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EURDEP - EUROPEAN RADIOACTIVITY DATA EXCHANGE PLATFORM.

Map overview

The map makes available the data on levels of radioactivity in some environmental media in the European Union Member states from year 1984 onwards.

When opening the query, the first page shows the map displaying all the available stations, represented as orange dots, plus a few text labels for countries and cities (those can be shown well-spaced so as not to overlap), like in the following picture:

Copernicus

Copernicus is an EU programme aimed at developing European information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in situ (non space) data. Copernicus is a user driven programme and the information services provided will be freely and openly accessible to its Users, mostly public authorities.

Monitoring

The data for this graph is obtained using a geiger counter connected to a PC. The counter is manufactured by Black Cat Systems, Model GM45.
Radiation Monitor commissioned 1 Nov 2011.

Calibration

The GM45 probe was recalibrated July 2022 according to the Gamma-Scout. This is tested in an authorized institute by the state. Each unit is supplied with a certificate stating its serial number.