Radon measurements in homes are easy to perform but need to follow defined national protocols. Long-term radon measurements (over several weeks) are preferred for assessing the annual average radon concentration within a house. Radon prevention and mitigation Professionals in the building sector are key players for radon prevention and mitigation. Strategies are needed to train [...]
The project will be undertaken in collaboration with Dr. Eric Finch and Gillian Gunning, Trinity College Dublin. While extensive studies have been carried out on indoor levels in houses, workplaces and schools there have been no such studies undertaken to measure the outdoor levels of radon in Ireland. It is our aim to quantify these [...]
Monday 15th December 2008. Press release by RPII Monday 15th December. Radon gas accounts for 56 per cent of the average annual radiation dose received by Irish people, and greatly exceeds the dose due to either medical exposure at 13.7 per cent or artificial sources of radiation (including discharges from Sellafield) of 0.4 per cent., [...]
