RE: EPA Action Level for Radon

["Reynolds, Harold" <Harold.Reynolds@rfets.gov>]

I think EPA did this by themselves based on 1 WLM/yr

Harry
Harold.Reynolds@RFETS.gov

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tom Mohaupt [SMTP:tom.mohaupt@wright.edu]
> Sent:	Monday, August 28, 2000 8:07 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	EPA Action Level for Radon
> 
> Hello Radsafers,
> 
> Does anyone know where the EPA got the 4 pCi/L (148 Bq/m^3)action level
> for
> radon? The NCRP recommended 400 Bq/m^3 (actually 2 WLM/year) at a level
> above which mitigation should occur. Did the EPA come up with this value
> themselves or was is a recommendation from the National Academy of
> Sciences?
> Thank-you,
> 
> Tom
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