scientific information being sought in this program encompasses research designed to determine radon availability and transport outdoors, modeling transport into and within buildings, physics and chemistry of radon and radon progeny, dose response relationships, lung cancer risk, and mechanisms of radon carcinogenesis. The main goal of the DOE/OHER Radon Research Program is to develop information to reduce these uncertainties and thereby provide an improved health risk estimate of exposure to radon and its progeny as well as to provide information useful in radon control strategies. Results generated under the Program were highlighted in a National Research Council report on radon dosimetry. The study concluded that the risk of radon exposure is 30% less in homes than in mines. This program summary of book describes the OHER FY-1991 Radon Research Program. It is the fifth in an annual series of program books designed to provide scientific and research information to the public and to other government agencies on the DOE Radon Research Program.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Health and Environmental Research; Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10148121
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER--0536P; ON: DE92014901; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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