Citation
(1998), "National Radiological Protection Board", Structural Survey, Vol. 16 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.1998.11016dab.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
National Radiological Protection Board
National Radiological Protection Board
They have launched a new service to provide individual reports on the radon potential for the home.
The service has been developed by NRPB in response to demand from solicitors and others who wish to confirm whether a property is in a radon affected area, a question often raised during house conveyancing and which should be raised by surveyors in risk areas. Initially, the service will cover the whole of England and be based on published data. It is planned to extend the service to other parts of the UK.
The cost is £18.45 plus VAT (£21.68) for which a written report will be issued with information on the results of radon measurements, both within the local authority area and the immediate locality of the property as well as an estimation of the probability of elevated levels of radon existing in the property. Measurement data for individual properties will not be provided because there is a confidential agreement between NRPB and individual householders.
The report should be despatched within five working days of a search request. In order to achieve this and to keep the costs low, a cheque will be required with the request.
For further information contact Radon Survey. Tel: 01235 822622/822784; Fax: 01235 833891; E-mail: radon@nrpb.org.uk
The map of radon affected areas in the whole of Wales has been published by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB). The map is contained in NRPB formal advice to Government on radon in homes in Wales.
In January 1990, NRPB recommended that the Action Level for radon in homes should be 200 Bq m3 (becquerels per cubic metre of air) and that areas of the UK where 1 per cent or more of homes exceed the action level should be regarded as radon affected areas. In 1996, NRPB first published advice on radon in parts of Wales. The new document published today brings up-to-date and completes this earlier information. Central to the new document is a radon probability map for the whole of Wales.