Evaluation of Bulkheads for Radon Control

Details

• Personal Author:
  Alder KL ; Lindsay DB ; Lindstrom RS ; Summers CH
• Description:
  The objective of this task was to investigate the availability and suitability of some novel materials and methods of construction for air-restraining bulkheads for use in confining radon-rich air in unused sections of underground uranium mines. Two preferred systems of bulkhead construction were proposed, based on a search of commercially available materials, and were successfully tested in an operating commercial mine in Lasal, Utah. Both systems were found to be generally satisfactory under the conditions of the 5-month-long test. As an auxiliary aid to prevent leakage of radon-polluted air from the bulkhead area, a servocontrolled exhaust system was designed to maintain a favorable atmospheric-pressure gradient relative to the rest of the mine. A radon-scavenging system, based on adsorption on activated charcoal, was also designed and successfully tested for use in connection with the pressure- balancing exhaust unit. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRC - Spokane Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-88
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003080
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-256503
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/83-256503; :1-88
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Performing Organization:
  Arthur D. Little, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/83-256503
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:159da063062d0ba907e72a1e46dfc8a110cd401794b89e412ecf8dbf8563f2b604ea619f8ca127325fa1446d643da053c173a51c21e44b086d0fd91717e3d234
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234799/cdc_234799_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.63 MB ]