Making Your Mitigation System More Effective Manual.pdf

Please view the following resource entitled "Making Your Mitigaton System More Effective Manual"

Purpose:
The effort to reduce indoor radon concentrations in homes has been an on-going learning process
for the past decade. Research, funded by agencies such as NJDEPE and EPA as well as innovative
work by the private sector, has increased the knowledge of radon-reduction technology. Standardized
mitigation techniques are being offered by many professional radon mitigators across the country.

This manual is an effort to provide mitigation contractors with information to improve the
effectiveness of their mitigation systems. It is intended to help mitigators identify potential problems
in an installed mitigation system. It is not a pre-mitigation diagnostics guide.

The manual has been designed as a training aid, to be used by those offering continuing education
workshops, as well as a stand-alone technical guidance manual. It contains how-to information on

Follow-up of NJ Homes Mitigated for Radon - Phase 2.pdf

Please view the following attached resource entitled "Follow-Up of New Jersey Homes Mitigated for Radon - Phase 2"

Abstract:
A variety of techniques to reduce indoor radon levels have been developed and are commonly used by professional radon mitigators and the do-it-yourself homeowner. This project was designed to investigate radon mitigation systems that have been installed in homes in New Jersey, with the objectives of identifying causes of system failure or success, and transferring that knowledge to the private and public sectors.

To reach the objectives, Building Research Associates, (BRA), working under the "Follow-up of New Jersey Homes Mitigated for Radon - Phase I" project, investigated 100 homes across New Jersey that had been mitigated for radon. That project identified several deficiencies in the mitigation systems that were suspected to be the cause of a system's failure to maintain radon concentrations below the 4.0 pCih level.

RadonProfessionals.pdf

Please see the following attached poster which contains information concerning the distribution of Radon Professionals in the United States. Thank you to Mike Kitto for providing us with this information.

Static Pressure Calculator r3.pdf

Attached, please find a .pdf version of a Static Pressure Calculator for your usage.

As a reminder, a number of webinars are available on the Environmental Protection Agency's Radon page at the following location:

http://www.epa.gov/radon/webinars/

Call To Action - Reduce Radon Statement

Federal Radon Action Plan Annotated

Call To Action_Dec_9_Complete Presentation.pdf

Federal Radon Action Plan - 2011

Call To Action - Radon Meeting Primer Kit

US Map State Legislation - At A Glance

A Radon Financing Guide

Radon 101 Slide Show in PDF

World Health Radon Handbook - 2009

Health Physics Society Radon Position - 2009

Surgeon General Fact Sheet

EPA Revised Radon Assessment PDF

American Lung Association Statement on Federal Plan

Call to Action To Reduce Lung Cancer from Radon in American Homes

Document Resource Bank for Call to Action Meeting - December 9, 2011

The members of this coalition are committed to reducing radon exposure to prevent lung cancer and save lives, by stimulating synergies among advocates, public sector programs, property owners, industry, and others to apply well-documented cost-effective interventions to the nation’s highest risk real estate assets. We support the following five strategies:

• The Federal Action Plan - as the basic foundation for nation-wide progress;
• Adoption of radon resistant construction requirements for Zones 1 and 2 in all building-related codes and standards(models, national policy, state laws, and local ordinances);
• Policies and programs that provide for testing and mitigation of existing single and multi-family housing in conjunction with real estate transactions, retrofits, renovations, and refinancing;

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Radon experts from Switzerland, South Tyrol, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Austria have worked out four brochures for the public (prevention, measurement, mitigation, thermal retroffitting).

The brochures are unique as they combine and concentrate the knowledge and experiences of experts from different (Alpine) countries.

Even though some aspects may be specific to the construction technologies and building characteristics of Alpine countries you may find these brochures helpful for your work, too.

Please feel free to pass on the documents to anyone who might be interested in them.

There is a free Healthy House Reference Manual available (limited to 1 hard copy or a CD or download a copy) at:

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publications/factsheets/HealthyHousingReferenceManual.pdf

Call 1-800-CDC-INFO for more information.

Abstract
Radium activity data for waters co-produced with oil and gas in New York and Pennsylvania have been compiled from publicly available sources and are presented together with new data for six wells, including one time series. When available, total dissolved solids (TDS), and gross alpha and gross beta particle activities also were compiled.

Data from the 1990s and earlier are from sandstone and limestone oil/gas reservoirs of Cambrian-Mississippian age; however, the recent data are almost exclusively from the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale. The Marcellus Shale represents a vast resource of natural gas the size and significance of which have only recently been recognized. Exploitation of the Marcellus involves hydraulic fracturing of the shale to release tightly held gas. Analyses of the water produced with the gas commonly show elevated levels of salinity and radium.

Japan Radiation from Earthquake 2011.pdf

Nuclear Radiation and Health Effects.pdf

An interesting publication is released from Japan: “The time variation of dose rate artificially increased by the Fukushima nuclear crisis.”

This is of great interest to everyone anxious to know about the radiation consequences of the incident. To understand the results in perspective, another document "Nuclear radiation and Health Effects” is also attached. This document also provides exposures during Chernobyl accident. Because the units of radiation are in SI units, following conversion Table (may not be exact) but is useful for those of us who are familiar with US units.

Conversions from SI units to US units

Radiation dose (or exposure) rates:

1 µSv/h = 1 µGy/h = 100 µrad/h = 115 µR/h

Normal BG =0 .08 µGy/h = 9.2 µR/h

High Dose rates in Japan = 36 µGy/h = 4140 µR/h

Dose and Exposures

1 Sv is equal to 1 Gy (for gamma radiation)

1 Gy = 100 rad = 115 R

High Exposures in Japan =68 mSv = 68 mGy = 7820 mR