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Monitoring beaches near Sellafield for radioactive material
How beaches near Sellafield are monitored, the monitoring results and how risks to the public are minimised.
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Sellafield Ltd has to monitor beaches close to the Sellafield site to check for radioactivity. This beach monitoring programme is a condition the Environment Agency imposed on Sellafield Ltd when it issued them with an environmental permit.
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Published 9 October 2017Last updated 7 May 2021 + show all updates
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Main sections updated: ‘Results of monitoring’ findings for 2006 to the end of 2020 and ‘Public health advice’ includes link to Public Health England summary report ‘Assessing the risk to people’s health from radioactive objects on beaches around the Sellafield site’.
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First published.