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The Population Exposure Estimates in Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants, Country-Level Aggregates data set consists of country-level estimates of total, urban, and rural populations and land area, country-wide, that are in proximity to a nuclear power plant. This data set was created using a global data set of point locations of nuclear power plants, with buffer zones at 30km, 75km, 150km, 300km, 600km, and 1200km, and the Global Population Count Grid Time Series Estimates, Version 1 to estimate the population within each buffer zone for the years 1990, 2000, and 2010. Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids were used to estimate land area within each buffer zone. The GRUMPv1 Urban Extents Grid was used to further delineate population and land area estimates within urban and rural areas. All grids used for population, land area, and urban mask were of 1 km (30 arc-second) resolution.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: 83.63 S: -55.77 E: 180 W: -180
Geographic Region
GLOBAL,
OCEANIA,
AMERICAN SAMOA,
ANGUILLA,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,
ARUBA,
BAHAMAS,
BARBADOS,
BERMUDA,
BRUNEI,
CAPE VERDE,
CAYMAN ISLANDS,
COMOROS,
COOK ISLANDS,
CUBA,
CYPRUS,
DOMINICA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
FAEROE ISLANDS,
FALKLAND ISLANDS,
FIJI,
FRENCH POLYNESIA,
GRENADA,
GUADELOUPE,
GUAM,
HAITI,
INDONESIA,
ISLE OF MAN,
JAMAICA,
KIRIBATI,
MADAGASCAR,
MALAYSIA,
MALDIVES,
MALTA,
MARSHALL ISLANDS,
MARTINIQUE,
MAURITIUS,
MAYOTTE,
MICRONESIA,
MONTSERRAT,
NAURU,
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES,
NEW CALEDONIA,
NIUE,
NORFOLK ISLAND,
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS,
PALAU,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
PHILIPPINES,
PITCAIRN ISLANDS,
PUERTO RICO,
REUNION,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE,
SEYCHELLES,
SINGAPORE,
SOLOMON ISLANDS,
SRI LANKA,
ST HELENA,
ST KITTS AND NEVIS,
ST LUCIA,
ST MAARTEN,
ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN,
TIMOR-LESTE,
TOKELAU,
TONGA,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS,
TUVALU,
VANUATU,
VIRGIN ISLANDS,
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS,
AFGHANISTAN,
ALBANIA,
ALGERIA,
ANDORRA,
ANGOLA,
ARGENTINA,
ARMENIA,
AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA,
AZERBAIJAN,
BAHRAIN,
BANGLADESH,
BELARUS,
BELGIUM,
BELIZE,
BENIN,
BHUTAN,
BOLIVIA,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
BOTSWANA,
BRAZIL,
BULGARIA,
BURKINA FASO,
BURUNDI,
CAMBODIA,
CAMEROON,
CANADA,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD,
CHILE,
CHINA,
COLOMBIA,
CONGO,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
COSTA RICA,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
CROATIA,
CZECHIA,
DENMARK,
DJIBOUTI,
ECUADOR,
EGYPT,
EL SALVADOR,
ERITREA,
ESTONIA,
ETHIOPIA,
FINLAND,
FRANCE,
FRENCH GUIANA,
GABON,
GAMBIA,
GEORGIA,
GERMANY,
GHANA,
GREECE,
GREENLAND,
GUATEMALA,
GUERNSEY,
GUINEA,
GUINEA-BISSAU,
GUYANA,
HONDURAS,
HONG KONG,
HONG KONG,
HUNGARY,
ICELAND,
INDIA,
IRAN,
IRAQ,
IRELAND,
ISRAEL,
ITALY,
JAPAN,
JORDAN,
KAZAKHSTAN,
KENYA,
KUWAIT,
KYRGYZSTAN,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
LATVIA,
LEBANON,
LESOTHO,
LIBERIA,
LIBYA,
LIECHTENSTEIN,
LITHUANIA,
LUXEMBOURG,
MACAU,
MALAWI,
MALI,
MAURITANIA,
MEXICO,
MONACO,
MONGOLIA,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
MYANMAR,
NAMIBIA,
NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND,
NICARAGUA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
NORTH KOREA,
NORTH MACEDONIA,
NORWAY,
OMAN,
PAKISTAN,
PALESTINE,
PANAMA,
PARAGUAY,
PERU,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
QATAR,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
RWANDA,
SAN MARINO,
SAUDI ARABIA,
SENEGAL,
SERBIA,
SIERRA LEONE,
SLOVAKIA,
SLOVENIA,
SOMALIA,
SOUTH AFRICA,
SOUTH KOREA,
SUDAN,
SURINAME,
SWEDEN,
SWITZERLAND,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC,
TAIWAN,
TANZANIA,
THAILAND,
TOGO,
TUNISIA,
TURKEY,
TURKMENISTAN,
UGANDA,
UKRAINE,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
UNITED KINGDOM,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
URUGUAY,
UZBEKISTAN,
VATICAN CITY,
VENEZUELA,
VIETNAM,
YEMEN,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01
2000-01-01
2010-01-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3550185898-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2015). Population Exposure Estimates in Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants, Country-Level Aggregates (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H41834D6 Date Accessed: 2025-07-11

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