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Masson, O.* ; Steinhauser, G.* ; Wershofen, H.* ; Mietelski, J.W.* ; Fischer, H.W.* ; Pourcelot, L.* ; Saunier, O.* ; Bieringer, J.* ; Steinkopff, T.* ; Hýža, M.* ; Møller, B.* ; Bowyer, T.W.* ; Dalaka, E.* ; Dalheimer, A.* ; de Vismes-Ott, A.* ; Eleftheriadis, K.* ; Forte, M.* ; Gasco Leonarte, C.* ; Gorzkiewicz, K.* ; Homoki, Z.* ; Isajenko, K.* ; Karhunen, T.* ; Katzlberger, C.* ; Kierepko, R.* ; Kövendiné Kónyi, J.* ; Malá, H.* ; Nikolic, J.* ; Povinec, P.P.* ; Rajacic, M.* ; Ringer, W.* ; Rulík, P.* ; Rusconi, R.* ; Sáfrány, G.* ; Sýkora, I.* ; Todorović, D.* ; Tschiersch, J. ; Ungar, K.* ; Zorko, B.*

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

Environ. Sci. Technol. 52, 8488-8500 (2018)
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Traces of particulate radioactive iodine (I-131) were detected in the European atmosphere in January/February 2017. Concentrations of this nuclear fission product were very low, ranging 0.1 to 10 mu Bq m(-3) except at one location in western Russia where they reached up to several mBq m(-3). Detections have been reported continuously over an 8-week period by about 30 monitoring stations. We examine possible emission source apportionments and rank them considering their expected 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 I-131 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 and its estimated source term complies with authorized limits. Other existing sources related to I-131 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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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter In-situ Production; Spontaneous Fission; Stripa Granite; Source-term; Radionuclides; Chernobyl; Uranium; Iodine; Plant; Radioactivity
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Veröffentlichungsjahr 2018
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2018
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0013-936X
e-ISSN 1520-5851
Zeitschrift Environmental Science & Technology
Quellenangaben Band: 52, Heft: 15, Seiten: 8488-8500 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag American Chemical Society (ACS)
Verlagsort Washington, DC
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Radiation Protection (ISS)
POF Topic(s) 30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Forschungsfeld(er) Radiation Sciences
PSP-Element(e) G-501100-002
DOI 10.1021/acs.est.8b01810
WOS ID WOS:000441477600048
Scopus ID 85049999290
PubMed ID 29979581
Erfassungsdatum 2018-08-02
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