Affiliation: | aDepartment of Science and Technology, Embassy of India, 2536 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA bItalian National Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services (APAT), Via. V. Brancati 48, Rome 00144, Italy |
Abstract: | The behaviour of ubiquitous radon (), thoron () and their progeny in the indoor atmosphere generally reflect a complex interplay between a number of processes, the most important of which are radioactive -decay, ventilation, attachment to aerosols and deposition on the surfaces. The present work involved a long-term (1997–2000) passive monitoring of and in the indoor environment of the North-Eastern region of India. This region being a zone of high seismicity, the indoor radon and thoron measurement of the region will provide a better insight and a valuable database for any study related to radon and thoron anomalies. |