The atlas of cesium-137 contamination of Europe after the Chernobyl accident
Creators
- 1. Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, Moscow (Russian Federation)
- 2. Environment Institute, CEC Joint Research Center, Ispra (Italy)
- 3. Brussels (Belgium)
- 4. Republic Centre of Radiation and Environment Monitoring, Minsk (Belarus)
- 5. Minchernobyl, Kiev (Ukraine)
- 6. Roshidromet, Moscow (Russian Federation)
Description
The Atlas, which was compiled under the Joint Study Project (JSP6) of the CEC/CIS Collaborative Program on the Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident, implemented into the European Commission's Radiation Protection Research Action, summarizes the results of numerous investigations undertaken throughout Europe to assess the ground contamination by cesium-137 following the Chernobyl accident. The Atlas incorporates about 100 color maps at a range of scales (1/200k - 1/10M) which characterize the contamination in Europe as a whole, within state boundaries and for zones where the contamination levels are above 40 kBq/m2 (≅ 2.0% of the European territory) and above 1480 kBq/m2 (≅ 0.03% of the European territory). Investigations have shown that around 6% of the European territory has been contaminated for more than 20 kBq/m2 after the Chernobyl accident. The total amount of deposited cesium-137 in Europe is 8*1016 Bq and distributed in the following manner: Belarus 33.5%, Russia 24%, Ukraine 20%, Sweden 4.4%, Finland 4.3%, Bulgaria 2.8%, Austria 2.7%, Norway 2.3%, Romania 2.0%, Germany 1.1%
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Place
- Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the first international conference 'The radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident'
- Imprint Pagination
- 1192 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-10
- ISSN
- 1018-5593
- Report number
- INIS-BY--020
Conference
- Title
- 1. international conference on 'The radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident'
- Dates
- 18-22 Mar 1996
- Place
- Minsk (Belarus)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Luxembourg
- Country of Input or Organization
- Belarus
- INIS RN
- 31056824
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AUSTRIA; BELARUS; BULGARIA; CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CONTAMINATION; EUROPE; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; FINLAND; MAPS; NORWAY; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SWEDEN; UKRAINE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN EUROPE; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EUROPE; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 3 tabs., 2 figs., 5 refs.