The consortium brings together 15 institutes from eleven European countries: 7 leading NMIs/ DIs, 4 university laboratories, 1 national radiation protection authority, 2 SMEs and 1 larger company. This combination of different actors with different demands and capacities will enable to address the issues connected to the implementation of Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM to propose solutions for a radon mitigation network for large building that fit the needs of a broad spectrum of stakeholders.
| short name | full name, country | website | contact person | notice |
| CEA | Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France | https://www.cea.fr | Benoit Sabot benoit.sabot@cea.fr | project coordinator WP1 leader |
| BFKH | Budapest Főváros Kormányhivatala, Hungary | https://kormanyhivatalok.hu | Eszter Bodnár bodnar.eszter@bfkh.gov.hu | |
| CMI | Czech Metrology Institute, Czechia | https://www.cmi.cz | Petr Kovar pkovar@cmi.cz | WP5 leader |
| PTB | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany | https://www.ptb.de | Stefan Roettger stefan.roettger@ptb.de | WP2 leader |
| SMU | Slovak Metrology Institute, Slovakia | https://www.smu.sk | Pavol Blahusiak blahusiak@smu.gov.sk | |
| CLOR | Centralne Laboratorium Ochrony Radiologicznej, Poland | https://clor.waw.pl | Katarzyna Woloszczuk woloszczuk@clor.waw.pl | WP4 leader |
| IFIN-HH | Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizica si Inginerie Nucleara “Horia Hulubei”, Romania | https://www.nipne.ro | Mihail-Razvan Ioan razvan.ioan@nipne.ro | |
| LivAir | LivAir GmbH,Germany | https://livair.io | Martin Waltl Martin.waltl@livair.io | |
| NUVIA | NUVIA a.s., Czechia | https://www.nuvia.com | Tomas Grisa tomas.grisa@nuvia.com. | |
| Radonova | Radonova Laboratories AB, Sweden | https://radonova.se | Jose-Luis Gutierrez Villanueva joseluis.gutierrez@radonova.com | |
| SUBG | Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria | https://www.uni-sofia.bg | Krasimir Mitev kmitev@phys.uni-sofia.bg | |
| UCBL | Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France | https://www.univ-lyon1.fr | Christophe Dujardin christophe.dujardin@univ-lyon1.fr | |
| UH | University of Helsinki, Finland | https://www.helsinki.fi | Andrew Rebeiro-Hargrave andrew.rebeiro-hargrave@helsinki.fi | |
| USIEG | Universitaet Siegen, Germany | http://www.mb.uni-siegen.de/ | Ralf Noetzel ralf.noetzel@uni-siegen.de | |
| NPL | NPL Management Limited, UK | https://www.npl.co.uk | Steven Bell steven.bell@npl.co.uk | WP3 leader |
CEA is the French DI for ionising radiation. It brings a solid experience in radioactive gas metrology, especially in the development of primary standard for both radon isotopes and associated calibration method. CEA is one of the leading public institutes in Europe in terms of technology transfer and has participated in, and coordinated, many European projects (including EMRP project IND57 MetroNORM and EMPIR project 16ENV10 MetroRADON). CEA is a work package leader in the H2020 FET-Open SPARTE, developing new metrology methods for pure beta emitter noble gases based on porous scintillators. CEA will coordinate this project, lead WP1 and support work in all other WPs.
BFKH, the Hungarian NMI, carries out a broad scale of activities on governmental legal administration. The Metrological and Technical Supervisory Department performs metrological tasks, maintains the National Standards, and undertakes international comparisons and assures the national dissemination with calibrating the measuring instruments. It provides the type-examination and authentication of those measurement instruments, which need to be authenticated, and issues the EU compliance certification. BFKH will take part in WP2.
CMI, the Czech NMI, has expertise in the measurement of radioactivity, the identification of radionuclides by spectrometric methods using semiconductors, and related Monte Carlo calculations. CMI is also experienced in the development of applied technical solutions for the measurement of radioactivity and ionising radiation under real environmental and complex technical conditions and works closely with private enterprises specialising in those fields. CMI has coordinated and/or participated in several EMRP, EMPIR and EPM projects (e.g. EMRP project IND57 MetroNORM, EMPIR project 16ENV10 MetroRadon, EMPIR project 19ENV01 traceRadon) dealing with ionising radiation measurement. CMI will lead the Impact WP and contribute to work in all other WPs.
PTB, the German NMI, has a long-term experience in the provision of activity standards, the measurement of airborne radioactivity concentrations, the investigation and calibration of various detector systems from environmental radiation to commercial standards as well as in the operation of related calibration facilities traceable to primary standards. This also includes 222Rn gas standards and primary, active 222Rn emanation standards. PTB has organised several intercomparison exercises and coordinated several EMRP and EMPIR projects, e.g. EMPIR project 19ENV01 traceRadon. PTB will lead WP2 and contribute to work in all other WPs.
SMU, the Slovak NMI, maintains the national standard of radon in Slovakia, and provides metrological services such as verification, calibration, and testing to national stakeholders. In 2016, SMU received funding for the realisation of a radon chamber with AlphaGUARD as a secondary standard. SMU works in close collaboration with local metrology or academic institutes in field of 222Rn and participated in many projects (e.g., EMRP projects IND04 MetroMetal and ENV54 MetroDecom, and Partnership on Metrology project 21GRD08 SoMMet). SMU will contribute to work in WP2, WP3 and WP4 with its own equipment for radon measurements.
CLOR is a Polish research institute tasked with functions concerning the protection of the state from radiation hazards. CLOR fulfils this task by routine practical activities, preventive and operational tasks, scientific studies, and by advising private and governmental organisations. CLOR’s duties include monitoring of radioactive contamination in foodstuffs and environmental components, monitoring of personal radiation doses, calibration and attestation of radiation measurement instruments, radiation protection and professional training in radiation protection. CLOR will lead the WP4 and contribute to work in WP2.
IFIN-HH is one of the most representative physics research institutes of Romania, being involved in a wide range of fields of physics (theoretical, fundamental and applied). It is a signatory of the CIPM MRA, member of the CIPM-CCRI(II) and Associated Member of EURAMET. It has a significant experience in primary and secondary methods of activity standardisation including Rn-222, in determination/evaluation of nuclear decay data and in providing calibration services to national stakeholders.
LivAir, is an innovative company that provides unique services and solutions concerning air measurement with special focus on radon. In addition to the innovative and patented real-time radon sensor, LivAir develops and manufactures most of the hardware in-house. The complete data transmission and the cloud database are also developed in-house. In 2013, the founders of LivAir were among the first radon professionals in Germany approved by state offices for environment on the new 2013/59/EURATOM directive for radon protection. LivAir will participate in WP1, WP2, WP3 and WP4.
NUVIA is a Czech company with more than twenty years of experience in the development, production, and sale of ionising radiation instrumentation. NUVIA specialises in manufacturing, industrial automation, mechanical construction, software development, and implementation of such systems. NUVIA has a broad experience in the realisation of complex customised solutions and will participate in the creation of new connected sensors in WP1, WP2 and of the network in WP3.
Radonova is a Swedish company. Its core business is radon and caesium measurement. With their laboratory in Uppsala, Sweden, and customers in more than 85 countries, they are a leader in radon measurement. Radonova provides radon measurement services with passive sensors accredited ISO 17025 and develops and designs radon measuring instruments such as ARMON, ATMOS, MARKUS, SPIRIT and ROBIN. Radonova will participate in WP2, WP3 and WP4.
SUBG, Sofia University, has long-term experience in radon and thoron research and measurement. SUBG participated in the EMPIR project 16ENV10 MetroRadon. SUBG has a pioneering role in the creation of radon sensor networks for evaluation of radon dynamics in dwellings and workplaces in Bulgaria. SUBG also has expertise in prospective and retrospective radon and thoron measurements as well as other radioactivity measurement techniques. Within the EURATOM low-doses research project DOREMI, SUBG has developed a laboratory facility to create reference radon and thoron concentrations under static and dynamic conditions. SUBG will contribute to work in WP1, WP2 and WP3.
UCBL (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) laboratories ILM and LC-ENS have a long-term experience in the characterisation and synthesis of scintillating materials, in particular transparent aerogel prepared with inorganic scintillators. This participant has facilities required for the formation of scintillating aerogels. UCBL coordinated the H2020 FET-Open project SPARTE and provided all structural and chemical characterisation needed for the development of novel materials in this project. UCBL will participate mainly in WP1 and will also contribute to work in WP2 and WP3.
UH (University of Helsinki) has extensively studied and developed distributed sensor networks for air quality measurements. This project will use their expertise in machine learning methods, remote calibrations and quality control, detector development, and data analysis methods for distributed systems. UH has a research cooperation agreement with Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), the national expert in radon measurements and dosimetry. UH will contribute to WP2, WP3 and WP4.
USIEG (University of Siegen) has worked on modelling, simulation, and experimental determination of optimal topology, intersection of multiple fields and the dynamic fracture behaviour of solid-state bodies since 2008. Its expertise has led to multiple collaborations with regional enterprises including BSW, Mubea, and IGI and international players including the California Institute of Technology or the technical University of Brünn. USIEG will bring strong expertise for the development and calibration of a pulse ion chamber in WP1 and WP2, and will also contribute to work in WP3.
NPL, the British NMI, has extensive experience in radioactive gas metrology, air quality measurements, monitoring of outdoor radon and data science. This experience covers development of new sensors, calibration of instruments, establishing and maintaining sensor networks and developing machine learning techniques to analyse network data. NPL has taken part in a number of nuclear metrology and air quality EMPIR projects. NPL will lead WP3 and will contribute to work in WP2 and WP4. NPL is associated to all internal beneficiaries.