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Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE)

We produce a survey report of radioactivity in food and the environment each year. The latest report was sponsored by the Environment Agency, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the Food Standards Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. It covers the whole of the UK and surrounding seas.

The report includes data on concentrations of radionuclides in food, sediments, soils, air, water and plants, plus radiation dose rates over various substrates.

Risks to the public are calculated near sources of discharge to the environment such as nuclear power stations. These are compared with national and international standards for protection of the public.

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