Experimental study on the influence of natural and artificial ventilation on indoor radon concentration
Remetti, R.; Gigante, G.E.
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia 32(4 Suppl): 245-247
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1592-7830 PMID: 21438272 Document Number: 644195
The study presents the results of a campaign of measurements on the daily radon concentration using a Genitron Alpha Guard spectrometer. All the measurements have been intended to highlight the radon concentration variability during the 24 hours of the day and trying to find correlations with other ambient parameters such as temperature and pressure or local conditions such as the presence or not of a forced ventilation system. The main part of the measurements have been carried in the area of the Nuclear Measurement Laboratory of the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering of "Sapienza" University of Rome. Results show a rapid rise of radon concentration in the night, when the artificial ventilation system was off and with door and windows closed. In the morning, after the opening of door and windows, the concentration falls down abruptly. With artificial ventilation system in function concentration never reaches significant values.