Monitoring Locations
Greenore
Marine Monitoring Station
The RPII carries out several monitoring programmes to determine the levels of radioactivity in the environment and the doses received by the Irish population.
External radiation levels and particulates in air are continuously monitored. In addition, rainfall is continuously collected.
Samples of seawater, seaweed, sediment, fish and shellfish are collected from the marine environment.
Samples of drinking water, milk, ‘complete meals’ and individual foodstuffs are collected from the land.
Types of sampling at this station
At this monitoring location seawater and seaweed samples are collected and analysed as part of our programme to assess levels of radioactivity in the Irish marine environment.
Results of the monitoring can be seen in our latest report Radioactivity Monitoring of the Irish Environment.
More recent monitoring data is also available and is updated on an on-going basis.
Results of monitoring show that the levels of man-made radioactivity in foodstuffs and the environment are detectable but the levels are low and are of no health risk to the public.