8. After the program is approved, approach a big box store and other
hardware/radon supplies companies for mitigation piping and associated
connectors and request participation from other local businesses.
9. Initial identification of low-income homes in both communities by CCI:
first focus will be individual homeowners, then full house rental
occupants.
10. Habitat for Humanity to provide any special preparation,
including pouring a new floor or other repairs to optimize homes for
an ASD installation. In addition, this project will be used as a
teaching tool for Habitat for Humanity-Pittsburgh in learning
radon mitigation techniques with a secondary program for
training and state certification for radon mitigation.
11. Establish logistics and required paperwork for participating
in the program, including evaluation and qualifications for
participating radon mitigators and testers. The team will
conduct extensive outreach and seek media attention.
After completion, evaluation surveys and reports will
document results and lessons learned. PA AARST
anticipates exploring future opportunities for follow-up,
identifying the next PA communities to implement the
program, and promulgating a model program to other
AARST chapters and radon outreach non-profit
organizations.
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Nathaniel L. Burden, Jr. held the position of Environmental Services/Training Director for Fidelity Inspection and Consulting Services. He was a physics major with studies in nuclear engineering at Carnegie-Mellon. He worked as a nuclear operator at the now decommissioned LWBR Shippingport Atomic Power Station in PA and the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in PA. He served as the radiation safety officer and radiation decontamination foreman with advance decon protocols. Mr. Burden was a consultant and provider of radon testing and radon mitigation design with the DOD for American Army facilities in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Augsburg, Germany. He provided radon testing for special facilities (General Patton Hotel, Army barracks, and secure underground facilities and served as a special consultant in collaboration with the Argonne National Laborites for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada for low-level fine radon mitigation with special oil filtration. He currently is the PA AARST President and a former EPA radon testing and mitigation instructor for regional radon training centers.
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