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Chernobyl forest fires April 2020 (update 2021)

11 November 202217 November 2022 André Gurtner

In 2020, particularly serious forest fires occurred in the area of the exclusion zone around Chernobyl (1986 nuclear power plant accident). Tiny traces of radioactive caesium-137 may have been transported as far as Switzerland.
This publication is only available in French and German.

Radioactivity of the air, Archive

Impact of forest fires in Ukraine on Switzerland (as of 4/15/2020)

11 November 202217 November 2022 André Gurtner

Current forest fires in Ukraine, including those in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl, are again releasing radioactivity (primarily Cs-137) into the atmosphere.
This publication is available only in French and German.

Radioactivity of the air, Archive

Relocation of the URAnet-Aero Fribourg station

27 February 202011 November 2022 André Gurtner

The nuclide-specific monitor at the Fribourg station was moved to Mühleberg at the beginning of February. For this reason, no new measured values will be displayed at the Fribourg station.

Automatic networks, Archive, Radioactivity of the air

New version of the Radenviro website

8 October 201911 November 2022 André Gurtner

October 2019 : New version of the website presenting the radioactivity measurements in Switzerland: Radenviro.ch !

Information & use, Archive

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).
This publication is only available in French and German.

Special samples, Release of radioactivity

Contact
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH Division of Radiological Protection Ambient Radioactivity Schwarzenburgstr. 157 3003 Berna/ Switzerland
Tel. +41 58 462 96 14 Fax. +41 58 462 83 83
Email: Division Email: Radenviro