Know the radon potential of my commune in Haute-Garonne

Radon is a radioactive gas produced by the natural decay of uranium present in rocks. As a pulmonary carcinogen, it can pose a health risk when it accumulates in buildings. Knowledge of the characteristics of geological formations on the territory makes it possible to identify the areas where the presence of radon at high concentrations in buildings is most likely. This work, carried out by IRSN at the request of the Nuclear Safety Authority, has made it possible to establish a mapping of the radon potential covering the entire metropolitan territory. This mapping leads to the classification of municipalities into 3 categories.

The proposed data have been filtered to retain only information relating to the municipalities of the department of Haute-Garonne.

** For more information:** the data source page on the national portal data.gouv.fr.