Radon and Thoron in the Human Environment : Proceedings of the 7th Tohwa University International

by Katase, Akira

• ISBN13: 9789810234430
• ISBN10: 9810234430
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of the 7th Tohwa University Inter- national Symposium on Radon & Thoron in the Human Environment held in Fukuoka, Japan on October 23-25, 1997.

Table of Contents

Preface	v	(1)
Organizing Committee	vi	(1)
Programming Committee	vi	(1)
Symposium Photo	vii
A Measurements and calibration	1	(112)
Instruments and methods for measuring radon/thoron and their progeny: calibrations, intercomparisons and particle size	3	(15)
Andreas C. George
Jason Z. Esposito
Nancy A. Bredhoff
Passive methods for environmental radon and thoron monitoring	18	(10)
Takao Iida
A prospective assessment of (210)Po surface collection for estimating (222)Rn exposure	28	(11)
Brian Fitzgerald
Philip Karl Hopke
Intercomparison of passive radon dosimeters developed by NIRS (Japan) and SSI (Sweden)	39	(6)
Masahiro Doi
Rolf Falk
Inger Ostergren
Thoron intercalibration procedurers	45	(5)
Rolf Falk
Masahiro Doi
Hans More
Control of radon concentrations in a radon chamber	50	(6)
Ching-Jiang Chen
Chi-Chang Liu
Yu-Ming Lin
A calibration facility for radon fluxmeter	56	(5)
Li Xianjie
Qiu Shoukang
Zhou Jianliang
Liu Chunkui
Pan Jialin
Yang Mingli
Evaluation of factors influencing measurements of environmental (222)Rn Concentrations -- 1	61	(6)
Yoshio Homma
Yuko Murase
Isao Murakami
Keiko Handa
Kimiko Horiuchi
Prototype exposure chamber of radon for animal experiments	67	(6)
Yuji Yamada
Akira Koizumi
Hidenori Yonehara
Michikuni Shimo
Jiro Inaba
Size selective performance of low pressure Andersen sampler and its application to activity size distribution of radon progeny	73	(6)
Keizo Yamasaki
Size distribution of atmospheric radioactive aerosols and its measurement	79	(6)
Yihe Jin
Liya Xu
Guopqiu Fang
Michikuni Shimo
Weihai Zhuo
Electrical mobility of radioactive small Ions ((218)Po) in the atmosphere	85	(5)
Sigeru Nakae
Tetuya Yamada
Kazuhiko Miura
Kenji Hara
Time variation of (222)Rn concentration and gamma level in a half -- basement room	90	(6)
Takeshi Iimoto
Hoshio Eguchi
Toshiso Kosako
Nobuyuki Sugiura
New three -- count technique for short -- lived radon decay products in air	96	(5)
Deyuan Tian
Zhizhao Lu
Development and calibration of a high sensitive radon detector in air	101	(6)
Machiko Nemoto
Shigeki Tasaka
Hidemitsu Hori
Kimihiro Okumura
Takaaki Kajita
Yasuo Takeuchi
Hiroko Okazawa
Detection efficiency of LR-115 using a new measurement device	107	(6)
Abdelhakim Sabir
Hamid Marah
B Radon and thoron related to the earthquake	113	(92)
Radon, gas geochemistry, groundwater and earthquakes	115	(9)
Chi-Yu King
Radon observation for earthquake prediction	124	(7)
Hiroshi Wakita
Geological fault exploration and earthquake prediction using radon	131	(10)
Pao-Shan Weng
Research in using radon content variation to predict earthquakes in China	141	(9)
Zhaocheng Zhang
Wei Zhang
Monitoring of radon activity in the tunnel and out-flow water from mining pit of former Ogoya Copper Mine and radon anomaly related to earthquake of September 10, 1996 at Komatsu area, Japan	150	(7)
Kazuhisa Komura
Akira Toguchi
Seiji Yamazaki
Variation in radon exhalation from the ground on the active fault in Kobe	157	(4)
Y. Yasuoka
M. Shinogi
Has radon emission any relation to the formation of atmospheric preseismic phenomena?	161	(5)
Shigeru Okabe
Tsuguo Nishikawa
Radon measurements in association with earthquakes	166	(5)
C. Papastefanou
M. Manolopoulou
S. Stoulos
A. Ioannidou
E. Gerasopoulos
EPOSI -- a multiparameter measuring system to earthquake prediction research	171	(5)
T. Streil
J. Heinicke
U. Koch
V. Oeser
J. Wiegand
Vibrations in the urban environment controlling (222)Rn migration in soils	176	(7)
Jens Wiegand
Radon in soil gas and groundwater	183	(10)
Susumu Nishimura
Radon measurements in soil and water and its relation with geology, Garhwal Himalaya, India	193	(6)
Vinay M. Choubey
Prediction of the earthquake in the western Japan from the change of radon concentrations in air	199	(6)
Akira Katase
Yuzuru Matsumoto
C Environmental radon and thoron	205	(132)
Modeling radon flux from the earth's surface	207	(11)
S. D. Schery
M. A. Wasiolek
Modeling of radon transport in porous media	218	(10)
E. R. van der Graaf
W. H. van der Spoel
R. J. de Meijer
Airborne radon concentrations in different environments in Korea	228	(12)
Yoon - Shin Kim
Takao Iida
The exhalation rate of radon in the atmosphere and the influencing factors	240	(6)
H. Kojima
Vertical distribution of radon concentrations in the atmosphere	246	(6)
Takao Iida
Katsumi Yamada
Hideyuki Miyachi
Yasunobu Iwasaka
Katsuji Matsunaga
Takashi Ishizaka
The vertical profile of (222)Rn concentration in the lower atmospheric boundary layer at Shimane peninsula	252	(7)
Katsuhiro Yoshioka
Estimates of seasonal variations of (222)Rn from different origins by using the correlation between (222)Rn and (212)Pb concentrations in air	259	(6)
Takatoshi Hattor
Takeshi Ichiji
Radon daughters in precipitation	265	(6)
Tsuguo Nishikawa
Yoichi Tamagawa
Shigeru Okabe
Time series analysis of atmospheric (222)Rn concentrations and meteorological factors in Japan	271	(5)
Katsumi Yamada
Takao Iida
Yukimasa Ikebe
Hideyuki Miyachi
Ippei Nagao
Kazuhisa Komura
A subnationwide survey of outdoor and indoor (222)Rn concentrations in China by passive method	276	(6)
Y. Jin
T. Iida
Y. Ikebe
Z. Wang
S. Abe
Environmental effects of radon and its progeny from uranium waste rock piles: part 1 -- measurements by passive and continuous monitors	282	(6)
Yuu Ishimori
Kimio Ito
Sada-aki Furuta
Environmental effects of radon and its progeny from uranium waste rock piles: part 2 -- measurements by grab sampling methods	288	(6)
Kimio Ito
Yuu Ishimori
Sada-aki Furuta
Environmental effects of radon and its progeny from uranium waste rock piles: part 3 -- estimation by dispersion models and experiments	294	(6)
Sada-aki Furuta
Kimio Ito
Yuu Ishimori
Radon measurements on uranium mining and mill tailing in Kalan West Kalimantan Indonesia	300	(6)
Mudiar Masdja
Sutomo Budihardjo
Is radon a potential risk in geothermal fields?	306	(5)
M. Balcazar
L. Tavera
A. Lopez
Miners annual exposure and the outlet air	311	(7)
Dariusz Kluszczynski
Tomislaw Domanski
Differential radon measurements for outburst prediction in coal mines	318	(6)
Wlodek Zahorowski
Stewart Whittlestone
Role of environmental variables on radon concentration in soil	324	(6)
H. Climent
M. Bakalowicz
M. Monnin
Radon movement simulation in overburden by the "Scattered Packet Method"	330	(7)
H. Marah
A. Sabir
L. Hlou
M. Tayebi
D Indoor radon and thoron	337	(126)
Radon in the United Kingdom	339	(10)
Gerry Kendall
Indoor radon levels and measurements in China	349	(7)
Hengde Wang
Assessment of radiation dose from exposure to radon and thoron progeny	356	(11)
Stephen B. Solomon
Study of indoor radon levels in Garhwal Himalayas using solid state nuclear track detector	367	(6)
R. C. Ramola
The measurement of thoron concentrations in Australia using the Japanese passive R -T dosimeter	373	(6)
L. F. Toussaint
S. Tokonami
M. Doi
S. B. Solomon
J. R. Peggie
Influence of (220)Rn on (222)Rn measurement in Chinese cave dwellings	379	(6)
Bing Shang
Zhouyuan Wang
Takao Iida
Yukimasa Ikebe
Katsumi Yamada
Correlation between nationwide indoor radon and terrestrial gamma survey data in Japan	385	(6)
Kenzo Fujimoto
On the long term indoor radon concentration measurements the basement of Japanese hospitals	391	(6)
Mika Shiotsu
Koichi Ikeda
Susumu Yoshizawa
Takao Iida
Radon concentrations in wooden houses	397	(6)
Hiromu Watanabe
Takashi Okuyama
Radon and thoron daughter concentrations in Romanian houses	403	(4)
Constantin Milu
Raluca Gheorghe
Radioactivity of some specific underground workplaces in Hungary	407	(6)
Pavel Szerbin
The influence of the working conditions on the equilibrium factor F and the unattached fraction fp	413	(5)
T. Streil
A. Reichelt
A. Reineking
Continuous radon gas measurement along with intermittent radon -- and thoron -- progeny measurement for one year	418	(6)
Tsuneo Kobayashi
Yuji Takaku
Comparison between indoor and outdoor measurements of Rn -- 220 decay product concentrations and meteorological parameters	424	(5)
M. Trautmannsheimer
K. Bunzl
J. Peter
Effect of humidity on radon exhalation rate from concrete	429	(6)
Hirokuni Yamanishi
Haruo Obayashi
Naruhito Tsuji
Hisao Nakayoshi
Indoor radon levels in the environs of Guru Nanak Dev University campus	435	(5)
B. S. Bajwa
H. S. Virk
(222)Rn concentration in some characteristic dwellings in Cluj, Romania	440	(6)
Ildiko Mocsy
Ilona Hunyadi
Krisztina Simon
Corina Fulea
Attila Vasarhelyi
Monitoring and control of the radon hazard in Polish coal mines	446	(9)
Jan Skowronek
Krystian Skubacz
Boguslaw Michalik
Ryszard Kajdasz
Zbigniew Strzesniewicz
Radon in houses on area of the Upper Silesian coal basin	455	(8)
Malgorzata Wysocka
Antoni Mielnikow
Stanislaw Chalupnik
E Radon in the Water	463	(44)
Radon in natural water	465	(9)
Kimiko Horiuchi
Radon concentrations in Neitaping cold spring	474	(6)
Cheng Hsin Mao
Pao Shan Weng
Radon concentrations in well water in Sichuan Province, China	480	(5)
Yibin Chen
Wu Qun
Zhang Bo
Daifu Chen
Long-lived radon daughters, (210)Pb and (210)Po, in volcanic products and hot and mineral spring waters	485	(18)
M. Yamamoto
K. Komura
M. Sakanoue
Development of a drinking water standard for (222)Rn in the United States	503	(4)
Philip K. Hopke
F Dosimetry and health physics	507	(70)
Medical experiences in Misasa radon spa (Japan)	509	(6)
Masaaki Mifune
Hiroshi Morinaga
Biological and therapeutical effects of radon	515	(8)
Peter Deetjen
Radon: characteristics in air and dose conversion factors	523	(9)
Justin Porstendorfer
August Reineking
Health effects and radiation dose from exposure to radon indoors	532	(8)
Gun Astri Swedjemark
Effective dose for radon progeny in Japan	540	(8)
Michikuni Shimo
Test of the linear -- no threshold theory of radiation carcinogenesis	548	(5)
Bernard L. Cohen
Doses delivered to the lung by radon -- decay products: computations by a stochastic lung model	553	(4)
Laszlo Koblinger
Werner Hofmann
Ralph Bergmann
Effects of radon inhalation on physiology and disorders	557	(6)
Kiyonori Yamaoka
Yoshiaki Komoto
Health effects of low level radiation	563	(6)
Sadao Hattori
Approach to publicly acceptable radiation dose unit based on annual dose equivalent dominated by radon exposure	569	(5)
Hidehiko Arima
Hiromi Etoh
Kenji Ishibashi
Size distributions of radon progeny and their influence on lung dose	574	(3)
Thomas Haninger
Author index	577