Palos Verdes Peninsula High School

The data collected at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School are presented here. Figure 1 is a schematic of the school site that shows the rooms that were tested for indoor radon colored according to the amount of radon in the rooms. Figure 1 also show the approximate locations of the sites where field gamma-ray measurements were made. Table 1 lists the results of the field gamma-ray measurements. Samples of the top five inches of soil were collected at two of the gamma-ray sites and Table 2 lists the results of analyses of those samples. Table 3 lists the results of the indoor radon measurements.

 

Image of Peninsula HS site with radon and gamma-ray locations.

Figure 1. Schematic of rooms at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School showing indoor radon levels and sites at which gamma-ray measurements were made.

 

Table 1. Results of gamma-ray spectrometer measurements at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. Site locations are indicated in Figure 1 (e.g. location number 1 refers to PHP1). The column labeled "Group" identifies the group to which the measurement was assigned as a result of classification of the gamma-ray data.

 

Location

K

eU

eTh

Group

Latitude

Longitude

 

(%)

(ppm)

(ppm)

 

(degrees)

(degrees)

PHP1

1.8

3.5

5.4

3

33.7784

-118.3727

PHP2

1.5

3.9

4.6

3

33.7781

-118.3723

PHP3

1.7

4.9

4.7

3

33.7776

-118.3728

PHP4

0.9

4.4

3.7

2

33.7782

-118.3713

PHP5

0.8

4.2

3.6

2

33.7774

-118.3732

PHP6

1.5

3.6

3.7

3

33.7783

-118.3721

 

Table 2. Results of laboratory measurements of soil samples. The K, eU, and eTh concentrations were determined by a laboratory gamma-ray spectrometer and the field results are presented for comparison. Radon emanation fraction was determined as discussed in the section on methodologies.

 

Location

Laboratory

Field Spectrometer

Radon

Latitude

Longitude

 

K

eU

eTh

K

eU

eTh

Eman.

(degrees)

(degrees)

 

(%)

(ppm)

(ppm)

(%)

(ppm)

(ppm)

 

 

 

PHP2

1.4

4.3

5.4

1.5

3.9

4.6

0.27

33.7781

-118.3723

PHP3

1.6

3.9

4.2

1.7

4.9

4.7

0.22

33.7776

-118.3728

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bulk Density (g/cc)

Water Content

Porosity

 

 

 

PHP2

0.99

15.4%

0.63

 

 

 

PHP3

1.09

 

0.59

 

 

 

 

Table 3. Results of indoor radon measurements in classrooms.

 

Room

Radon

Start

Stop

Number

(pCi/L)

Date

Time

Date

Time

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0.2

2/15/2003

15:25

2/17/2003

15:25

H30

0.8

2/15/2003

10:49

2/17/2003

10:26

H31

0.6

2/15/2003

10:50

2/17/2003

10:24

H32

1.2

2/15/2003

10:51

2/17/2003

10:22

H33

1.1

2/15/2003

10:43

2/17/2003

10:31

H34

1.2

2/15/2003

10:43

2/17/2003

10:31

H35

1.2

2/15/2003

10:45

2/17/2003

10:30

M1

0.2

2/15/2003

10:32

2/17/2003

10:11

M2

0.2

2/15/2003

10:33

2/17/2003

10:12

M3

0.2

2/15/2003

10:34

2/17/2003

10:14

M4

1.0

2/15/2003

10:35

2/17/2003

10:15

M5

1.2

2/15/2003

10:37

2/17/2003

10:17

M6

0.8

2/15/2003

10:38

2/17/2003

10:18

M7

0.8

2/15/2003

10:40

2/17/2003

10:20

S10

0.9

2/15/2003

10:55

2/17/2003

10:48

S10

0.9

2/15/2003

10:55

2/17/2003

10:48

S11

1.5

2/15/2003

10:57

2/17/2003

10:50

S14

0.8

2/15/2003

10:59

2/17/2003

10:52

S23

0.6

2/15/2003

10:23

2/17/2003

10:44

S24

0.7

2/15/2003

10:21

2/17/2003

10:45

S30

4.5

2/15/2003

10:28

2/17/2003

10:36

S33

0.8

2/15/2003

10:25

2/17/2003

10:40

S34

0.7

2/15/2003

10:24

2/17/2003

10:42

 

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