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AGM and Members’ Meeting

We are pleased to announce that the next Members’ meeting will be on July 17th at 1pm followed by the 2025 AGM. The venue for the meeting and AGM will be at the Corby Office and Training venue.

Abnormal level of radon found in laboratory in Chichester III

Following a recent project to convert a storage area in Chichester III into a laboratory, a test was carried out to measure the potential for radon gas to be present and unfortunately radon was found at higher than acceptable levels. Follow link for more details:  https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/65223

News report on Canadian TV about radon and lung cancer

https://youtu.be/JL5LvFtRtLE?si=ENPTXqPGJA-0vx1q Canadian Lung Association – radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer.  Radon is a colourless odourless radioactive gas. It is cheap and simple to have your home tested.

BR211 Radon: Protective Measures for New Buildings: Reviewing Guidance Application One year On

Thu 5 Dec 2024 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT Gavin Gillmore (Radon Council Director and Chairman), John Sparks (Radon Council Director & co-author of the revised BR211), Peter Atchison (Radon Council Member & co-author of the revised BR211) and Michael Jaggs (BRE) will be speaking at this event.The revisions of the 2023 version of The Building Research Establishment document BR211 Radon: Guidance […]

Members’ meeting – 7th November 1:15pm

We are pleased to announce that the next Members’ Meeting is on November 7th at 1:15pm. We will be having a networking lunch at 12:30pm so arrive for that and meet the other members. email admin@radoncouncil.onmicrosoft.com to let us know if you are attending.

21st National Radon Forum

The date for the 21st National Radon Forum has been announced  Tuesday 19th November 2024 UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards Directorate, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire  OX11 0RQ The Radon Council will be be at the Forum, so come along and say hello.  Michael Hancock (Radon Council Director) will be delivering a presentation on […]

Passing of Roger Tornberg

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Roger Tornberg. Roger was a long-standing friend of the Radon Council. He was Managing Director of Radon Centres in Northamptonshire until 2016. He was also a Director of the Radon Council from its early days in 1994, to 2014. Roger was not only a radon practitioner, […]

Dartmoor Prison -radon testing, remediation and mitigation

Unfortunately, the scale of the issue will take time to resolve, so it is note worthy that the prison service is utilising considerable recourses to mitigate the radon risk. Under UK regulations all employers must review the potential radon hazard in their premises. Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the employer bears […]

European Radon Association (ERA)

The next few months are packed with Radon events in Europe and beyond. Check the ERA website to find the event that interests you! Events :ERA (radoneurope.org)

Course booking Terms and Conditions

  1. All course fees are payable in full at time of reservation unless agreed otherwise.
  2. A refund of 60% of the amount paid will be made in the event of receipt of written cancellation at least FOUR weeks prior to the date of the course. No refund can be made on cancellation thereafter.
  3. If a candidate cannot attend the course on the agreed date, the candidate may be able to attend the next identical course. If they miss this next identical course, they cannot attend another without the payment of course fees. 
  4. Substitution of delegates (from the same company/firm) can be made at any time prior to the start of the course.
  5. In the event that a course is oversubscribed, The Radon Council reserves the right to place candidates on the course as the course fee is paid. When the course is full, the remaining candidates will be moved to the next suitable course. 
  6. All course documentation is provided solely for the private training and study purposes of individual delegates. Copyright is reserved on all material prepared and provided by The Radon Council.
  7. The Radon Council reserves the right to make any alterations to course arrangements necessitated by circumstances beyond its control.