Radioactivity of the air

New radioactivity monitoring station at Jungfraujoch

6 October 20256 October 2025 André Gurtner

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Forest Fires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (Update October 2024)

3 October 20244 October 2024 Philipp Steinmann No Comments

Traces of 137Cs detected in the air over Europe following wildfires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in September 2024

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Crisis in the Middle East: Monitoring of the radiological situation in Switzerland

13 June 202523 June 2025 André Gurtner No Comments

The FOPH is monitoring the situation very closely following Israeli air strikes on possible nuclear sites in Iran. Radioactive emissions into the atmosphere at the sites concerned cannot be ruled out.
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Monitoring of the radiological situation in Switzerland and Ukraine

22 May 202323 May 2023 André Gurtner

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Saharan dust events

25 November 202117 November 2022 Philipp Steinmann

Saharan dust events contribute to the aerosol load over Switzerland, mostly during spring and autumn. These events can be detected accurately with continuous measurements at the Jungfraujoch and at the aerological station in Payerne. …….

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Federal Office of Public Health FOPH Division of Radiological Protection Ambient Radioactivity Schwarzenburgstr. 157 3003 Berna/ Switzerland
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