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    • KorinaK
      Korina
      last edited by Korina

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      Today we are releasing a new set of 5000 stations for environmental radioactivity. The newly added stations show the latest measurements of Ionizing radiation reported across Europe.

      Values are reported in the international unit of nanoSieverts per hour (nSv/h). Sievert is a measure of the health effect of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body.

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      This effect relates to exposure and dose rates: exposure is the amount of radiation in the area and dose is the amount of that radiation expected to be absorbed by a person. More about Exposure and Dose Rates here.

      Radiological data are gathered from The EUropean Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP), a platform enabling continuous exchange of radiation data by 39 participating countries from their national radiological monitoring networks.

      Find out more about radiation via Radiation: Ionizing radiation.

      Where to find Radioactivity stations

      The Radiation stations are available on desktop only as of now. They are located in the bottom right menu together with other POI stations. Click on "More layers" and select Radiation.

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      Radiation stations feature will come to the iOS and Android apps within a couple of weeks once the new update is released.

      Korina

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      • how2bH
        how2b | Premium
        last edited by

        This is a sign of the times........ to come.

        WW3 ............... its a possibility or maybe more than.
        I like Windy.com

        H Baker

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        • mravan200M
          mravan200 | Premium
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          Really? You want to instill fear in everyone with that headline? This really makes me RE think my subscription.

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          • KorinaK
            Korina @mravan200
            last edited by Korina

            @mravan200 Hello, we certainly do not want to instill fear, the purpose of the new stations is to give a better overview of radioactivity in Europe.

            Korina

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            • weatherfanW
              weatherfan @mravan200
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              @mravan200 WW3bis indeed a possibility, and we need to contain this Ukraine war and nip it in the bud before it ever spreads and turns into a world war. The commenter isn't saying there WILL be a world war; he's only suggesting it to make us aware of the possibility. Make people aware of the possibility NOW so we can PREVENT it.

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              • patrigeonP
                patrigeon
                last edited by

                Perfect! Exactly what i am seeking for, wind + doserate.for my job.
                How you have the Eurdep data in your map, cause https://remon.jrc.ec.europa.eu/About/Rad-Data-Exchange do not share the data normaly !!!

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                • patrigeonP
                  patrigeon
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                  Is it possible to communicate a net link (URL for the kmz/kml) of the doserate stations. I would like to upload it to a googleearth map ?

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                  • KorinaK
                    Korina @patrigeon
                    last edited by

                    @patrigeon Hello, EURDEP is the data source, all the information can be found at https://remon.jrc.ec.europa.eu/About/Rad-Data-Exchange

                    Korina

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                    • mravan200M
                      mravan200 @weatherfan | Premium
                      last edited by

                      @weatherfan yeah so this app will prevent it? Nope, it uses headlines to instill fear.

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                      • KorinaK
                        Korina @mravan200
                        last edited by

                        @mravan200 Hello, we are surely not in position to prevent it, but what we can do is to provide radioactivity monitoring so the general public has an easy access to such data.

                        Korina

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                        • its me 2I
                          its me 2 @Korina
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                          @Korina

                          Re: New Radioactivity stations

                          Curious about the absence of radiation data relating to the UK.

                          Thanks

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                          • KorinaK
                            Korina @its me 2
                            last edited by

                            @its-me-2 Provider for the UK radioactivity stations currently does not upload data to the EURDEP database, which is why we don't display any stations for the UK.

                            Korina

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                            • Dmitry ZujevD
                              Dmitry Zujev
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                              Is there a reason why such weird unit were chosen? nSv/h instead of more common μSv/h? Would you add an option to convert one into another for a more familiar look?

                              Thanks!

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                              • idefix37I
                                idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Dmitry Zujev
                                last edited by idefix37

                                @Dmitry-Zujev
                                nSv (nano Sievert) is a common unit used for radioactivity.
                                Same as μSv or mSv.
                                1μSv = 1000 nSv

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