Dalgety Bay reports

Radioactive items have been detected on Dalgety Bay since at least 1990. Many surveys have been undertaken on the beach to determine the potential numbers of items present and possible implications for public health. SEPA has undertaken two recent monitoring and assessment exercises at Dalgety Bay and these are reported below.

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Dalgety Bay 2012 Dose assessment report pdf link

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Ground Penetrating Radar Report March 2012 pdf link 12.89mb
Dalgety Bay particle composition pdf link

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Dalgety Bay investigation plan pdf link

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Dalgety Bay Headland Investigation pdf link 3.6mb
Dalgety Bay Assessment pdf link 2.7mb
Dalgety Bay Skin Hazard Assessment pdf link 2.1mb

Response to Defence Estates’ action plan pdf link

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Skin dose from Ra-226 contamination: Dose estimation & comments pdf link 522kb
Dalgety Bay Radium Contamination pdf link Preliminary assessment produced by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Environmental and Organisational Strategy Directorate 20mb
Dalgety Bay Risk Assessment Report  Probabilistic and Hazard Assessment: A Screening Assessment of Radium Contamination  2.78mb
Probability assessment methodology - Appendix C   Probabilistic and Hazard Assessment: A Screening Assessment of Radium Contamination. This report presents the results and methodology used to assess the risk posed by an area of land in Fife that is contaminated with radium, thought to have been generated by previous Ministry of Defence activities in the years preceding WWII.  148kb
 Dalgety Bay Monitoring Removal Report - April 2006  Information about the distribution of radioactive particles across the foreshore and in the exposed cliff face believed to be the contamination source. This report contains the results of radiation surveys undertaken at Dalgety Bay in Fife during March 2006.  5.3mb
Dalgety Bay Monitoring Report - March 2005  Radiological survey of beach and foreshore for contamination of Radium 226.  435kb

Dalgety Bay Forum

Dalgety Bay Forum Meetings minutes Format Size
19 January 2005 Meeting                                                 11kb
11 May 2005 Meeting 13kb
1 November 2005 28kb
7 November 2005 68kb
25 November 2005 449kb
13 January 2006 51kb
4 April 2006 2mb
14 February 2008 146kb
16 December 2008 1.1mb
9 February 2009 38kb
10 November 2009 358kb
27 September 2010 9kb

4 November 2010 - presentation

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29 March 2011 147kb
7 November 2011 185kb
22 November 2011 142kb
27 March 2012 150kb
11 June 2012 60kb
10 September 2012 pdf link 120kb
5 december 2012 pdf link 115kb

Dalgety Bay Risk Assessment Group

Dalgety Bay Risk Assessment Group
Dalgety Bay Risk Assessment Group Meeting  (1.7mb)