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Radiological Monitoring at the Radiation Protection Bureau of Health Canada | Home Home Search Primary Menu Skip to content About InFORMal E-News InFORM Scientists InFORMal Scientists InFORMal Science Photos Partners InFORM Monitoring InFORMal E-News Methods Citizen Science Gamma Spectroscopy Marine Biota Monitoring Methods for Other Radionuclides (WHOI CMER) Biota Oceanic Coastal Archived Results Radiation Research By Location Japan Fukushima NW Pacific N Pacific NE Pacific British Columbia North America Chernobyl By Sample Type Algae Atmospheric Human Marine Life Model Plants & Fungi Seawater Sediment By Isotope Cesium Iodine Plutonium Polonium Potassium Strontium Tellurium Uranium Xenon Presentations & Media Presentations Media Interviews Resources InFORMing Research FAQ Radiological Monitoring at the Radiation Protection Bureau of Health Canada IAEA Inter-laboratory Comparison Report 2014-2016 Official IAEA Report on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident UNSCEAR 2017 Report on Levels and Effects of Radiation Exposure Methods for Other Radionuclides (WHOI CMER) Safety lessons learned from Fukushima: Part 1 – National Acadamies Report Safety lessons learned from Fukushima: Part 2 – National Acadamies Report Health Canada Observations Post-Disaster Canadian Radiological Monitoring Network Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials Guidelines Search for: Radiological Monitoring at the Radiation Protection Bureau of Health Canada Monitoring for radionuclides is crucial for the country to be prepared for any nuclear emergency. Canada’s Radiation Protection Bureau (RPB), part of Health Canada, maintains and monitors three variegated networks, with sensors located in both population centers and remote communities. Two of those networks, the Canadian Radiological Monitoring Network, and the Fixed Point Surveillance Network are managed by the RPB. The RPB moreover operates and maintains a third network four stations wideness the country as part of the United Nations Comprehensive nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization. Explore the Data Explore the data and resources currently misogynist from these three networks through this interactive map. The map shows the injudicious sampling location for each monitoring network since precise location of the stations is not publicly available; municipality centres are used as the representative location. Use the left hand menu to select sampling programs of interest. For some locations, monitoring data are displayed in graphical form. Each sample type has a short unravelment and links are provided for increasingly information or data. A unravelment of each network is below, and how the Radiation Protection Bureau is continuously monitoring environmental samples for radiation. The Canadian Radiological Monitoring Network (CRMN) The Canadian Radiological Monitoring Network (CRMN) was initiated in 1959 to monitor the environmental effects of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. This network currently serves to establish baseline radiation levels from natural sources. This important work will be vital for reference in the event of any future intentional or willy-nilly release of radioactivity into the environment. Samples of ubiquitous items (e.g. air, water, and milk) are placid at regular intervals (weekly to quarterly) from wideness the country. The environmental samples are tested to ensure they do not exceed normal parameters. You can find the unshortened dataset from the CRMN on Open Canada. The Fixed Point Surveillance Network (FPN) The Fixed Point Surveillance Network is an variety of gamma detectors distributed strategically wideness the country, which report their data in near real-time. Some of the detectors are well-matured in locations of radiological interest, such as near nuclear power plants or ports where nuclear powered vessels may berth. The detectors are moreover distributed wideness population centers. Near real-time data from the FPN are now misogynist through the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). Zoom in to each location to get hourly and daily averaged data for the last day and month, respectively. Explore near real-time FPN data through the Joint Research Centre map (linked).Moreoverof potential interest through the JRC site are European maps of naturally occurring radiation due to cosmic rays, indoor radon observations, and concentrations of natural isotopes in soils and bedrock. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Canada moreover maintains four stations across the country as part of the United Nations Comprehensive nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization. These four locations are part of the global 80 station network which ensures that no nuclear explosion goes undetected through its use of seismic, hydroacoustic (for oceanic testing), infrasound (soundwaves inaudible to human hearing), and radionuclide signals that are released from such detonations. In wing to detection of nuclear tests or accidents, this network of stations moreover contributes data to our understanding of the volcanoes, climate change, whale movement, and contributes to the real-time monitoring for tsunami. You can see a map of the CTBTO stations by clicking on international monitoring system tab on the right. 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