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I have just completed an audit and a Local council Health and Safety officer wanted to know if we do Radon testing on our premises.....(NO)
Does any one have any infromation on this..????????
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A good place to start is the Health Protection Agency website http://www.hpa.org.uk/Use the search term 'radon' and you will get lots of useful information and contacts.
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Unless you are in Cornwall, Scotland and a few other areas, its probably not a problem.
A quick bit of geological research should answer any initial queries
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Certainly you have named some of the high risk areas, but a squint at the radon map here http://www.hpa.org.uk/we...d/HPAweb_C/1195733749409gives you a better idea of the spread and the numbers affected. Undergound rooms, in particular, can be quite a problem.
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Thundercliffe
Agree with Jane on this one. I contacted a very nice lady (sorry can't remember her name) at the HPA a couple of years ago and she gave me the results of their own surveys for my area, she also sent me confirmation of the information on email so I had documented evidence. Very helpful
Tracey
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.Thanks very much everyone......lots of reading then...when is it Friday ??
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Although our geographical area is low risk, we are still monitoring some of our basements, as the kit only costs a few ££s including analysis.
The monitors remain in place for three months and (apparently) the levels are generally higher during the winter months, which is why we are doing ours now.
As has been mentioned, HSE appear to be quite interested in this.
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Radon is a gas that seeps out of the ground. When it seeps into rooms, it will usually be swept away by ventilation.
In the winter we tend to keep doors and windows shut. Hence we see more radon in the room.
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Thanks Jane - a mine(field) of information... :-)
Not much ventilation in our basements.
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.Thats not that much work for me at all....i send the address to the Radon society .....they tell me if its in a high risk area....... for a very small fee......if it has to be assessed they sell me a couple of monitors...(small fee) then i send them back to them to analysed..and we take it from there.
Thank you everyone for your information.
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Thundercliffe - that is assuming your results are low of course! We paid for the survey desktop (£3 I think) at one of our sites the results came back as what some would call low (5-10% of having high levels of radon). However when the staff were consulted they were of the view that this was quite high; so we paid for the survey with monitors (about £125 I think for 5 monitors) etc and are currently awaiting the results. Hopefully this will put their minds to rest and satisfy the local EHO?
Alternatively it will open the proverbial can of worms and wallets (to put in mitigation measures!)
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Go on the HPA website put in your postcode under RADON and it will tell you if you have a problem.
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Quite right in some respects farrell - but the results from the web/desktop survey are only indicative of the area around the building/premises - hence doing a proper survey to get actual results for our particular building.
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Radon is found throughout the country (depending upon rock formations) and the levels can vary dramatically building by building and street by street. The only way to be certain that you have no radon present is to test, especially if you have underground cellars etc where the radon can seep into and accumulate. If the levels are above the action level, control measures will have to be introduced to bring the levels down, this can be by natural ventillation, air pumps or restricting access to the affected area. The requirement to identify if you have radon present (or not) is part of the risk assessment process in the Management Regs.
Bluenose
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