Determination of indoor 222Rn concentrations level on different room sizes in academic building at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Jeli campus

The objectives of this study are to briefly monitor the 222Rn concentration in selected
study area and to investigate its correlation with the environmental factors (pressure, humidity and
temperature). 222Rn concentrations were monitored in three different sizes of lecture rooms known
as BK 6, BK 7 and BK 8 at academic building, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) Jeli Campus.
Radon monitor known as Sentinel 1030 has been used to collect 210 readings of 222Rn concentration
data. Environmental factors for each study areas was analyzed by using Pearson correlation. The
average 222Rn concentrations for BK 6, BK 7 and BK 8 were found at 0.29 pCi/L, 0.31 pCi/L and
0.72 pCi/L, respectively. BK 8 with 277.97 m³ obtained higher 222Rn concentrations than BK 6 with
440.98 m³, followed by BK 7 with 292.67 m³. From the results, 222Rn concentration in BK 6 and
BK 7 are influenced by temperature and pressure, correspondingly. However, no correlation of
environmental factors found in BK 8.