The EPA carries out a programme of round-the-clock measurements from our permanent monitoring network and a programme of sampling followed by laboratory testing. We take and test around 2000 samples every year. Most samples are taken from fixed locations throughout Ireland. Fish and shellfish are collected from the main fishing ports.
Dataset contains: sediment characterization (textural analysis, percent water content, percent organic content) from Susquehanna River sediments, radionuclide activities, and results from cesium sorption batch reactor experiments. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Ratliff, K., A. Mikelonis, and J. Duffy. Characterizing cesium sorption in freshwater settings using fluvial sediments and characteristic water chemistries. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 253: 7, (2020).