Radon Research in Multidisciplines: A Review
Radon gets treated as a case study that cuts across geology, physics, environmental science, building construction and health physics. MIT OpenCourseWare's version of this Independent Activities Period short course covers the fundamentals of radon physics and geology, the biology of radiation exposure, and hands-on measurement of radon levels in MIT's own buildings. Lecture materials survey current research on radon in soil and groundwater, its behavior in construction materials, and its recognized health risks, tying together disciplines that rarely share a classroom. The course is built for MIT's compressed January term rather than a full semester, so the material moves quickly through each field before turning to practical measurement work. Offered by MIT under its OpenCourseWare program with materials free to access under a Creative Commons license.