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IAEA Workshop. Experiences of corrective and protective radon measures Tony Löfqvist Yerevan, Armenia, 2017-10-23/28. Education, training and accreditation of professionals in Sweden. National network in Sweden. Swedish Radon Association

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  1. IAEA Workshop Experiences of corrective and protective radon measures Tony Löfqvist Yerevan, Armenia, 2017-10-23/28

  2. Education, training and accreditation of professionals in Sweden

  3. National network in Sweden • Swedish Radon Association Is an association for all companiesworking in the radon field in Sweden. It was founded 2011 and it is more or less a demand from municipialities that everybody is a member. Today 55 companiesaremembers. The reasonwasthat the Swedish RadiationSafetyAuthority (SSM) stoppedwith handling the official lists ofprofessionals in the radon field. The association has the possibility to exclude members due to misconduct.

  4. Accreditation • Swedac is Sweden´s national accreditationbody • There is totally 8 companiesaccreditatedaccording to ISO/IEC 17025 in Sweden • Air = 3 • Dose = 3* • Water = 4 • Construction products and aggregate materials = 1

  5. National network in Sweden • Measurement capacity - Indoor air • 3 companies • Eurofins Radon – turnover 23 000 000 Euro in all areas • Radonova - turnover 2 500 000 Euro • Radonanalys GJAB – tornover 100 000 Euro

  6. National network in Sweden • Measurement capacity - Building material and aggregates • 1 company • Mark och Miljökontroll AB – turnover 1 000 000 Euro

  7. National network in Sweden • Measurementcapacity – Soil • 3 companies • Eurofins Radon – turnover 23 000 000 Euro in all areas • Radonova - turnover 2 500 000 Euro • Mark och Miljökontroll AB – turnover 1 000 000 Euro

  8. National network in Sweden • Measurement capacity – Water • 4 companies • Eurofins Radon – turnover 23 000 000 Euro in all areas • Radonova - turnover 2 500 000 Euro • Alcontrol AB – turnover 30 000 000 Euro in all areas • UppsalaVatten & Avfall AB - municipial

  9. National network in Sweden • Measurement capacity – radon • Landauer Nordic AB – turnover 1 000 000 Euro • Eurofins Radon Testing AB – no figures Measurement capacity – gamma radiation • Mark och Miljökontroll AB – turnover 1 000 000 Euro

  10. National network in Sweden • Qualitycontrolfunctions • Sweden’s national accreditation body – Swedac is the organ that verifies the accreditated laboratories. • Sweden’s National Board for Housing, Building and Planning (Boverket) is the controlling organ for construction materials and the producers. • Swedish Radon Association is controlling the non accreditatedcompaniesworkingwithremedies. • Otherwise it is the ordinarylaw system that the business and it´scustomers has to relay on.

  11. National network in Sweden • Calibration institutions in Sweden • For radon instruments Swedish RadiationSafetyAuthority (SSM) or the manufacturerof the instrument • For spectrometers Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) or the manufacturerof the instrument

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