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Radonova Expands European Footprint – Thomas Chauvin Heads-Up New French Division News

Radonova Expands European Footprint – Thomas Chauvin Heads-Up New French Division

Radonova Laboratories continues to expand and has appointed Thomas Chauvin. Thomas will be responsible for the company's sales, business development and partnerships in the French market. Thomas brings extensive industry experience to the new French operation, enabling Radonova to make inroads into the growing demand for radon measurement and analysis in France. The announcement of the new division is another…
Karl Nilsson
August 20, 2019
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Accreditation guarantees accurate radon measurement MeasurementNews

Accreditation guarantees accurate radon measurement

Accreditation guarantees the quality of a radon measurement, in part because the laboratory's measurement processes are regularly checked by independent organizations. However, most of the world's radon laboratories are not accredited, which to many might seem a little strange. Why is this? Firstly, accreditation entails a large additional cost and secondly customers do not demand it, but this is expected…
Thomas Chauvin
August 6, 2019
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Measuring radon in water – Radonova gets top marks in EU test MeasurementNews

Measuring radon in water – Radonova gets top marks in EU test

Radonova Laboratories has achieved excellent results in the comparative EU test “REM 2018”. The test measures the incidence of radon in water and compares participating laboratories’ analytical results with a reference value. Radonova’s analysis had an average deviation of 3.1 per cent in relation to the reference value. Deviations up to 15 per cent are judged to be an acceptable…
Thomas Chauvin
July 24, 2019
ATMOS: New version of the world’s lightest and most sensitive radon sniffer MeasurementNews

ATMOS: New version of the world’s lightest and most sensitive radon sniffer

Radonova Laboratories is launching a completely new version of the radon sniffer ATMOS. The new version weighs 4.5 kg , has a new design, several new features and enhanced software functionality. The new ATMOS is designed to enable even faster and more efficient radon measurements in the field. The latest version of ATMOS is now commercially available. The instrument has…
Thomas Chauvin
July 10, 2019
Radiation measurement: from timber to wild boar News

Radiation measurement: from timber to wild boar

Radonova’s story begins in 1986 when a group of researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden were commissioned to measure the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident in Sweden and beyond. Today the company focuses primarily on radon measurement, a field in which we are the global leader. Each year, though, Radonova also carries out a large number of radiation measurements…
Thomas Chauvin
June 25, 2019
British Columbia Lung Association to Provide Radonova’s Test Kits for Home, Workplace and School Radon Monitoring MeasurementNews

British Columbia Lung Association to Provide Radonova’s Test Kits for Home, Workplace and School Radon Monitoring

Through its partnership with Radon Environmental, the British Columbia Lung Association (BCLA) is providing Radonova’s radon detectors to consumers to offer a fast, efficient, and accurate way to find out if your home, school or workplace has potentially hazardous indoor radon levels. The detectors supplied by the BCLA gives the public the option of choosing either a short or long-term…
Thomas Chauvin
June 19, 2019
Intercomparison test: Radonova receives high marks from PHE MeasurementNews

Intercomparison test: Radonova receives high marks from PHE

Radonova Laboratories has achieved outstanding results in a preliminary comparative reference test performed by the state-owned PHE (Public Health England). The intercomparison tests were performed at five different radon levels – Radonova participated with two different types of detectors for each exposure. In all ten cases, Radonova's results differed by less than 4% from the respective reference value. During the…
Thomas Chauvin
May 15, 2019
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Canadian radon project chooses Radonova for analysis of radon samples MeasurementNews

Canadian radon project chooses Radonova for analysis of radon samples

Swedish Radonova Laboratories has been commissioned to analyse radon samples in the major Canadian campaign “Evict Radon”. This campaign aims to reduce the incidence of radon in Canadian homes and lung cancer as a consequence of long-term exposure to radon gas. This campaign being conducted in the province of Alberta is headed by Dr Aaron Goodarzi at the University of…
Christine Bolster
April 16, 2019
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Radon as a health risk – WHO report News

Radon as a health risk – WHO report

The WHO’s latest report ‘Guidelines on Housing and Health’ describes how people’s housing and health are affected by a variety of factors. The report describes radon, among other factors, as a health risk. It draws attention to the fact that radon should be regarded as a carcinogen on a par with tobacco smoke. The harmful effects of radon are emphasised…
Thomas Chauvin
April 10, 2019
Radonova joins metroRADON News

Radonova joins metroRADON

Radonova becomes part of Europe’s largest radon project Radonova Laboratories has joined metroRADON, Europe’s largest project studying radon issues and measuring equipment. The members of metroRADON are the foremost national operators in Europe. Including both companies and various universities as well as research institutions. As part of the interest group, Radonova will contribute its long experience of radon measurement with…
Christine Bolster
April 5, 2019