Published April 2012 | Version v1
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Assessment of the radiological impact of a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Italy

Creators

  • 1. CIRCE, INNOVA and Department of Environmental Science, Second University of Naples, Via Vivaldi, 43, I-81100 Caserta (Italy)
  • 2. CIRCE, INNOVA and Department of Life Science, Second University of Naples, Via Vivaldi, 43, I-81100 Caserta (Italy)
  • 3. Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator (VERA), Fakultaet fuer Physik, Universitaet Wien, Waehringer Strasse 17, A-1090 Wien (Austria)
  • 4. Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 (Australia)
  • 5. Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari, Garigliano Power Plant, Sessa Aurunca, Ce (Italy)

Description

The assessment of the radiological impact of a decommissioned nuclear power plant is presented here through the results of an environmental monitoring survey carried out in the area surrounding the Garigliano Power Plant. The levels of radioactivity in soil, water, air and other environmental matrices are shown, in which α, β and γ activity and the γ equivalent dose rate are measured. Radioactivity levels of the samples from the Garigliano area are analyzed and then compared with those from a control zone situated more than 100 km away. Moreover, a comparison is made with a previous survey carried out in 2001. The analyses and comparisons show no significant alteration in the radiological characteristics of the area surrounding the plant, with the overall radioactivity depending mainly on the global fallout and natural sources. (authors)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2012010

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1051/radiopro/2012010;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radioprotection
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
no.2
Journal Page Range
p. 285-297
ISSN
0033-8451
CODEN
RAPRBA

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
43076434
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTIVITY LEVELS; AIR; BERYLLIUM 7; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; DOSE RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FOOD; GAMMA RADIATION; GARIGLIANO REACTOR; GROUND WATER; POTASSIUM 40; RADIATION MONITORING; SOILS; SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; URANIUM 236
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BWR TYPE REACTORS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MONITORING; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; POWER REACTORS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THERMAL REACTORS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WATER; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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