22nd International Radon Symposium
American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST)
The Flamingo Las Vegas
October 14-17, 2012
PRINTED SCHEDULE FOR 2012 SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM as of August 29, 2012
PROGRAM PRESENTATIONS AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
To Register for Conference: THE AARST BOOKSTORE
SATURDAY – OCTOBER 13, 2012 PRE-SYMPOSIUM MEETINGS
7:00 AM – 4:30 PM Proctored Examinations for Educators - NRPP Exam Promulgation
7:00 AM – 4:30 PM ANSI-AARST Standards Sub-Committee Meeting
4:00 PM AARST Staff & Volunteers Meet for Walk Through
SUNDAY – OCTOBER 14, 2012
PRE-SYMPOSIUM CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES, MEETINGS, AND OTHER EVENTS
8:00 AM MORNING C.E. COURSES START – See Details in C.E. below
7:30 AM SYMPOSIUM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS MEET FOR BRIEFING WITH STAFF (Location: )
9:00 – 4:00 EXHIBITION HALL SET-UP FOR EXHIBITORS/POSTER PRESENTATIONS
10:00 – 5:00 SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
10:00 MEETING TIME OPEN – Board Room
1:00 PM AFTERNOON C.E. COURSES START – See Details in C.E. below
1:00 PM AARST NATIONAL BOARD MEETING
3:00 PM NEHA-NRPP POLICY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
5:30 PM AARST ELECTION SUPERVISORS MEETING
6:30 – 8:30 JOINT SYMPOSIUM RECEPTION WITH CRCPD’S NATIONAL RADON TRAINING MEETING
Category I Continuing Education Training – Pre-Symposium
SUNDAY C.E. COURSES REQUIRE PRE-REGISTRATION
BY OCTOBER 3, 2012
PLEASE GO TO THE AARST BOOKSTORE
FOR REGISTRATION AND PRE-PAYMENT
Category II credits (NEHA-NRPP) are available without charge during the Symposium’s Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday concurrent sessions. For the Tuesday and Wednesday C.E. “Track I and Track II” sessions, please check with your state or accrediting organization to see if C.E. has been approved. Plenary, Track I and Track II sessions are approved for a total of 8 Category II NEHA-NRPP continuing education credits (1 credit for every two hours of the program.)
Continuing Education Courses – Sunday, October 14, 2012 – 4 Credits Hours
Pre-registration required – go to: www.aarst.org/bookstore/html
Morning Classes
8:00 AM – Noon
4-hour Multi-Family Radon Mitigation MURC Bill Angell
4-hour Radon Calculations (maximum class size is 6)
Workshop on Radon Math
Participants will develop spreadsheets and charts in Microsoft Excel for solving various mathematical problems related to radon, thoron and their decay products. Participants must bring their own computers with Excel installed and must have a working knowledge of Excel. Please identify the version of Excel you are using when signing up for the course.
Bowser-Morner Phil Jenkins 4 hours no
4-hour Code Provisions Relevant to Mitigation
Provisions in various building Codes which are applicable to mitigation system design and installation will be reviewed, with some comparison to provisions in Standards and common industry practice. Gary Hodgden 4 hours no
Afternoon Classes (continued on Next Page)
1:00 – 5:00 PM
4- hour ADVANCED ASD DIAGNOSTICS AND SYSTEM DESIGN
Using adaptations of standard air-handling system design procedures, this course focuses on ASD system design based on quantitatively-determined system performance requirements.
TBA
4-hour How to Run a Professional Radon Business
“How to Start and Build a Radon Business”
This class will take new Radon business owners from the very basics of starting up to building a successful Radon business. Our goal is to help anyone be successful. If we can help show you a new idea that will help you and your business then we will have met our goal of sharing our knowledge.
Dave Daniels
Each 4 Hour Course is $95 and provides Category I C.E. – registration is separate from the Symposium and is available on the AARST web site: www.aarst.org/bookstore/html
3rd Annual Heartland Chapter Spouses Event
MONDAY, October 15, 2012
Jubilee Backstage Tour
Heartland Chapter Fundraiser: Walking tour of highlights of the Vegas strip including a backstage tour of Bally's showgirl "Jubilee!" show.
Advanced Reservations and $35 fee are paid directly to Heartland Chapter. (tour does not include lunch).
Go to http://internationalradonsymposium.org
MONDAY – OCTOBER 15, 2012
Joint Meeting Day with CRCPD’s National Radon Training Meeting – (Location)
Moderators: – Morning, Carolyn Allen, President
– Afternoon, Bill Bell, CRCPD Radon Committee
JOINT SESSION CRCPD & AARST
PRELIMINARY – SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Moderator - Carolyn Allen
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome State, EPA, AARST – Carolyn Allen, CRCPD – Earl Fordham
8:15 – 9:15 Keynote, William Field, Ph.D.
9:15 – 9:40 A Physician’s perspective on Radon, Wallace Akerley, M.D.
9:40 – 10:00 Q & A
10:00 – 10:30 Break / Exhibits
10:30 – 11:30 Joint Leadership Update
EPA – Bill Long
AARST - Carolyn Allen
CRCPD
11:30 – 12:00 SIRG Funding: View From the Trenches
Peter Hendrick, Executive Director, AARST
12:00 – 1:30 Luncheon (Joint with AARST) – International Ballroom South
CRCPD Radon Hero Award – Earl Fordham
AARST Radon Award – Carolyn Allen
AFTERNOON SESSION TOPIC
Adapting to a Changing Budget Paradigm
Moderator – Bill Bell
1:30 – 2:30 SIRG Funding Panel
Kyle Hoylman, Calvin Murphy, Gloria Linnertz, Patrick Daniels IL, Dale Dorschner MN
2:30 – 2:45 Q & A
2:45 – 3:05 Radon Policy Report – Tobie Bernstein, Environmental Law Institute
3:05 – 3:15 Q & A
3:15 – 3:45 Break / Exhibits
3:45 – 4:45 Cooperative Agreement Partners – Support Going Forward
EPA, NCSL, CRCPD, KSU –
ALA, Coop Extension
4:45 – 5:00 Q & A
5:00 Adjourn
TUESDAY – OCTOBER 17, 2012
Note: Symposium attendees may attend publicly scheduled National Radon Meeting sessions at no extra charge Moderators: Morning: TBA
Afternoon: TBA
Track ONE Track TWO
8:00 – 8:20 Welcome by Carolyn Allen, AARST President
Radon’s Challenge: The Future of Our Profession
8:20 – 8:45 RADON CONTROL IN NEW HOMES: A META-ANALYSIS OF 25 YEARS OF RESEARCH William Angell, Midwest Universities Radon Consortium
8:45 – 9:05 Update on Canada’s National Radon Program, Deepti S. Bijlani, Whyte Jeffry, Health
9:05 – 9:40 Radon mitigation in cold climates at Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
Mathieu Brossard, Celine Brazeau Ottawa, Renato Falcomer, and Jeff Whyte, Health Canada
9:45 – 10:15 Break and Exhibits
Poster Sessions:
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Radon Testing and Mitigation Project, Marcel Brascoupe, Canada;
Observation of Time Dependence in Radon Emissions, Shirvel Stanislaus
10:15 – 10:40 Chemical Vapor Intrusion – A Nucleus for Cultural Change?
Henry Schuver and Dan Steck SCATS - Confined Space Entry Access – What you need to know to stay safe in operating in a confined space. It May Save Your Life!
10:40 – 11:05 THE USE OF BARRIER BAGS WITH RADON DETECTORS,
Alexandra Stieff, Paul Kotrappa and Frederick Stieff
11:05 – 11:30 An integrated approach for the identification of radon: a house from the World Heritage Historic Centre (Oporto, Portugal) as a case study,
Pinto, P.G.A.N. Continues in a Break Out Session: Nevada Safety and Training Section (SCATS) and Nevada OSHA.
11:30 – 12:00 A Pilot Study on the Air Quality In Passive Houses With Particular Attention to Radon, Andre Poffijn
12:00 – 1:30 Luncheon & ANNUAL MEETING
1:30 – 1:50 CanSAR and Radon Professionals CanSAR Board Members: Gloria Linnertz and Kyle Hoylman
Extreme Mitigation – We’re Going Into a 6 Inch Crawl Space! Really?
1:50 – 2:30 The assessment of the radon problem in Switzerland and the new national radon action plan 2012-2020,
Barazza, Fabio
2:00 AARST’s Liability Insurance Program Designed For Radon Professionals
2:30 – 3:00 Break, and Exhibits,
Poster Session:
RADON RISK AT YOUR FINGER TIPS-A CONVENIENT APP, Willard E Hobbs & Christopher K Hobbs;
A COMPARISON OF SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM TEST RESULTS ACROSS THE TOBIQUE FIRST NATION
Victor Nowicki, Canada
EFFICIENCY OF RADON REMEDIATION IN SWEDISH HOUSES
Tryggve Rönnqvist, Landauer Nordic AB
3:00 -3:20 ASSESSMENT OF RADON EXPOSURE RISK IN HOUSEHOLD ENVIRONMENTS.
Kim, Yoon Shin Basic First Aid and Hands Only CPR & For Radon Professionals
3:20 – 3:40 The UK Ministry of Defence Radon Safety Programme,
Dee M. Emerson
3:40 – 4:10 ESTIMATING RADON-RELATED DEATHS AT THE TOWNSHIP LEVEL, Micheal Kitto, Ph.D.
4:10 – 4:30 INVISIBLE INVADERS
Lizzy and Desiree (Cindy Jackelen)
4:30 – 4:50 A REGIONAL SCALE RADON MONITORING NETWORK IN THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS (SPAIN)
Hernández, Luis E.
4:50-5:10 Korea’s Radon Program, Sungshul Seo
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012
Note: Symposium attendees may attend publically scheduled National Radon Meeting sessions at no extra charge. Morning Session Moderators: TBA
8:20– 8:40 U.S. State Radon Programs: Data Collection and Program Activities
Genelle Lamont and William Angell
8:20 – 9:00 INDOOR RADON SURVEY IN WORKPLACES USING NUCLEAR TRACKS METHODOLOGY
Guillermo Espinosa Radon Cliff Notes: Hands On Marketing
9:00 – 9:20 CHARACTERIZATION AND USE OF AN ACCUMULATING TYPE OF RADON TEST CHAMBER, Paul Kotrappa and Frederick Stieff Profit Costing and Pricing for Services: Running your Business at a Profit
Presented by Mike Strozza of SCORE Southern Nevada Chapter 243
http://scorelv.org/about-score
9:20 – 9:40 A GEOLOGIC MAPPING APPROACH TO IDENTIFY RADON HOT-SPOTS IN CALIFORNIA AND RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE STATE’S RADON RISK PICTURE, Churchill, Ron
9:40-10:00 SHORT-TERM VS. LONG-TERM INDOOR RADON MEASUREMENTS,
Willard E. Hobbs
10:00 -10:30 Break and Exhibits
Poster Sessions:
Radon measurement protocol in commercial buildings under the Portuguese legislation; Pinto, P.G.A.N, Pereira, A.J.S.C., and Neves, L.J.P.F., Portugal
An Ecological Study of Radon and 13 Types of Cancer, Michael Kitto
10:30-10:50 ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE RADON IN MINNESOTA WATER TREATMENT PLANTS-A FOLLOW-UP STUDY, Joshua Kerber
Radon Cliff Notes: Hands On Accounting
10:55-11:30 RADIOLOGICAL SITE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE RADON PROFESSIONAL,
LaFontaine, Michael
11:30 – 12:00 American National Radon Standards Report
Why Standards Create Opportunity
Noon Symposium Adjourns
AARST members and Symposium attendees are welcomed to rejoin CRCPD’s National Radon Training Meeting for their afternoon wrapup sessions.