Observations of Fukushima fallout in Great Britain

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• Last updated: 16 February 2023
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Following the Fukushima accident in March 2011, grass samples were collected from 42 sites around Great Britain during April 2011. Iodine-131 was measurable in grass samples across the country with activity concentrations ranging from 10 to 55 Bq per kg dry matter. Concentrations were similar to those reported in other European countries. Rainwater and some foodstuffs were also analysed from a limited number of sites. Of these, I-131 was only detectable in sheep's milk (c. 2 Bq/kg). Caesium-134, which can be attributed to releases from the Fukushima reactors, was detectable in six of the grass samples (4-8 Bq/kg dry matter); 137Cs was detected in a larger number of grass samples although previous release sources (atmospheric weapons test and the 1986 Chernobyl and 1957 Windscale accidents) are likely to have contributed to this. All data and information for this sampling are available from this record. The data result from collaboration between CEH and the University of Stirling. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1a91c7d1-ec44-4858-9af2-98d80f169bbd

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2023-02-09T11:09:33
• Access contraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Beresford, N.A., Barnett, C.L., Howard, B.J., Howard, D.C., Tyler, A.N., Bradley, S., Copplestone, D. (2011). Observations of Fukushima fallout in Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/1a91c7d1-ec44-4858-9af2-98d80f169bbd
• Harvest GUID: 1a91c7d1-ec44-4858-9af2-98d80f169bbd
• Extent: Latitude: 60.861° to 49.864°
• Extent: Longitude: -8.648° to 1.768°
• Dataset reference date: 2011-12-31 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2011-08-03 (creation)
• Frequency of update: asNeeded
• Responsible party: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (pointOfContact); Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (author); University of Stirling (author); NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre (custodian); NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (publisher); Natural Environment Research Council (owner)
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• Metadata language: eng
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