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International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA TC Project 9127

Establishing Enhanced Approaches to the Control of Public Exposure to Radon

Trevor Boal, RPU-NSRW

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Objective

• To assist the Member States in establishing and further developing

approaches to the control of public exposure to radon in Europe

• The project focuses on the development of policies and strategies in
• rder to implement new requirements of Radiation Protection and

Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards (GSR Part 3)" as they apply to exposure due to radon in dwellings.

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• Work plan for Project RER9127

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Work plan for Project RER9127

• Experts to develop training material / guidance on

communication strategy

• Experts to develop training material – radon action plans
• Experts to develop training material for building

professionals

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• 2014

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Work plan for Project RER9127

• Report on the current situation for controlling public

exposure to radon in Member States and to identify future needs and priorities

• Regional meeting – Vienna - 22-25 April 2014
• Methodology to collect data (31 March – 1 April)
• Questionnaire sent to Member States
• Report to be prepared

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Work plan for Project RER9127

• Regional training course on developing and

implementing radon action plans – Sofia : Oct 2014

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• 2015

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Work plan for Project RER9127

• Regional workshop on radon risk communication - host

country to be decided

• Expert that is planning or executing the communication part of the

radon action plan

• Submit request for topical issues for the workshop in next 2 weeks
• Regional training course – preventive measures and

corrective actions – host country : Czech Republic (tbc)

• 2 experts /Member State : one expert from national authority

responsible for radon action plan and other expert to be building professional e.g. civil engineer from government agency responsible for building code

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Work plan for Project RER9127

• Inter-comparison of monitors
• Passive detectors:
• For those countries with their own measurement laboratories.
• Some countries have organised themselves
• BfS in Germany, SURO in Czech Republic and NIRS in Japan will

provide a free service for passive detectors

• Active detectors
• Inter-comparison of equipment such as AlphaGuard, SARAD, RAD

7 (Calibration will be discussed separately)

• Equipment to be sent laboratory for calibration
• Send by courier or organize in parallel to a workshop

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Work plan for Project RER9127

• Expert missions to Member States
• Request from a government authority (relevant Ministry, NLO,

Permanent Mission in Vienna)

• Existence of a IAEA TC national project on radon exposure control
• Relevance of the mission to the country, according to status of

radon monitoring

• Timelines for the missions:
• Request to IAEA by end of 2014