Behavior of radionuclides in the environment

This is Volume II in a three-volume set on the Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment, focusing on Chernobyl. Now, so many years after the Chernobyl accident, new data is emerging and important new findings are being made. The book reviews major research achievements concerning the behavior of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides, including their air transport and resuspension, mobility and bioavailability in the soil-water environment, vertical and lateral migration in soils and sediments, soil-to-plant and soil-to-animal transfer, and water-to-aqueous biota transfer. The long-term dynamics of radionuclides in aquatic ecosystems are also discussed, in particular, the heavily contaminated cooling pond of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is in the process of being decommissioned. Lessons learned from long-term research on the environmental behavior of radionuclides can help us understand the pathways of environmental contamination, which, in turn, will allow us to improve methods for modeling and predicting the long-term effects of pollution. This book features a wealth of original data and findings, many of which have never been published before, or were not available internationally. The contributing authors are experts from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus with more than 30 years of experience investigating Chernobyl-derived radionuclides in the environment. The content presented here can help to predict the evolution of environmental contamination following a nuclear accident, and specifically the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident.

2.2.1 Experimental Estimation of the Resuspension Factor After the Chernobyl Accident

Intro -- Preface -- References -- Contents -- Part I: Atmospheric Transport of Radionuclides and Resuspension -- Chapter 1: Atmospheric Transport of Radionuclides Initially Released as a Result of the Chernobyl Accident -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 General Characteristics of the Chernobyl Release -- 1.2.1 Methods to Estimate the Radionuclide Release Activity -- 1.2.2 Radionuclide Inventory in Unit 4 Reactor Core at the Time of the Accident -- 1.2.3 Estimations of Radionuclide Activity Released from the Reactor -- 1.2.4 Physical and Chemical Properties of Released Radionuclides

1.2.5 Release Dynamics -- 1.2.6 Initial Height of the Release -- 1.3 Meteorological Conditions of Radionuclide Transport in the Vicinity of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant -- 1.4 Measurement Data on the Formation of Air and Ground Contamination in the Initial Period -- 1.4.1 Measurements in the Near Zone of the Chernobyl NPP -- 1.4.2 Measurements Outside of the Near Zone of the Chernobyl NPP -- 1.4.3 Hot Particles in the Chernobyl Release -- 1.5 Atmospheric Transport Modeling

1.5.1 The Experience of Using the Radionuclide Atmospheric Transport Modeling to Assess the Consequences of the Chernobyl Acci ... -…