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Main Title Radon Mitigation in 10 Clinton, New Jersey Houses: A Case History.
Author Osborne, M. C. ; Brennan, T. ; Michaels, L. D. ;
CORP Author Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;Camroden Associates, Rome, NY.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA-68-02-3992; EPA/600/D-87/164;
Stock Number PB87-191847
Additional Subjects Houses ; Radon ; Sealing ; New Jersey ; Indoor air pollution ; Air pollution control ; Clinton(New Jersey) ; Demonstration projects ; Radiation monitoring ; Depressurization
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NTIS  PB87-191847 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
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.