What does the RIFE report show?
The report shows that in 2008, the exposure to members of the public to artificially produced radioactivity via the food chain was well below the annual EU dose limit. The average UK diet gives a consumer an annual estimated exposure of about 210 microsieverts (µSv) [a measure of how much radiation the body absorbs] as a result of radioactivity from natural sources in their diet. The highest estimated radiological exposures (doses), from both natural and artificial sources, was from fish and shellfish consumers around Sellafield in Cumbria. These consumers could receive up to 620 microsieverts (µSv) from radionuclides discharged into the Irish Sea. The annual EU dose limit is 1000 µSv, so the dose for seafood consumers at Sellafield was 62% of the limit.
