e-Digest Statistics about: Radioactivity
Artificial sources: Direct radiation (Direct shine)
United Kingdom
Close to a few nuclear installations the public receive external doses from direct exposure to gamma and neutron emitters located on the sites; this is sometimes called direct shine.
This is the most significant exposure pathway affecting:
- members of critical groups at a number of first generation nuclear reactors;
- and from the Amersham radio-isotope site.
Further Information:
- Key Facts:
- Sources,
- Artificial sources:
- Medical,
- Occupational,
- Fallout,
- Products
Data Tables:
| No | Title | Download
file type |
| 15 | Estimates of annual public radiation exposure to direct radiation, by site |
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Page last modified: 16 September 2003
Page published: 10 September 2003