Annual sampling and measuring programme of the RAMDAN laboratories 2004
Table 1. Sampling programme 2004 - environmental media and sampling frequencies
SAMPLE | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | TOTAL |
Aerosol1 | 1/week or 1/day | 1/week or 1/day | 1/week or 1/day | 1/week or 1/day | 40 or 365 |
Fallout | 1/month | 1/month | 1/month | 1/month | 12 |
Surface water | River | 1/month | 1/month | 1/month | 1/month | 12 |
Lake | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Mineral water | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Drinking water | 3/quarter | 1/quarter | 3/quarter | 1/quarter | 8 |
Soil | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Grass | Raw | - | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | - | 2 |
Stored | 1/quarter | - | - | 1/quarter | 2 |
Cereals | Wheat | 1/quarter | - | 1/quarter | - | 2 |
Maize | 1/quarter | - | - | 1/quarter | 2 |
Barley | - | - | 1/quarter | - | 1 |
Rye | - | 1/quarter | - | 1/quarter | 2 |
Rice | - | 1/quarter | - | - | 1 |
Vegetables | Potato | 1/quarter | - | - | - | 1 |
Onion | 1/quarter | - | - | - | 1 |
Lettuce | - | 1/quarter | - | - | 1 |
Cucumber | - | 1/quarter | - | - | 1 |
Green pepper | - | - | 1/quarter | - | 1 |
Tomato | - | - | 1/quarter | - | 1 |
Carrot | - | - | - | 1/quarter | 1 |
Cabbage | - | - | - | 1/quarter | 1 |
Fruits | Apple | 1/quarter | - | - | 1/quarter | 2 |
Banana | 1/quarter | - | - | - | 1 |
Strawberry | - | 1/quarter | - | - | 1 |
Sour cherry | - | 1/quarter | - | - | 1 |
Peach | - | - | 1/quarter | - | 1 |
Grapes | - | - | 1/quarter | - | 1 |
Orange | - | - | - | 1/quarter | 1 |
Cow milk | 3/month | 3/month | 3/month | 3/month | 36 |
Milk products | Cheese | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Cottage cheese | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Milk powder | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Meat | Beef | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Pork | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Chicken | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Hen egg | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 1/quarter | 4 |
Bread | 1/month | 1/month | 1/month | 1/month | 12 |
Mixed diet | 1/quarter | - | 1/quarter | - | 2 |
1: Those RAMDAN laboratories that possess portable aerosol samplers that can be operated periodically with a small air volume flow, take samples once a week. Other RAMDAN laboratories that own installed aerosol samplers that can be run continuously with a medium air volume flow, take samples every day.
Table 2. Measuring programme 2004 - samples and number of measurements
Environmental sample | Gross beta measurement | 40K measurement | 3H measurement | 90Sr measurement | gamma spectrometry | |
Aerosol | 40 or 365 | - | - | - | 40 |
Fallout | 36 | - | - | - | 36 |
Surface water | 48 | 48 | - | - | 12 |
Soil | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
Grass | 12 | 12 | - | - | 4 |
Cereals | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 |
Vegetables | 24 | 24 | - | - | 8 |
Fruits | 24 | 24 | - | - | 8 |
Milk | 36 | 36 | - | - | 4 |
Milk products | 12 | 12 | - | - | 6 |
Meat | 36 | 36 | - | - | 6 |
Egg | 12 | 12 | - | - | 2 |
Bread | 12 | 12 | - | - | 4 |
Mineral water | 4 | 4 | - | - | - |
Drinking water | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Mixed diet | - | - | - | 6 | 6 |
Revision: 01-30-2010