Exploiting the infrastructure of the nuclear physics laboratory, we have carried out the project “Radioisotopes”, which aimed at systematically measuring the natural environmental  -radioactivity and the airborne indoor radon concentration in Cyprus. A natural -radioactivity map and a radon map of Cyprus have become available for the first time.

This project represents therefore a major contribution to the local society and enabled the harmonization of Cyprus to European Union common recommendations and rules concerning this sensible issue.

(see for details: http://www-np.ucy.ac.cy/radio_isotopes/wwwen/radio_start.html).