Radon testing in Arkansas homes
Journal Article
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· ASHRAE Journal (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers); (USA)
OSTI ID:6239150
- Histecon Associates, Inc., Little Rock, AR (US)
This paper reports on 262 homes in Arkansas tested for radon concentrations during 1989. The sub-group drawn from areas thought to have elevated levels of radon gas in the soil consisted of 199 homes. The remaining 63 residences were drawn from counties where the levels of radon within the soil gas are not believed to be high. Also included within the overall sample are results from measurements performed on about 20 underground or earthen houses. The author concludes that geographic or geologic patterns alone do not normally explain the presence of high levels of radon gas in individual homes in Arkansas. Although high level homes were found with such geologic areas in western and northwestern parts of the state, high levels of radon (in several cases above 8 pCi/L) also were found away from the suspected formations in central Arkansas.
- OSTI ID:
- 6239150
- Journal Information:
- ASHRAE Journal (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: ASHRAE Journal (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers); (USA) Vol. 32:9; ISSN ASHRA; ISSN 0001-2491
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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