The assessment of the April 2020 chernobyl wildfires and their impact on Cs-137 levels in Belgium and The Netherlands.
ATM
Chernobyl wildfires
Cs-137
Resuspension
Journal
Journal of environmental radioactivity
ISSN: 1879-1700
Titre abrégé: J Environ Radioact
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8508119
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
11
01
2021
revised:
14
06
2021
accepted:
17
06
2021
pubmed:
12
7
2021
medline:
9
9
2021
entrez:
11
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In April 2020, several wildfires took place in and around the Chernobyl exclusion zone. These fires reintroduced radioactive particles deposited during the 1986 Chernobyl disaster into the atmosphere, causing concern about a possible radiation hazard. Several countries and several stations of the International Monitoring System measured increased Cs137 levels. This study presents the analyses made by RIVM and SCK CEN/RMI during the April 2020 wildfires. Furthermore, more in-depth research was performed after the wildfires. A statistical analysis of Cs137 detections is presented, comparing the April 2020 detections with historical detections. Inverse atmospheric transport modelling is applied to infer the total released Cs137 during the wildfires. Finally, it is assessed whether the Cs137 detections in Belgium and the Netherlands can be attributed to the wildfires.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34247013
pii: S0265-931X(21)00160-0
doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2021.106688
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Cesium Radioisotopes
0
Cesium-137
4T2E65IAR7
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
106688Informations de copyright
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