Published 2003 | Version v1
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Aerosol-borne radionuclides in the ground level air near the Ignalina NPP

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  • 1. Institute of Physics, Vilnius (Lithuania)

Description

Results of systematic measurements of aerosol-borne radionuclide activity concentrations In the air near the Ignalina NPP from November 1999 to October 2002 are presented. The data on 60Co and 54Mn in the air produced by the Ignalina NPP and results of calculations are used for the determination of their distribution near the Ignalina NPP. 137Cs activity concentrations in the air change in the range 0.1 - 1.0 μBq/m3. Five events of the 137Cs concentration increase in the air were higher than its increase caused by global processes. These increases of the 137Cs concentration were explained by potential distant sources of radionuclides - the contaminated areas of the Chernobyl region and the Leningrad NPP. (author)

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Journal Title
Environmental and Chemical Physics (Vilnius)
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 23-29
ISSN
1392-740X

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Country of Publication
Lithuania
Country of Input or Organization
Lithuania
INIS RN
35051404
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
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Descriptors DEI
AEROSOLS; AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERES; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; ENVIRONMENT; IGNALINA-1 REACTOR; IGNALINA-2 REACTOR; MANGANESE 54; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
Descriptors DEC
AEROSOLS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; COLLOIDS; DATA; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FLUIDS; GASES; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MANGANESE ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POLLUTION; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; SOLS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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11 refs., 16 figs.