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Smith, D.M.; McAllister, G.; Welham, D.; Orr, D.
National Radiological Protection Board, Harwell (UK)1983
National Radiological Protection Board, Harwell (UK)1983
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[en] The third of a series of NRPB reports containing the results of an environmental radioactivity surveillance programme is presented. Samples of airborne dust, rainwater and milk are collected routinely throughout the UK; the concentrations of various radionuclides are measured and the resulting exposure of the population is evaluated. The radionuclides detected result predominantly from nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere, although the programme would also be sensitive to other sources of environmental contamination. The annual average concentrations and depositions of radionuclides from fallout are consistent with those measured in 1980, and lower than those in 1981 which were enhanced due to the intermediate-level atmospheric nuclear weapon explosion in Central Asia in October 1980. The average annual effective dose equivalent from fallout is evaluated and compared with that from natural background radiation. (author)
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Nov 1983; 27 p; ISBN 0 85951 217 7;
; Available from HMSO, London, price Pound4.00

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AEROSOLS, BERYLLIUM 7, CERIUM 144, CESIUM 137, CONTAMINATION, EARTH ATMOSPHERE, ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL FALLOUT, HUMAN POPULATIONS, IODINE 131, MILK, NIOBIUM 95, NRPB, NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS, PARTICLES, PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES, RADIATION DOSES, RADIATION MONITORING, RADIOACTIVITY, RAIN WATER, RUTHENIUM 106, STRONTIUM 90, UNITED KINGDOM, ZIRCONIUM 95
BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS, BODY FLUIDS, CERIUM ISOTOPES, CESIUM ISOTOPES, COLLOIDS, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DISPERSIONS, ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES, EUROPE, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, EXPLOSIONS, FALLOUT, FOOD, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, IODINE ISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LIGHT NUCLEI, MATERIALS, MONITORING, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, NIOBIUM ISOTOPES, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, POPULATIONS, RADIOISOTOPES, RARE EARTH NUCLEI, RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES, SOLS, STRONTIUM ISOTOPES, UNITED KINGDOM ORGANIZATIONS, WATER, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ZIRCONIUM ISOTOPES
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