Sources of Data for Global Radioactivity Concentration in 2000

Sources of Data

* Data for Japan is from the Environmental Radiation Database.

Daily food

Sr-90

  1. Finland
    • Surveillance of Environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.

Cs-137

  1. Finland
    • Surveillance of Environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.

Milk

Sr-90

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Finland
    • Surveillance of environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.
  3. Ireland
    • Environmental Radioactivity Surveillance Programme 1999 and 2000, RPII.
  4. Korea
    • Environmental Radioactivity Survey Data in Korea, 2000, KINS.
    • The Annual Report on the Environmental Radiological Surveillance and Assessment around the Nuclear Facilities 2000, KINS.
  5. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  6. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

Cs-137

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Finland
    • Surveillance of environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.
  3. Ireland
    • Environmental Radioactivity Surveillance Programme 1999 and 2000, RPII.
  4. Korea
    • Environmental Radioactivity Survey Data in Korea, 2000, KINS.
    • The Annual Report on the Environmental Radiological Surveillance and Assessment around the Nuclear Facilities 2000, KINS.
  5. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  6. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.
    • Environmental Radioactivity Surveillance Programme: Results for 2000, NRPB.
  7. United States of America
    • Environmental Radiation Data Report 101 January-March 2000, EPA-NAREL.
    • Environmental Radiation Data Report 102 April-June 2000, EPA-NAREL.

Vegetable (root vegetable)

Sr-90

  1. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  2. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

Cs-137

  1. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  2. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

Vegetable (leaf vegetable)

Sr-90

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.

Cs-137

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.

Airborne dust

Sr-90

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

Cs-137

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Ireland
    • Environmental Radioactivity Surveillance Programme 1999 and 2000, RPII.
  3. Korea
    • Environmental Radioactivity Survey Data in Korea, 2000, KINS.
  4. Netherlands
    • Monitoring of Radiation in the Environment in the Netherlands Results in 2000, RIVM.
  5. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  6. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.
    • Environmental Radioactivity Surveillance Programme: Results for 2000, NRPB.

Sea sediment

Sr-90

  1. Korea
    • The Annual Report on the Environmental Radiological Surveillance and Assessment around the Nuclear Facilities 2000, KINS.

Cs-137

  1. Korea
    • The Annual Report on the Environmental Radiological Surveillance and Assessment around the Nuclear Facilities 2000, KINS.

Sea water

Sr-90

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Korea
    • Environmental Radioactivity Survey Data in Korea, 2000, KINS.
    • The Annual Report on the Environmental Radiological Surveillance and Assessment around the Nuclear Facilities 2000, KINS.
  3. Netherlands
    • Monitoring of Radiation in the Environment in the Netherlands Results in 2000, RIVM.
  4. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  5. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

Cs-137

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Korea
    • Environmental Radioactivity Survey Data in Korea, 2000, KINS.
    • The Annual Report on the Environmental Radiological Surveillance and Assessment around the Nuclear Facilities 2000, KINS.
  3. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.

Tap water, etc.

Sr-90

  1. Finland
    • Surveillance of Environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.
  2. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  3. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

Cs-137

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Finland
    • Surveillance of Environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.
  3. Korea
    • Environmental Radioactivity Survey Data in Korea, 2000, KINS.
  4. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  5. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

River water, lake water, etc.

Sr-90

  1. Finland
    • Surveillance of Environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.
  2. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  3. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

Cs-137

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Finland
    • Surveillance of Environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.
  3. Korea
    • The Annual Report on the Environmental Radiological Surveillance and Assessment around the Nuclear Facilities 2000, KINS.
  4. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.
  5. United Kingdom
    • Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2000, BNFL.

Rainwater and dust (fallout)

Sr-90

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Finland
    • Surveillance of Environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.
  3. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.

Cs-137

  1. China
    • Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Hong Kong Annual Report 2000, HKO.
  2. Finland
    • Surveillance of Environmental Radiation in Finland Annual Report 2000, STUK.
  3. Korea
    • Environmental Radioactivity Survey Data in Korea, 2000, KINS.
  4. Taiwan
    • RMC-89006, 2000, RMC.

Institution Names

BNFL British Nuclear Fuels plc
EPA-NAREL United States Environmental Protection Agency-National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
HKO Hong Kong Observatory
KINS Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety
NRPB National Radiological Protection Board
RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
RMC Radiation Monitoring Center
RPII Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
STUK Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority