Radon mitigation in 10 clinton, New Jersey houses: a case history

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6288059

Osborne, M C; Brennan, T; Michaels, L D

The paper discusses an EPA radon mitigation demonstration project in Clinton, NJ, which included testing radon-reduction techniques in 10 houses. The 10 houses were selected from a group of 56 volunteers in the Clinton Knolls subdivision. Each of the 10 selected houses received an intensive radon diagnostic evaluation before a house-specific radon-reduction plan was developed. Before and after the plans were implemented, radon concentrations were determined by charcoal canisters and continuous radon monitors. A variety of sealing and sub-slab depressurization techniques were applied to the 10 houses. Radon concentrations were reduced by over 95% in all 10 houses. Three-month alpha-track radon measurements will continue in the radon-reduction demonstration houses for the next 2 years.

• Research Organization: Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6288059
• Report Number(s): PB-87-191847/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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500300* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
BUILDINGS
CONTROL
DEPRESSURIZATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION II
FLUIDS
GASES
HOUSES
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
MONITORING
NEW JERSEY
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
RADIATION MONITORING
RADON
RARE GASES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
USA