Europe-wide atmospheric radionuclide dispersion by unprecedented wildfires in the chernobyl exclusion zone

Masson, O.; Romanenko, O.; Saunier, O.; Kirieiev, S.; Protsak, V.; Laptev, G.; Voitsekhovych, O.; Durand, V.; Coppin, F.; Steinhauser, G.; Vismes Ott, A. de; Renaud, P.; Didier, D.; Boulet, B.; Morin, M.; Hyza, M.; Camps, J.; Belyaeva, O.; Dalheimer, A.; Eleftheriadis, K.; Gasco-Leonarte, C.; Ioannidou, A.; Isajenko, K.; Karhunen, T.; Kastlander, J.; Katzlberger, C.; Kierepko, R.; Knetsch, G.-J.; Kövendine Konyi, J.; Mietelski, J. W.; Mirsch, M.; Møller, B.; Nikolic, J.; Povinec, P. P.; Rusconi, R.; Samsonov, V.; Sykora, I.; Simion, E.; Steinmann, P.; Stoulos, S.; Suarez-Navarro, J. A.; Wershofen, Herbert; Zapata-Garcia, Daniel; Zorko, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03314

Zugriffsnummer	48672
Dokumenttyp	Zeitschriftenartikel
Peer Review	mit Peer Review
Sprache	Englisch
Titel	Europe-wide atmospheric radionuclide dispersion by unprecedented wildfires in the chernobyl exclusion zone
Autor(in); Institution	Masson, O.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Romanenko, O.; Rivne Nuclear Power Plant (ENERGOATOM), Varash, UKRAINE Saunier, O.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Kirieiev, S.; State Specialized Enterprise Ecoventre (SSE ECOCENTRE), Chornobyl, UKRAINE Protsak, V.; Ukrainian Hydrometeorogical Institute (UHMI), Kyiv, UKRAINE Laptev, G.; Ukrainian Hydrometeorogical Institute (UHMI), Kyiv, UKRAINE Voitsekhovych, O.; Ukrainian Hydrometeorogical Institute (UHMI), Kyiv, UKRAINE Durand, V.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Coppin, F.; 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 Vismes Ott, A. de; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Renaud, P.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Didier, D.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Boulet, B.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Morin, M.; Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, FRANCE Hyza, M.; National Radiation Protection Institute (NRPI), Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC Camps, J.; StudieCentrum voor Kernenergie - Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire (SCK-CEN), Mol, BELGIUM Belyaeva, O.; Department of Radioecology, Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies (NAS RA), Yerevan, ARMENIA Dalheimer, A.; Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach, GERMANY Eleftheriadis, K.; Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, National Centre for Scientific Reasearch "Demokritos", Athens, GREECE Gasco-Leonarte, C.; Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Unidad de Radioactividad Ambiental y Vigilancia Radiológica, Madrid, SPAIN Ioannidou, A.; Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics Division, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE Isajenko, K.; Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection (CLRP), Warsaw, POLAND Karhunen, T.; Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Helsinki, FINLAND Kastlander, J.; Swedish Defence Research Agency, Stockholm, SWEDEN Katzlberger, C.; Department of Radiation Protection and Technical Quality Assurance, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, AUSTRIA Kierepko, R.; The Henryk Nievodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics (IFJ), Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, POLAND Knetsch, G.-J.; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, THE NETHERLANDS Kövendine Konyi, J.; Department of Radiobiology and Radiohygiene (NNK SSFO); National Public Health Center, Budapest, HUNGARY Mietelski, J. W.; The Henryk Nievodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics (IFJ), Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, POLAND Mirsch, M.; Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach, GERMANY Møller, B.; Emergency Preparedness and Response, Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA), Svanvik, NORWAY Nikolic, J.; Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Department of Radiation and Environmental Protection, Belgrade, SERBIA Povinec, P. P.; Comenius University, Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA Rusconi, R.; Centro Regionale Radioprotezione, Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Lombardia (ARPA Lombardia), Milan, ITALY Samsonov, V.; National Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Contamination Control, and Environmental Monitoring (BELHYDROMET), Minsk, BELARUS Sykora, I.; Comenius University, Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA Simion, E.; National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), National Reference Laboratory, Bucharest, ROMANIA Steinmann, P.; Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH - OFSP), Environmental Radioactivity Section, Liebefeld, SWITZERLAND Stoulos, S.; Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics Division, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE Suarez-Navarro, J. A.; Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Unidad de Radioactividad Ambiental y Vigilancia Radiológica, Madrid, SPAIN Wershofen, Herbert; 6.1, Radioaktivität, PTB-Braunschweig Zapata-Garcia, Daniel; 6.1, Radioaktivität, PTB-Braunschweig Zorko, B.; Jozef Stefan Institute (IJS), Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
Quelle/Jahr	Environmental Science and Technology: 55 (2021), 20, 13834 - 13848
ISSN	0013-936X (PRINT) ; 1520-5851 (ONLINE)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03314
Verlag	Washington, DC: ACS Publications
Freie Schlagworte	wildfire ; radionuclides ; Chernobyl ; firefighters ; dose assessment
Zusammenfassung	From early April 2020, wildfires raged in the highly contaminated areas around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (CNPP), Ukraine. For about 4 weeks, the fires spread around and into the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) and came within a few kilometers of both the CNPP and radioactive waste storage facilities. Wildfires occurred on several occasions throughout the month of April. They were extinguished, but weather conditions and the spread of fires by airborne embers and smoldering fires led to new fires starting at different locations of the CEZ. The forest fires were only completely under control at the beginning of May, thanks to the tireless and incessant work of the firefighters and a period of sustained precipitation. In total, 0.7-1.2 TBq ¹³⁷Cs were released into the atmosphere. Smoke plumes partly spread south and west and contributed to the detection of airborne ¹³⁷Cs over the Ukrainian territory and as far away as Western Europe. The increase in airborne ¹³⁷Cs ranged from several hundred μBq·m^-3 in northern Ukraine to trace levels of a few μBq·m^-3 or even within the usual background level in other European countries. Dispersion modeling determined the plume arrival time and was helpful in the assessment of the possible increase in airborne ¹³⁷Cs concentrations in Europe. Detections of airborne ⁹⁰Sr (emission estimate 345–612 GBq) and Pu (up to 75 GBq, mostly ²⁴¹Pu) were reported from the CEZ. Americium-241 represented only 1.4% of the total source term corresponding to the studied anthropogenic radionuclides but would have contributed up to 80% of the inhalation dose.

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Masson, O., Romanenko, O., Saunier, O., Kirieiev, S., Protsak, V., Laptev, G., Voitsekhovych, O., Durand, V., Coppin, F., Steinhauser, G., Vismes Ott, A. D., Renaud, P., Didier, D., Boulet, B., Morin, M., Hyza, M., Camps, J., Belyaeva, O., Dalheimer, A., Eleftheriadis, K., Gasco-Leonarte, C., Ioannidou, A., Isajenko, K., Karhunen, T., Kastlander, J., Katzlberger, C., Kierepko, R., Knetsch, G.-J., Kövendine Konyi, J., Mietelski, J. W., Mirsch, M., Møller, B., Nikolic, J., Povinec, P. P., Rusconi, R., Samsonov, V., Sykora, I., Simion, E., Steinmann, P., Stoulos, S., Suarez-Navarro, J. A., Wershofen, H., Zapata-Garcia, D., & Zorko, B. (2021). Europe-wide atmospheric radionuclide dispersion by unprecedented wildfires in the chernobyl exclusion zone. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(20), 13834–13848. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03314

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