Indoor air quality environmental information handbook: radon
The Department of Energy has a long-standing interest in investigating the impact of energy conservation measures on indoor air quality. The Office of Environmental Analysis has prepared this handbook in an effort to bring together available information on the impact of radon and its decay products on residential indoor air quality and on human health. The handbook is designed to enhance the understanding of the current state-of-knowledge regarding indoor radon for both homeowners and technical persons with an interest in indoor air quality issues. It provides the technical reader with a comprehensive review and reference source on the sources of radon and its transport mechanisms; reported indoor concentrations; building, and meteorological effects on radon concentration; models for predicting indoor concentrations; health effects and standards; and control technologies. The major questions and concerns of homeowners regarding the issue of indoor radon are addressed in a separate section entitled Radon in the Home: A Primer for Homeowners. This section also provides a starting point for readers desiring a general overview of the subject.
- Research Organization:
- Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA); SYSCON Corp., Washington, DC (USA); Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-84PE72013; AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 6220994
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PE/72013-2; ON: DE86005006
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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