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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 2017
Last updated 7 May 2021
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Main sections updated: 鈥楻esults of monitoring鈥� findings for 2006 to the end of 2020 and 鈥楶ublic health advice鈥� includes link to Public Health England summary report 鈥楢ssessing the risk to people鈥檚 health from radioactive objects on beaches around the Sellafield site鈥�.
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