Year: 2024
This fact sheet answers common questions about radon; explains how you can test your home for radon and describes what can be done to reduce high radon concentrations.
Year: 2024
This registration scheme is open to both radon measurement laboratories and suppliers of radon detectors for the measurement of radon in homes and workplaces.
Year: 2023
The 17th National Radon Forum took place on Wednesday 4th October in the Clayton Silversprings Hotel in Cork. Download the agenda from the day here.
Year: 2023
Application Form for Radon in Drinking Water Measurement
Year: 2022
The Sixteenth National Radon Forum took place on Thursday 26th May 2022 in The Camden Court Hotel, Dublin
Year: 2022
Year: 2019
The Fifteenth National Radon Forum took place on Wednesday 8th May 2019 in The Gresham Hotel, Dublin
Year: 2019
Final Report on the National Radon Contol Strategy - Phase 1 April 2014 to 2018
Year: 2019
This report sets out the achievements of the National Radon Control Strategy - Phase 1 (2014 - 2018)
Year: 2019
This report sets out the research needed to support Phase 2 of the National Radon Control Strategy
Year: 2019
This report outlines the Government's strategy to reduce the risk from radon related lung cancer.
Year: 2019
Protocol for Measurement of Radon in Homes & Workplaces
Year: 2019
A set of guidelines for local authorities seeking to implement a radon measurement programme.
Year: 2019
This list of registered radon remediation services is published by the Environmental Protection Agency for the purposes of providing information to members of the public. These registered services are deemed by the Environmental Protection Agency to have met certain criteria and have indicated their compliance with a voluntary code of conduct in order to promote public confidence in the performance of radon remediation.
Year: 2019
This guide is directed at householders who have been informed they have radon concentrations above the Reference Level in their home. The aim of the Guide is to assist such householders in interpreting their radon test results and in deciding how to deal with the problem.
Year: 2019
Advice on Setting a Reference Level for Radon Concentrations in Long-Stay Institutions
Registration form and guidelines for companies wishing to register as a remediation service with the EPA, January 2017
Year: 2017
Registration form, requirements and guideline notes for companies wishing to register as a remediation service with the EPA
Year: 2016
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas. It has no taste, colour or smell. It is formed in the ground by the radioactive decay of uranium which is present in all rocks and soils. The World Health Organisation has categorised radon as a carcinogen, in the same group as asbestos and tobacco smoke.