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Experimental study of radioactive aerosols in the vicinity of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Study of radioactive aerosols in the relocation zone and in the populated areas have been carried out for a number of years. The experiments on modelling resuspension were performed while conducting agricultural work. Nuclear track radiography and alpha spectrometry with radiochemical extraction of...

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Published in:Radiation measurements 1999-12, Vol.30 (6), p.703-707
Main Authors: Boulyga, S.F., Lomonosova, E.M., Zhuk, I.V., Yaroshevich, O.I., Kudrjashov, V.P., Mironov, V.P.
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Language:English
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Summary:Study of radioactive aerosols in the relocation zone and in the populated areas have been carried out for a number of years. The experiments on modelling resuspension were performed while conducting agricultural work. Nuclear track radiography and alpha spectrometry with radiochemical extraction of plutonium were used as analytical methods for the determination of the transuranium elements contents. The distributions of radioactive particles were obtained as to activity and sizes. Specific activity of “hot particles” increases with decreasing diameter. In aerosols selected at a distance of more than 10 km from the Chernobyl NPP pure fuel particles with sizes of more than 5 μm were not found. The activity of the finely dispersed fraction of aerosols, which is more dangerous when inhaled by the organism, is comparable with a total activity of large particles.
ISSN:1350-4487
1879-0925
DOI:10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00045-1