Where does radon in natural gas come from?
Just as radon is present in the soil and rock of the UK mainland it is also present in the rock from which coal, oil and natural gas are extracted. This means that traces can be found in supplies of coal, oil and natural gas. How high are the levels of radon in natural gas? The levels of radon in sources of UK natural gas have been monitored since the 1970s and are very low. The NRPB has shown that the radon in natural gas presents no significant health risk to gas consumers. The extra radiation which an average gas customer receives from cooking and central heating over a whole year is less that half the amount of radiation received during a plane flight to Spain. Do other countries have radon in their natural gas? The presence of radon in natural gas has been known for a long time worldwide – since the early 1900s. According to an expert committee of the United Nations, the levels found in the natural gas extracted from the North Sea are much lower than those found in gas supplies in
