In decommissioning of a uranium tailings pond, radon exhalation rates on a beach surface should meet regulatory standards. Accurate measurements of the radon exhalation rate are demanded. However, current studies fail to consider the impact of advection under temperature variations or pressure gradients caused by gas movement on measurements using an accumulation chamber. Two proposed methods were therefore evaluated to accurately measure radon exhalation rates on the loose medium surface under advective conditions. Repeated experiments were conducted on a laboratory experimental platform filled with uranium tailings sand under advective flow rates of 0.03 and 0.3L/min to validate the stability and reliability. Deviations between measured and true values were 0.1–6.1% and 6.3–29.2% for the two methods, respectively. Subsequently, numerical simulation was used to analyze defects of traditional methods and mechanisms of the new methods. In a field study, all methods were compared, and a predictive map of radon exhalation rates was created using interpolated data from 20 random sites using the new method. Results from the proposed methods, compared with traditional ones, were closer to true values under advective conditions, and accurate assessment of beach surface treatment was expected. Environmental ImplicationRadon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, is exhaled from radium-containing porous media and is present in indoor and outdoor environments, posing potential risks to humans. In decommissioning uranium tailings pond, radon exhalation rates on a beach surface must meet regulatory standards. However, traditional chamber-based measurements methods, e.g., a closed-loop method, are unreliable under advective conditions. Positive pressure difference inside a chamber can be observed due to temperature variations or pressure gradients induced by gas transport. Our proposed methods are capable of accurately measuring radon exhalation rates with sensing advection and estimating advection velocity.