Public Health England (PHE) - British Geological Survey (BGS) Joint Radon Dataset for England and Wales
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- Date (Creation)
- 1998
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned Not planned
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Geochemistry
- Geology
- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- Natural hazards
- Radon detection
- dataCentre
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
- Other constraints
- Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
- Denominator
- 50000
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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ENG
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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ENGLAND [id=150000]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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WALES [id=170000]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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WLS
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
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- Begin date
- 2011
- End date
- 2011
- Supplemental Information
- This dataset has replaced the Geological Radon Potential Data for England and Wales, production of which commenced in 1998 funded by DETR, documented in BGS Research Reports RR/00/07 and RR/00/12 and DETR Report No. DETR/RAS/00.001. The method by which the PHE-BGS joint radon dataset for England and Wales was produced is published in: MILES, J.C.H, and APPLETON J.D., 2005. Mapping variation in radon potential both between and within geological units. Journal of Radiological Protection 25, 257-276. A simplified version of the full data set (showing only the maximum radon potential in each 1-km grid square) was published in 2007 (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. ISBN: 978-0-85951-608-2. 29 pp). Searches of the full dataset are available by postcode from www.UKradon.org or by site area from the BGS enquiries service.
- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
- Distribution format
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Text. Information for single properties with postcodes available under www.UKradon.com. To access the radon potential information for a site area, the Central Enquiries team at the British Geological Survey should be contacted.
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Text. Information for single properties with postcodes available under www.UKradon.com. To access the radon potential information for a site area, the Central Enquiries team at the British Geological Survey should be contacted.
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- OnLine resource
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BGS Radon Summary Report
Report: Dealing with radon emissions in respect of new development. Summary report and recommended framework for planning guidance.
- OnLine resource
- BGS Radon Protection Homepage
- OnLine resource
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Homepage of UKradon
This website allows you to obtain an estimate of the probability that an individual property in England and Wales is above the Action Level for radon.
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Other
- dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- Derivation of radon potential data started as part of two DETR research projects, continued as part of the BGS GeoHazarD programme and is currently under the Hazard Products Team of the Environmental Modelling science directorate.
- File identifier
- 9df8df51-634a-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-05-07
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480214
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