Protocol for the estimation of average indoor radon-daughter concentrations

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5414474

Langner, Jr, G H; Pacer, J C

The US Department of Energy Office of Remedial Action and Waste Technology established the Technical Measurements Center (TMC) in 1982 at the Grand Junction, Colorado, Projects Office. The TMC mission is to provide standardization, calibration, comparability, verification of data, quality assurance, and cost-effectiveness for the environmental measurement requirements of DOE remedial action programs. One measurement requirement is the measurement of radon-daughter concentration within structures. The Technical Measurements Center has developed a protocol which specifies the procedures to be used for determining indoor radon-daughter concentrations in support of Department of Energy remedial action programs. This document is the central part of the protocol and is to be used in conjunction with the individual procedure manuals. The manuals contain the information and procedures required to implement the proven methods for estimating average indoor radon-daughter concentration. Proven in this case means that these methods have been determined to provide reasonable assurance that the average radon-daughter concentration within a structure is either above, at, or below the standards established for remedial action programs. This document contains description of the generic aspects of methods used for estimating radon-daughter concentration and provides guidance with respect to method selection for a given situation. The methods discussed are: Kodak-Pathe alpha-track film method; radon progeny integrating sampling unit (RPISU) unit; and radon grab method.

• Research Organization: Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction, CO (USA); Pennsylvania Power and Light Co., Allentown (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76GJ01664
• OSTI ID: 5414474
• Report Number(s): GJ/TMC-09; ON: DE86015373
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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