Simulation study of radionuclide atmospheric transport after wildland fires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in April 2020
2021
Таlerko, Mykola | Коvalets, Ivan | Lev, Тatiana | Igarashi, Yasunori | Romanenko, Olexandr
This paper presents model results for the dispersion of radionuclides released into the atmosphere by intense forest fires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in April 2020. The ¹³⁷Cs activity concentration in the surface air is calculated on a regional scale (in Ukraine) and a local scale (within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone). The ¹³⁷Cs activity in the surface air of Kyiv was found to have reached 2–4 mBq m⁻³ during the period April 4–20. The results presented in this paper are generally consistent with measured data pertaining to radioactive contamination in Kyiv and areas around several nuclear power plants in Ukraine. The total effective dose to the population of Kyiv during the fire period was estimated to be 5.7 nSv from external exposure and the inhalation of ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr, rising to 30 nSv by the end of 2020. This is about 0.003% of the annual permissible level of exposure of the population. A committed effective dose of about 16 nSv was estimated for the personnel of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant from the inhalation of ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr during the 2020 forest fires. A method for estimating the radionuclide activity emissions during wildland fires in radioactively contaminated areas is proposed. This method is based on satellite measurement data of the fire radiative power, the radionuclide inventory in the fire area, and an emission factor for radioactive particles.
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