The RadoNorm project aims at improved understanding of effects and risks from radon and NORM exposure situations to assure effective radiation protection based on improved scientific evidence and social considerations. However, radon is also a clinically approved treatment modality for a number of non-cancer diseases. What is the relationship between health risk and benefit when it is used as medication? The aim of the course is to look into this question and thus provide participants with a broader view of the impact of radon exposure on human health.

One of the oldest and most famous radon spas in the world is in Bad Gastein in Austria and one of the leading centres in research on the medical use of radon is the University Clinics in Erlangen. Participants of the course will learn why and how radon is used for pain reduction and treatment of auto-immune diseases. What are the benefits and what are the risks? The course will include a series of relevant lectures held at LMU, München, a visit of the Bad Gastein radon spa where patients are treated for various non-cancer diseases. There, the participants will experience a radon-treatment session. Finally, participants will visit the University Clinics Erlangen where basic and clinical research on radon therapy and effects of alpha particles is carried out. Radon measurements will be carried out in the Bad Gastein spa. Water and soil samples will also be collected and analysed for activity and content of radionuclides.

Registration deadline: 14^th February 2025