Radon in the environment: assessing concentrations, strategies for control, and insights into its behaviour.
This event is open to Members and Non-Members
Event Details
An exciting conference on radon in the environment will be held in Bath on Thursday, the 11th of March 2027. We aim to inspire delegates and offer networking opportunities for academics and industry professionals.
Why Bath and radon? Radon’s precursor, radium, was famously discovered in Bath’s thermal springs in 1903. This led in 1912 to the discovery of radium emanation (radon) in and from the waters by Sir William Ramsay (FRS). At one point, radon was regarded as a possible explanation for the healing properties of the Bath Spa waters. Ramsay’s validation of “radium emanation” in the waters led spas and doctors to market Bath as a premier radioactive healing destination. This led to the creation of a Radium Inhalatorium, where patients could inhale radon. A Bath baker even advertised radium bread. Bath Spa water advertisements in the 1920s and 30’s promoted the waters’ radioactivity.
This conference is linked to the journal Air. Web address. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/air/special_issues/9MYY13KMY7
The scope of Air encompasses the following research areas:
– Air quality for health and comfort.
– Air pollution and source characterisation.
– Air purification and control techniques.
– Air management, policy control, monitoring, and modelling.
– Air–human interaction and sustainable development.
Air will publish papers submitted to the journal with submissions by the 29th of March 2027 for a Special Issue on Radon in the Environment. We would encourage presenters at the 2027 conference to consider submissions to the journal, which is a peer-reviewed international journal. Papers submitted will therefore go through the journal’s peer-review process.
This will be a hybrid event, with presentations being available online at the time of the meeting.
An exciting conference on radon in the environment will be held in Bath on Thursday, the 11th of March 2027. We aim to inspire delegates and offer networking opportunities for academics and industry professionals.
Why Bath and radon? Radon’s precursor, radium, was famously discovered in Bath’s thermal springs in 1903. This led in 1912 to the discovery of radium emanation (radon) in and from the waters by Sir William Ramsay (FRS). At one point, radon was regarded as a possible explanation for the healing properties of the Bath Spa waters. Ramsay’s validation of “radium emanation” in the waters led spas and doctors to market Bath as a premier radioactive healing destination. This led to the creation of a Radium Inhalatorium, where patients could inhale radon. A Bath baker even advertised radium bread. Bath Spa water advertisements in the 1920s and 30’s promoted the waters’ radioactivity.
This conference is linked to the journal Air. Web address. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/air/special_issues/9MYY13KMY7
The scope of Air encompasses the following research areas:
– Air quality for health and comfort.
– Air pollution and source characterisation.
– Air purification and control techniques.
– Air management, policy control, monitoring, and modelling.
– Air–human interaction and sustainable development.
Air will publish papers submitted to the journal with submissions by the 29th of March 2027 for a Special Issue on Radon in the Environment. We would encourage presenters at the 2027 conference to consider submissions to the journal, which is a peer-reviewed international journal. Papers submitted will therefore go through the journal’s peer-review process.
This will be a hybrid event, with presentations being available online at the time of the meeting.
