Radiation Monitoring locations

The EPA carries out a programme of round-the-clock measurements from our permanent monitoring network and a programme of sampling followed by laboratory testing. We take and test around 2000 samples every year. Most samples are taken from fixed locations throughout Ireland. Fish and shellfish are collected from the main fishing ports.

Simple

Alternate title

Radioactivity monitoring programme
Date (Creation)
1994-01-03T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2015-09-28T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2015-01-28T00:00:00
Citation identifier
EF.IE.EPA.RAD_RadiationMonitoring
Purpose

The principal aims of the EPAs radioactivity monitoring programme are:

To assess the levels of radioactivity in the environment to which the Irish population is exposed;

To study trends and establish the geographical distribution of contaminating radionuclides to improve our understanding of the long-term behaviour of artificial radioactivity in the food chain and in the environment; and

To ensure that any increases in radiation levels resulting from an accidental release of radioactivity to the environment are detected and assessed rapidly

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

Radiation Monitoring Team

gis@epa.ie

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

GemetInspireTheme

  • Environmental monitoring facilties

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • radiation

  • background radiation

  • radiation exposure

  • radionuclide

  • radioactive contamination

  • nuclear power plant

Environmental Protection Agency

  • Radiation monitoring

ISO 3166

  • IE
Use limitation

no limitations
Use limitation

Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0
Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
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Denominator
50000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
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Begin date
1994-01-03T00:00:00
End date
2014-08-28T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
1014

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

10.x
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

Informatics

gis@epa.ie

Publisher
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		http://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download

Download data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

application/json

 		http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=EPA:RAD_MONITORINGSTATION&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&srsName=EPSG:4326

GeoJSON
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

image/png

 		http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:RAD_MONITORINGSTATION&styles=&bbox=45897.79068204428,46032.46637935032,382059.75704119506,458583.44667166873&width=625&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng

WMS GetMap
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		http://gis.epa.ie/LatestReleases/Release/9

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Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Environmental monitoring facilities
Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
No
Statement

A map of the location of land and marine radiation monitoring sites as captured by the EPA Office of Radiological Protection.

Metadata

File identifier
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Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-01-27T16:51:42Z
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version

1.2
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

Data Analyst

gis@edenireland.ie

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

Environmental Protection Agency

Radiation monitoring
GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

background radiation nuclear power plant radiation radiation exposure radioactive contamination radionuclide
GemetInspireTheme

Environmental monitoring facilties


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