Indoor radon in New York State schools

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:269810

Condon, W; Ort, S V; Rimawi, K; Papura, T ^[1]

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1. New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY (United States); and others

New York State participated in a project to study radon in schools funded in part through a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Candidate schools were selected from areas in which existing information suggested there may be a high risk for indoor radon. These schools were invited to participate in an indoor radon survey that included short-term, confirmatory, long-term and post-mitigation measurements. Additionally, the soils under and around eighteen of the schools were measured for indoor radon potential through soil gas measurements and examined for correlation with indoor radon concentrations. Fifty-nine schools were surveyed during the project. Thirty-four of the schools were found to have one or more rooms with long-term radon levels exceeding EPA guidelines. Five of the thirty-four schools have successfully completed mitigation measures.

• OSTI ID: 269810
• Report Number(s): CONF-950999--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
BASEMENTS
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
NEW YORK
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADON
RISK ASSESSMENT
ROCKS
SOILS