Soleado Elementary School

The data collected at Soleado 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 and 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 showing schematic of rooms at Soleado Elementary School showing indoor radon levels and gamma-ray sites.

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

 

Table 1. Results of gamma-ray spectrometer measurements at Soleado Elementary School. Site locations are indicated in Figure 1 (e.g. location number 1 refers to SEP1). 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)

SEP1

1.5

2.7

4.2

3

33.7736

-118.3668

SEP2

1.0

5.5

3.3

2

33.7742

-118.3669

SEP3

0.9

5.0

2.9

2

33.7743

-118.3663

SEP4

0.8

5.9

2.6

2

33.7742

-118.3676

SEP5

1.0

5.3

3.9

2

33.7737

-118.3661

SEP6

1.2

6.8

3.6

2

33.7735

-118.3675

 

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)

 

 

 

SEP2

0.9

5.9

3.9

1.0

5.5

3.3

0.20

33.7742

-118.3669

SEP6

1.2

9.2

4.3

1.2

6.8

3.6

0.20

33.7735

-118.3675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bulk Density (g/cc)

Water Content

Porosity

 

 

 

SEP2

0.70

39.9%

0.74

 

 

 

SEP6

0.80

31.1%

0.70

 

 

 

 

 

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

4-May-03

18:17

4-May-03

18:17

C1

3.1

2-May-03

15:59

4-May-03

16:19

C2

1.7

2-May-03

16:00

4-May-03

16:20

C3

1.6

2-May-03

16:01

4-May-03

16:21

C4

1.5

2-May-03

16:02

4-May-03

16:23

C5

1.5

2-May-03

16:03

4-May-03

16:24

LIB

0.4

2-May-03

16:06

4-May-03

16:28

LIB

0.3

2-May-03

16:06

4-May-03

16:28

Lounge

1.3

2-May-03

16:09

4-May-03

16:29

M1

0.9

2-May-03

15:45

4-May-03

16:03

M2

0.8

2-May-03

15:46

4-May-03

16:04

M3

1.0

2-May-03

15:47

4-May-03

16:05

M4

0.7

2-May-03

15:48

4-May-03

16:06

M5

0.9

2-May-03

15:49

4-May-03

16:08

Nurse

1.1

2-May-03

16:11

4-May-03

16:33

PMsyc

1.9

2-May-03

16:10

4-May-03

16:31

V1

1.1

2-May-03

15:50

4-May-03

16:10

V2

1.1

2-May-03

15:52

4-May-03

16:12

V3

0.8

2-May-03

15:53

4-May-03

16:13

V4

0.9

2-May-03

15:54

4-May-03

16:14

V5

1.2

2-May-03

15:56

4-May-03

16:16

V5

1.1

2-May-03

15:56

4-May-03

16:16

Workroom

1.2

2-May-03

16:10

4-May-03

16:30

 

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