National Atomic Energy Agency

The national radiation monitoring network is getting denser every year. In 2022, a total of 13 new permanent monitoring stations were installed in Poland. New products were placed in three voivodeships:

• subcarpathian (Mielec, Stuposiany, Dylągowa, Przeworsk, Jasło);
• lubelskie (Zamość, Kraśnik, Radzyń Podlaski, Wola Wereszczyńska, Teodorówka, Opole Lubelskie, Oseredek);
• podlaskie (Bielsk Podlaski).

Locations are selected on the basis of an analysis, which takes into account various criteria: defining the area, afforestation, distance from other stations of early introduction of radioactive contamination, built-up area. Since 2015, the national monitoring of the radiation situation has been gradually expanded.

The National Atomic Energy Agency has purchased nearly 40 modern stations for the introduction of radioactive contamination in recent years. Several of them were used already worn-out device and then placed in new locations, including along the eastern border of the country. Currently, 52 new regulations are being introduced in Poland that govern the PAA.

The results of radiation monitoring are available on the PAA website: https://monitoring.paa.gov.pl/maps-portal/. Data from the new PMS station will be published over time.

As part of the radiation monitoring, also include the stations of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. These stations "work" in the following locations: in Warsaw, Mikołajki, Gdynia, Świnoujście, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Legnica, Zakopane, Lesko and Włodawa. Thanks to cooperation with IMGW, PAA can download data from the Institute's station. Soon these details will be entered on our website.

The task of the measuring station of the radioactive contamination early detection system is to enable the assessment of the radiation situation in the country, as well as early detection of radioactive contamination in the event of radiation emergencies.

The stations of the system were introduced into the system of radioactive contamination below the ionizing level 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thanks to spectrometric measurements, it is possible to detect trace amounts of isotopes of natural origin in the environment. The denser network of stations enables the National Atomic Energy Agency to detect radiation events earlier and forecast their development more accurately. Thanks to this, the Agency can accelerate actions in crisis situations and better inform about the need for intervention activities.