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Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles (1987)

AuthorG.Hunt
Date1987
Classification 6.01.4.70/45 (RADIATION - CONSEQUENCES - OTHER)
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1. Introduction

This report presents the results of the environmental monitoring programme carried
out during 1986 by staff of the Directorate of Fisheries Research, Lowestoft. The
monitoring programme supports the Ministry's functions under the Radioactive
Substances Act, 1960 (Great Britain- Parliament, 1960). The programme is set up to
verify the satisfactory control of liquid radioactive waste discharges to the aquatic
environment, and to ensure that the resulting public radiation exposure is within
nationally-accepted limits. The monitoring is independent of similar programmes
carried out by nuclear site operators as a condition of their authorisations to
discharge radioactive wastes. This report also includes results of monitoring
carried out on behalf of departments of the Scottish Office, the Welsh Office, the
Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DOE (NI)) and the Channel
Islands States. Where appropriate, the information presented is supplemented by
results from our extensive programme of research into the behaviour of radioactivity
in the aquatic environment.

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