Main Title |
Feasibility and approach for mapping radon potentials in Florida / |
Author |
Nielson, Kirk K. ;
Rogers, V. C.
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Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
Rogers and Associates Engineering Corp., Salt Lake City, UT.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.;Florida Dept. of Community Affairs, Tallahassee. |
Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory : State of Florida, Dept. of Community Affairs, |
Year Published |
1991 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/8-91/046 |
Stock Number |
PB91-217372 |
Additional Subjects |
Radon ;
Mapping ;
Florida ;
Residential buildings ;
Environmental monitoring ;
Pollution control ;
Soils ;
Stationary sources ;
Indoor air pollution ;
Feasibility ;
Statistical analysis ;
Public health
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB91-217372 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
46 pages ; 28 cm |
Abstract |
The report gives results of an analysis of the feasibility and approach for developing statewide maps of radon potentials in Florida. The maps would provide a geographic basis for implementing new radon-protective building construction standards to reduce public health risks from exposure to radon. In this new mapping approach, variations in indoor radon are partitioned by source, house, and time variations. Source variations are partitioned from house variations by compiling radon entry rates for a reference house that is modeled as though located on varying layered soils that represent the source ariations throughout the state. House variations are represented from existing indoor radon data after normalizing to the source potential at each location. Time variations are minimized by using invariant or long-term parameters. Two kinds of maps would result from this approach's radon source maps and radon probability maps. The expected indoor radon concentrations could be computed from a particular source datum and nominal house characteristics. |
Notes |
EPA/600/8-91/046. PB91-217372. "July 1991." "Richard W. Dixon, DCA project officer and David C. Sanchez, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, project officer." Microfiche. |