The effect of aerosol concentration on radon daughter plateout

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:5829347

Nel, M; Kinsara, A A; Loyalka, S K; Tompson, R V ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia (United States)

The natural radiation dose from {sup 222}Rn is affected by several processes such as radioactive decay, ventilation, attachment to or detachment from ambient aerosol, and deposition on walls and fixtures. One parameter affecting the radon daughter plateout is the number of aerosol particles in the air. Simply stated, the more particles there are in the air, the more chances there are for a radionuclide to become attached to a particle. Since this is a process that is competitive with plateout, it reduces the number of radon daughters available to be deposited on surfaces. The purposes of this study were to investigate the magnitude of plateout as it is affected by the concentration of aerosol particles and to verify the correlation obtained by George et al.

• OSTI ID: 5829347
• Report Number(s): CONF-910603--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 63; ISSN TANSA; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540130* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AEROSOLS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
COLLOIDS
DAUGHTER PRODUCTS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DEPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MONITORING
NUCLEI
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADON 222
RADON ISOTOPES
SOLS
VENTILATION