Sellafield beach monitoring
Monitoring the environment for radioactivity around nuclear sites helps us to assess any potential impacts from on-site activities on the environment and people.
Some of this monitoring is carried out by the operators of nuclear sites, and some by our own independent contractors. If improved monitoring techniques become available, we ensure they are used.
Since 2006 Sellafield Ltd has used improved, more sensitive radiation detection equipment for monitoring beaches for radioactive particles.
Information about the enhanced beach monitoring near Sellafield.
We have sought advice from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) on the implications of the beach finds and the following advice remains valid:
"On the basis of information provided by the Environment Agency on 6 July 2007 on the finding of radioactive particles on beaches near the BNG Sellafield site, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) considers that no special precautionary actions are necessary at this time regarding access to or use of these beaches. However, HPA will continue to work with relevant authorities to keep the situation under investigation."
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