Conditions and Initial Data for Reconstructing the Environmental Radioactive Contamination and Population Dose Loads Resulting from a Nuclear Accident on a Nuclear Submarine in Bukhta Chazhma

Refined initial data are presented for retrospective prediction and analysis of the radiation conditions in Primorskii Krai after a nuclear accident on a nuclear submarine on August 10, 1985 in Bukhta Chazhma. The initial and boundary conditions are substantiated, including sources of radioactive co...

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Published in:Atomic energy (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2019-12, Vol.127 (2), p.120-126
Main Authors: Sarkisov, A. A., Vysotskii, V. L., Pripachkin, D. A., Dzama, D. V., Ignatov, R. Yu, Rubinshtein, K. G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Analysis
Boundary conditions
Contamination
Energy industry
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Nuclear accidents
Nuclear accidents & safety
Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear submarines
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Radiation
Radioactive contamination
Radioactive pollution
Radioactive substances
Radioisotopes
Submarine boats
Transport
Weather
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Summary:Refined initial data are presented for retrospective prediction and analysis of the radiation conditions in Primorskii Krai after a nuclear accident on a nuclear submarine on August 10, 1985 in Bukhta Chazhma. The initial and boundary conditions are substantiated, including sources of radioactive contamination of the environment, emission intensity of the determining dose-generating radionuclides, weather conditions, and particulars of the transport of the radioactive cloud above the ship repair yard, Dunai Peninsula, Zemlya Petra Velikogo, and Primorskii Krai territory. Substantiation is given for choosing the systems PARRAD and ROUZ for reconstruction of past events to predict the transport and spreading of radioactive substances in the atmosphere, making it possible to evaluate the radiation consequences of the accident for the population of Primor’ya and the adjoining part of China, including environmental contamination, taking into account actual data, numerical estimates, and reconstructed weather conditions for the period of the accident and on the days preceding and following it.
ISSN:1063-4258
1573-8205
DOI:10.1007/s10512-019-00596-0