CRCPD has named Nathaniel L. Burden as the 2021 Radon Hero. CRCPD recognizes that exposure to indoor radon is a significant contributor to total radiation exposure received by the public and is the second leading cause of lung cancer. The Radon Hero Award is to recognize an individual who has demonstrated leadership in reducing the health effects of radon exposure. The award is given based on the individuals’ contributions to this effort, on their breadth and scope of services, and commitment to sustained radon risk.
CRCPD selected Nathaniel L. Burden noting his many contributions. He has been an advocate for radon awareness and best practices in reducing radon exposures for countless years. He has a 30-year career as an Environmental Services Director at FICS. He has also served as a PA AARST chapter president, RSO, and specialized radiation decontamination foreman at Applied Health Physics.
He holds a physics degree from Carnegie Mellon with a focus in nuclear engineering. He sits on several AARST/ANSI standards committees and recently joined the PA Department of Environmental Protection, Radiation Protection Advisory Committee. He has served as a consultant/director for radon testing, diagnostics, and mitigation design for USDOE military facilities in Germany, Italy, and the Philadelphia Navy Yard and worked on the research and development mitigation project with Argonne National Laboratory for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory in Ontario.
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