title: Testing radon mitigation techniques in a pilot house from Băiţa-Ştei radon prone area (Romania).
abstract: This work presents the implementation and testing of several radon mitigation techniques in a pilot house in the radon prone area of Băiţa-Ştei in NW part of Romania. Radon diagnostic investigations in the pilot house showed that the main source of radon was the building sub-soil and the soil near the house. The applied techniques were based on the depressurization and pressurization of the building sub-soil, on the combination of the soil depressurization system by an electric and an eolian fans. Also, there was made an application of a radon barrier membrane and a testing by the combination of the radon membrane by the soil depressurization system. Finally, the better obtained remedial efficiency was about 85%.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Radioactivity and Nuclear Dating Center, Babeş-Bolyai University, Fântânele No. 30, 400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Constantin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cosma
authors.affiliation: Environmental Radioactivity and Nuclear Dating Center, Babeş-Bolyai University, Fântânele No. 30, 400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: papp.botond@ubbcluj.ro.
authors.forename: Botond
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Papp
authors.affiliation: Environmental Radioactivity and Nuclear Dating Center, Babeş-Bolyai University, Fântânele No. 30, 400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cucoş Dinu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria, c/Herrera Oria s/n., 39011 Santander, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sainz
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000517:prevention & control; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D012383:Romania
chemical_list: D011886:Radon
keywords: Indoor radon; Radon barrier membrane; Radon mitigation techniques; Radon-prone area; Soil depressurization