Green belt to reduce consequences of reactor accidents

Airborne particulate activity has high deposition velocity on grass and crops. Green trees provide very high surface area per unit volume of space. A green belt, made up of optimally spaced and selected variety of evergreen trees, can, therefore, be utilized to reduce consequences of accidents in nuclear power plants, when release of radioactive materials is at ground level. Consequences of reactor accidents giving rise to ground level release in presence of a green belt in public domain are reduced by orders of magnitude. This may help reducing magnitude of emergency preparedness planning in public domain. (author)