Radon Publications

Publications from the HPA

Miles, J C H, Appleton, J D, Rees, D M, Green, B M R, Adlam, K A M, and Myers, A H (2007) Indicative Atlas of Radon in England and Wales. Chilton, HPA-RPD-033.

Publications from other organisations

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Radon: A householder's guide. London, DETR (2000).

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Radon: A guide for homebuyers and sellers. London. DETR (2000).

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Radon: A guide to reducing levels in your home. London, DETR (2000).

Responsibility for the publications from Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions has now passed to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Health and Safety Executive. Radon in the workplace. [online] HSE Website, undated [accessed 27 April 2007]. Available at www.hse.gov.uk/radiation/ionising/radon.htm [outside link]

Environmental Radon Newsletter.

This is published quarterly as an insert in Environmental Health (the journal of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) and the journal of the Royal Environmental Health Institute for Scotland.

Building Research Establishment. Radon: Guidance on protective measures for new dwellings. BRE-211 (1993).

Institution of Gas Engineers. Radon in natural gas. London, IgasE (2001).

This leaflet provides information about small amounts of radon that occur naturally in natural gas and how it is being managed. It is published by the Institution of Gas Engineers (IgasE) (website www.igaseng.com [outside link]) and was produced with the assistance of NRPB on scientific and health issues. The leaflet is available at igaseng.com/radon/index.htm [outside link]. Single copies of the leaflet are available free of charge from the Information Office. Enquiries about the supply of larger numbers should be directed to IgasE.

Further information about the legislative aspects of radon in natural gas is available from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/radioactivity/background/radon.htm [outside link].

The following PDF publications are available on the Defra website.

Publications from the NRPB

Green, B M R , Miles, J C H, Bradley, E J, and Rees, D M. Radon Atlas of England and Wales. Chilton, NRPB-W26 (2002). ( This replaced NRPB-R290, NRPB-R293 and NRPB-R303 and has now itself been replaced by HPA-RPD-033 above)

Board Statement on Radon in Homes. Doc. NRPB, 1, No. 1 (1990).

Radon Affected Areas: Scotland. Doc. NRPB, 4, No. 6 (1993).

Radon Affected Areas: Northern Ireland. Doc. NRPB, 4, No. 6 (1993).

Radon Affected Areas: England. Doc. NRPB, 7, No. 2 (1996).

Radon Affected Areas: Wales. Doc. NRPB, 7, No. 2 (1996).

Radon Affected Areas in Wales. Doc. NRPB, 9, No. 3 (1998).

Radon Affected Areas: Northern Ireland: 1999 Review. Doc. NRPB, 10, No. 4 (1999).

Kendall, G M, Miles, J C H, Cliff, K D, Green, B M R, Muirhead, C R, Dixon, D W, Lomas, P R and Goodridge, S M. Exposure to radon in UK dwellings. Chilton, NRPB-R272 (1994).

Lomas, P R, Green, B M R, Miles, J C H and Kendall, G M. Radon atlas of England. Chilton, NRPB-R290 (1996).

Bradley, E J, Lomas, P R, Green, B M R and Smithard, J. Radon in dwellings in England: 1997 review. Chilton, NRPB-R293 (1997).

Lomas, P R, Green, B M R and Miles, J C H. Radon in dwellings in Wales: Atlas and 1998 review. Chilton, NRPB-R303 (1998).

Green, B M R, Lomas, P R, Miles, J C H, Ledgerwood, F K and Bell, D M. Radon in dwellings in Northern Ireland: Atlas and 1999 review. NRPB-R308 (1999). (Available from the Environment and Heritage Service, an executive agency of the Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland Executive.)

Last reviewed: 1 February 2012