Release of radioactivity

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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Radioactivity of the air, Automatic networks, News, Release of radioactivity

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. …….

News, Release of radioactivity, Radioactivity of the air, Automatic networks

URAnet aero: detector detects traces of sodium-24 in the air

15 October 202017 November 2022 Philipp Steinmann

The URAnet aerial measurement station at PSI measured traces of sodium-24 (Na-24) in air particles on the morning of 28.9.2020.
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News, Release of radioactivity, Radioactivity of the air, Automatic networks

High tritium levels in sewage water (2019)

9 November 202218 November 2022 André Gurtner

High tritium levels in sewage water from the municipal waste incineration plant in Basel (January 2019).
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