Following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986, about 2 × 10^18 Bq of condensable radioactive materials were released, the majority of which was deposited in Europe. Most of the released radioactive material was in particulate form, whereas noble gases and most of iodine were in gaseous form. Sometimes their activities may be so high that even a single particle may cause a severe health hazard. Radioactive particles released from Chernobyl have been described by many as “hot particles” where “hot” is synonymous with “highly radioactive”. In the Chernobyl accident most of the particulate material was deposited within 20 km of the plant, but about one-third was transported even thousands of kilometres. Air masses originating from Chernobyl on 26 April 1986 arrived in Finland very early after the accident. Identification of the hot particles in filters collected in Helsinki Finland between 26-28 April 1986 was done by autoradiography technique (Cyclone Plus of PerkinElmer) in the University of Milano, Italy. Morphology and elemental information for particle characterization will be given by SEM analysis.
Hot particles in air filters collected in Finland immediately after the Chernobyl accident / J. Paatero, F. Groppi, A. Ioannidou. ((Intervento presentato al 28. convegno Annual Symposium of Hellenic Nuclear Physics Society tenutosi a Thessaloniky nel 2019.
Hot particles in air filters collected in Finland immediately after the Chernobyl accident
F. GroppiPenultimo
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2019
Abstract
Following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986, about 2 × 10^18 Bq of condensable radioactive materials were released, the majority of which was deposited in Europe. Most of the released radioactive material was in particulate form, whereas noble gases and most of iodine were in gaseous form. Sometimes their activities may be so high that even a single particle may cause a severe health hazard. Radioactive particles released from Chernobyl have been described by many as “hot particles” where “hot” is synonymous with “highly radioactive”. In the Chernobyl accident most of the particulate material was deposited within 20 km of the plant, but about one-third was transported even thousands of kilometres. Air masses originating from Chernobyl on 26 April 1986 arrived in Finland very early after the accident. Identification of the hot particles in filters collected in Helsinki Finland between 26-28 April 1986 was done by autoradiography technique (Cyclone Plus of PerkinElmer) in the University of Milano, Italy. Morphology and elemental information for particle characterization will be given by SEM analysis.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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