Errata: corrections to RIFE reports
Updated 2 November 2023
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Previous RIFE reports are available on the National Archives.
RIFE 27, 2021
Page 258, Table 6.6
The activity concentration data for 210Pb in 2021 samples presented in Table 6.6 were incorrect. The corrected data are presented in the ‘Errata tables’ file on the main RIFE page.
This has resulted in small changes to the sum of doses for the 1-year consumption and occupancy rates and mollusc source specific aquatic assessments as documented below. The reported ‘total dose’ and 5-year averaged consumption and occupancy rate assessments were unchanged.
The paragraph “Taking artificial and enhanced natural radionuclides together…”
Should read “Taking artificial and enhanced natural radionuclides together, the source specific doses were 0.22mSv and 0.25mSv for the annual and five-year rolling average habits data, respectively. The dose to mollusc consumers (2021 data only) was 0.020mSv). These estimates are slightly higher than the estimate of ‘total dose’ from all sources of 0.21mSv. The main reason for this is a difference in the approach to selecting consumption rates for seafood for the representative person. The differences in dose are expected and are within the uncertainties in the assessments (see Appendix 1, Section 3.8).”
The dose to mollusc consumers (2021 data only) was 0.007mSv.
RIFE 22 to 27, 2016 to 2021
Non-nuclear discharge data
Non-nuclear discharge data for this period was not included in the non-nuclear discharge tables within RIFE. These data are available upon request from Natural Resources Wales at enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk