Abstract: The effects of exposure to radon on workers and
members of the public have been examined for many
years. Recent advances have been made in evaluating the
risk associated with radon exposure and in implementing
remediation programs in dwellings. However, decisions
about whether to implement countermeasures to reduce
radon exposures may benefit from an enhanced capability
to evaluate and understand the associated health risk.
This research presents the development of a user friendly
software package based upon current information on
radon epidemiology, radon dissymmetry, demography,
and countermeasure efficiency. The software has been
designed to perform lung cancer risk calculations specific
to populations for various exposure profiles and to
evaluate, in terms of risk reduction, the efficiency of
various countermeasures in dwellings. This paper
presents an overview of the general structure of the
software and outlines its most important modeling
approaches.
In this context, software has been developedbased upon
current information on radon epidemiology, radon
dissymmetry, radon exhalation rates, radon concentration
and indoor ventilation rates. The software has been
designed to perform lung cancer risk calculations for
various exposure profiles and to evaluate, in terms of risk
reduction, the efficiency of ventilation in dwellings. This
paper presents an overview of the general structure of the
software and outlines its most important modeling
approaches.