Abstract
Farmers cultivate plants in the winter using water curtain cultivation (WCC) facilities by spraying groundwater to keep them warm. In this study, the WCC facilities exhibited high radon concentrations during winter. The risk varied significantly depending on the facility operation, peaking in the early morning and then decreasing upon ventilation. At all measurement sites, radon concentrations were low when groundwater was not used. Even during the period of facility groundwater use, if water vapor condensation does not occur, there is no significant difference from soil-only emissions. However, once water vapor condensation occurs, radon accumulates rapidly, depending on the degree of radon contamination in the groundwater. Because groundwater contamination varies according to dilution by regional rainfall or inflow from other regions due to groundwater movement, abnormal changes in radon content occur. We found that in the absence of water vapor condensation in the facility, all the radon emitted from the soil and groundwater quickly escaped to the atmosphere, resulting in significantly lower indoor radon concentrations. These findings pave the way for the development of new methods to mitigate radon in WCC facilities.
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