Point Vicente Elementary School

The data collected at Point Vicente Elementary 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 Point Vicente School site with radon and gamma-ray locations.

Figure 1. Schematic of rooms at Point Vicente Elementary School showing indoor radon levels and sites at which gamma-ray measurements were made.

 

Table 1. Results of gamma-ray spectrometer measurements at Point Vicente Elementary School. Site locations are indicated in Figure 1 (e.g. location number 1 refers to PVEP1). 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)

PVEP1

1.4

2.1

5.9

3

33.7567

-118.4071

PVEP2

1.4

1.7

6.1

3

33.7567

-118.4073

PVEP3

1.1

1.8

4.8

3

33.7566

-118.4069

PVEP4

1.1

1.8

4.4

3

33.7566

-118.4077

PVEP5

1.1

1.4

3.5

3

33.7565

-118.4066

PVEP6

1.0

1.3

4.5

3

33.7563

-118.4078

PVEP7

1.3

0.7

2.9

3

33.7556

-118.4068

 

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)

 

 

 

PVEP1

1.1

2.0

6.0

1.4

2.1

5.9

0.15

33.7567

-118.4071

PVEP6

1.0

1.9

5.8

1.0

1.3

4.5

0.19

33.7563

-118.4078

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bulk Density (g/cc)

Water Content

Porosity

 

 

 

PVEP1

1.07

15.5%

0.59

 

 

 

PVEP6

1.08

19.0%

0.59

 

 

 

 

 

Table 3. Results of indoor radon measurements in classrooms.

 

Room

Radon

Start

Stop

Number

(pCi/L)

Date

Time

Date

Time

K1

0.2

14-Mar-03

16:02

16-Mar-03

15:46

K1

0.4

14-Mar-03

16:03

16-Mar-03

15:46

K2

0.2

14-Mar-03

16:00

16-Mar-03

15:45

3

0.2

14-Mar-03

15:53

16-Mar-03

15:38

4

0.2

14-Mar-03

15:54

16-Mar-03

15:42

5

0.3

14-Mar-03

15:56

16-Mar-03

15:39

6

0.3

14-Mar-03

15:58

16-Mar-03

15:41

7

0.5

14-Mar-03

15:47

16-Mar-03

15:43

8

0.2

14-Mar-03

15:46

16-Mar-03

15:32

9

0.5

14-Mar-03

15:45

16-Mar-03

15:31

10

0.2

14-Mar-03

15:43

16-Mar-03

15:29

12

0.2

14-Mar-03

16:16

16-Mar-03

15:34

13

0.2

14-Mar-03

16:15

16-Mar-03

15:35

14

0.2

14-Mar-03

16:14

16-Mar-03

15:36

15

0.2

14-Mar-03

16:05

16-Mar-03

15:49

16

0.3

14-Mar-03

16:06

16-Mar-03

15:50

17

0.3

14-Mar-03

16:08

16-Mar-03

15:51

18

0.2

14-Mar-03

16:11

16-Mar-03

15:52

18

0.4

14-Mar-03

16:11

16-Mar-03

15:52

Blank

0.2

16-Mar-03

21:40

18-Mar-03

21:40

 

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