A need to reduce the radon gas hazard in the UK.

Abstract

often involves an emotive treatment of the subject. This is understandable because of the fears generated over the past 50 years by nuclear weapons and nuclear power generation. In understanding radioactivity, however, there has to be an appreciation of where it comes from and what distinguishes it from other r forms s of radiation. Radioactivity is radiation that originates in the nucleus of an atom. There are several