Environmental Radiation Monitoring

 

The Power Station has a comprehensive environmental monitoring programme to safeguard the health of its staff, the surrounding environment, and the general public, including a robust monitoring system to continuously measure the radiation in the environment with monitoring instruments located both within the nuclear power station and at about 5 km from the power station at Bagang, Lingao, Yangmeikeng, Shuitou and Dapeng.


* Data collected from five outdoor monitoring stations operated continuously and located within the nuclear power station

 

Values before operation*

 

Ambient Activity                  Underground Water                         Underground Water                  Total Activity in the air
0.1 to 0.2 uGy/h                  Beta Activity (except tritium)          Tritium in drinking water         0.4 to 9.3 mBq/m3           
                                               0.1 to 0.6 Bq/l                                   1.5 to 6.1 Bq/l

                            

Radiation levels are related to seasonal and meteorological conditions such as wind direction, wind speed and rainfall. The figures will fluctuate as a normal phenomenon.