VARIATIONS OF INDOOR RADON CONCENTRATION IN TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN RURAL WOODEN HOUSES

Tatiana Petrova; Petr Miklyaev

doi:10.1093/rpd/ncaa156

VARIATIONS OF INDOOR RADON CONCENTRATION IN TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN RURAL WOODEN HOUSES

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2020 Nov 27;191(2):219-222. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncaa156.

Authors

Tatiana Petrova¹, Petr Miklyaev²

Affiliations

¹ Lomonosov Moscow State University, Radiochemistry Department, MSU, Faculty of Chemistry, GSP-1, 1-3 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
² Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Ulanskiy per. 13-2, 101000 Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 33128069
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncaa156

Abstract

Continuous indoor radon measurements were carried out in two traditional Russian rural houses located in different villages of the Moscow region in summer of 2017 and 2018. In additional, in the summer of 2017, continuous measurements of soil gas radon activity concentration at depth 0.8 m and radon exhalation rate from the ground surface near the house were performed simultaneously. It was found that the indoor radon concentration in rural houses is subject to strong daily variations, which are characterized by highs at night and lows during the day. Indoor radon concentration is directly proportional to indoor and outdoor temperature difference and inversely proportional to wind speed. While the radon exhalation rate from the ground surface, as well as the ventilation of premises (opening doors and windows) practically do not affect the concentration of radon in Russian rural wooden houses.

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants, Radioactive* / analysis
Air Pollution, Indoor* / analysis
Housing
Radon* / analysis
Russia
Ventilation

Substances

Air Pollutants, Radioactive
Radon