Potential source apportionment and meteorological conditions involved in airborne 131I detections in January/February 2017 in Europe

Masson, O.; Steinhauser, G.; Wershofen, Herbert; Mietelski, J. W.; Fischer, H. W.; Pourcelot, L.; Saunier, O.; Bieringer, J.; Steinkopff, T.; Hyza, M.; Moller, B.; Bowyer, T. W.; Dalaka, E.; Dalheimer, A.; Vismes-Ott, A. de; Eleftheriadis, K.; Forte, M.; Gasco Leonarte, C.; Gorzkiewicz, K.; Homoki, Z.; Isajenko, K.; Karhunen, T.; Katzlberger, C.; Kierepko, R.; Kövendine Konyi, J.; Mala, H.; Nikolic, J.; Povinec, P. P.; Rajacic, M.; Ringer, W.; Rulik, P.; Rusconi, R.; Safrany, G.; Sykora, I.; Todorovic, D.; Tschiersch, J.; Ungar, K.; Zorko, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01810

Zugriffsnummer	40980
Dokumenttyp	Zeitschriftenartikel
Peer Review	mit Peer Review
Sprache	Englisch
Titel	Potential source apportionment and meteorological conditions involved in airborne ¹³¹I detections in January/February 2017 in Europe
Autor(in); Institution	Masson, O.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Steinhauser, G.; Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Radioecology and Radiation Protection, Hannover, GERMANY Wershofen, Herbert; 6.1, Radioaktivität, PTB-Braunschweig Mietelski, J. W.; Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ), The Henryk Nievodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow, POLAND Fischer, H. W.; University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics, Bremen, GERMANY Pourcelot, L.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Saunier, O.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Bieringer, J.; Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS), Freiburg, GERMANY Steinkopff, T.; Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach, GERMANY Hyza, M.; National Radiation Protection Institute (NRPI), Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC Moller, B.; Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA), Svanvik, NORWAY Bowyer, T. W.; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Washington, USA Dalaka, E.; Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, NCSR "Demokritos", Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, Attiki, GREECE Dalheimer, A.; Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach, GERMANY Vismes-Ott, A. de; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Eleftheriadis, K.; Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, NCSR "Demokritos", Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, Attiki, GREECE Forte, M.; Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente (ARPA Lombardia), Milan, ITALY Gasco Leonarte, C.; Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tenologicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, SPAIN Gorzkiewicz, K.; Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ), The Henryk Nievodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow, POLAND Homoki, Z.; "Frederic Joliot-Curie" National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, (OSSKI), Budapest, HUNGARY Isajenko, K.; Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection (CLOR), Warsaw, POLAND Karhunen, T.; Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Helsinki, FINLAND Katzlberger, C.; Radiation Protection and Radiochemistry, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Wien, AUSTRIA Kierepko, R.; Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ), The Henryk Nievodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow, POLAND Kövendine Konyi, J.; "Frederic Joliot-Curie" National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, (OSSKI), Budapest, HUNGARY Mala, H.; National Radiation Protection Institute (NRPI), Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC Nikolic, J.; Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, SERBIA Povinec, P. P.; Comenius University, Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA Rajacic, M.; Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, SERBIA Ringer, W.; Radioecology and Radon, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Linz, AUSTRIA Rulik, P.; National Radiation Protection Institute (NRPI), Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC Rusconi, R.; Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente (ARPA Lombardia), Milan, ITALY Safrany, G.; "Frederic Joliot-Curie" National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, (OSSKI), Budapest, HUNGARY Sykora, I.; Comenius University, Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA Todorovic, D.; Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, SERBIA Tschiersch, J.; Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (HMGU), Neuherberg, GERMANY Ungar, K.; Health Canada (HC-SC), Radiation Protection Bureau, Ottawa, CANADA Zorko, B.; Jozef Stefan Institute (IJS), Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
Quelle/Jahr	Environmental Science & Technology: 52 (2018), 15, 8488 - 8500
ISSN	0013-936X (PRINT) ; 1520-5851 (ONLINE)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01810
Verlag	Washington, DC ; Columbus, Ohio: ACS Publications
Zusammenfassung	Traces of particulare radioactive iodine (¹³¹I) were detectedin the European atmosphere in January/February 2017. concentrations of this nuclear fission product were very low, ranging 0.1 to 10 μBq m^-3 except at one location in western Russia where they reached up to several mBq m^-3. Detections have been reported continuously over a 8-week period by about 30 monitoring stations. We examine possible emission source apportionments and rank them considering their excepted contribution in terms of orders of magnitude from typical routine releases: radiopharmaceutical production units > sewage sludge incinerators > nuclear power plants > spontaneous fission of uranium in soil. Inverse modeling simulations indicate that the widespread detections of ¹³¹I resulted from the combination of multiple source releases. Among them, those from radiopharmaceutical production units remain the most likely. One of them is located in Western Russia ant its estimated source term complies wit hauthorized limits. Other existing sources related to ¹³¹I use (medical purposes or sewage sludge incineration) can explain detections on a rather local scale. as an enhancing factor, the prevailing wintertime meteorological situations marked by strong temperature inversions led to poor dispersion conditions that resulted in higher concentrations exceeding usual detection limits in use within the informal Ring of Five (Ro5) monitoring network.

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Masson, O., Steinhauser, G., Wershofen, H., Mietelski, J. W., Fischer, H. W., Pourcelot, L., Saunier, O., Bieringer, J., Steinkopff, T., Hyza, M., Moller, B., Bowyer, T. W., Dalaka, E., Dalheimer, A., Vismes-Ott, A. D., Eleftheriadis, K., Forte, M., Gasco Leonarte, C., Gorzkiewicz, K., Homoki, Z., Isajenko, K., Karhunen, T., Katzlberger, C., Kierepko, R., Kövendine Konyi, J., Mala, H., Nikolic, J., Povinec, P. P., Rajacic, M., Ringer, W., Rulik, P., Rusconi, R., Safrany, G., Sykora, I., Todorovic, D., Tschiersch, J., Ungar, K., & Zorko, B. (2018). Potential source apportionment and meteorological conditions involved in airborne ¹³¹I detections in January/February 2017 in Europe. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(15), 8488–8500. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01810

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