The Old Ammunition Store of the Ereta and the Luceros-Marq Railway Tunnel of the TRAM in Alicante. Radon gas measurement

International Journal of Civil Engineering

© 2017 by SSRG - IJCE Journal

Volume 4 Issue 6

Year of Publication : 2017

Authors : Carlos Rizo Maestre, Armando Ortuño Padilla, Servando Chinchón Yepes

10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V4I6P101

How to Cite?

Carlos Rizo Maestre, Armando Ortuño Padilla, Servando Chinchón Yepes, "The Old Ammunition Store of the Ereta and the Luceros-Marq Railway Tunnel of the TRAM in Alicante. Radon gas measurement," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 4,  no. 6, pp. 1-5, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V4I6P101

Abstract:

The study presented analyzes the amount of Radon gas in two unique constructions of the city of Alicante: The Old Ammunition Store of the Ereta (“Polvorín de la Ereta”) and the Luceros-Marq Railway Tunnel of the TRAM in Alicante (Spain). These infrastructures are very important for the city due to its historical character in the case of the magazine, or its social importance in the case of the Railway Tunnel. The presence of Radon gas in buildings is an indicator of air quality. This radioactive gaseous element is present in almost all the building materials, and in the lands in which the buildings are implanted. In Spain, the Technical Building Code (TBC) does not yet contemplate the maximum dose of Radon that one building can house and how to contain it. Radon gas is considered to be highly harmful to human beings by different scientific agencies in the field of medicine and health, including the World Health Organization (WHO). The main effect of the presence of Radon in the human environment is the risk of lung cancer.

Keywords:

Radon, Healthy Architecture, Materials.

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