Press release

On 30.10.2018, at the headquarters of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, CNCAN organized a meeting to present the National Radon Action Plan, followed by a debate on this topic. The meeting was chaired by State Secretary Rodin Traicu, President of CNCAN.

The National Radon Action Plan was approved by Government Decision no. 526/2018 approving the National Radon Action Plan (PNAR), published in the Official Gazette of Romania no. 645/25.07.2018, a regulatory act which ensures the partial transposition of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionizing radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom.

The PNAR addresses the long-term risks arising from radon exposure in dwellings, in buildings with public access and in workplaces, for any source of radon ingress, whether from soil, building materials or water.

During the event, the strategic directions set out in the PNAR were presented and various issues that may arise during the implementation of the PNAR were discussed.

The meeting was attended by leading academics from the Politehnica University of Bucharest, the Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca and the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, by representatives of the General Secretariat of the Government, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Public Finance, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration, the Ministry of Labour and Social Justice, the Embassy of France, the National Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Fuel Plant (FCN) Pitești, the “Horia Hulubei” National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), the Centre of Technology and Engineering for Nuclear Projects, the “Alexandru Darabont” National Research and Development Institute for Occupational Safety, the National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies Râmnicu Vâlcea, the Union of Architects of Romania, the Employers' Association of Occupational Medicine Physicians, the Employers' Association of Occupational Medicine Physicians, the Romanian Association for Non-Destructive Testing and the Romanian Society for Radiological Protection, as well as by representatives of the media.

The debates clarified a number of aspects contained in the PNAR and the manner in which the PNAR is to be implemented.