Mapping of 137Cs deposition over eastern France 16 years after the Chernobyl accident

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 309, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 257-264

  Renaud, Philippe ^a   Pourcelot, Laurent ^a   Métivier, Jean Michel ^a   Morello, Marcel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chernobyl; Depositions mapping; France

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; RAIN;

SOIL ACTIVITIES;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; RAIN; CESIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; MAPPING;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; UKRAINE;

(EAST); FRANCE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RAIN; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; UKRAINE;

EID: 0038277442     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00049-4     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Bossew P., Ditto M., Flakner T., Eberhardt H., Kienzl K., Rapelsberger U. Contamination of Austrian soil with caesium 137. J Environ Radioact. 55:2001;187-194.
2. Clark M.J., Smith F.B. Wet and dry deposition of Chernobyl releases. Nature. 332:1988;245-249.
3. Conchon C. Les formations quaternaires de type continental en corse orientale. PhD Thesis report Paris VI University. 1975;. 243 p [In French with English abstract].
4. 137Cs deposition: data validation methods and data interpretation. J Environ Radioact. 53:2001;271-289.
5. ATLAS of caesium deposition on Europe after the Chernobyl accident. EUR 16733. 1998;Office for Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, European Commission, 176 A3.
6. L'accident de Tchernobyl, IPSN2/86 1986 report. 1986;. 163 p [In French].
7. Isaaks E.H., Srivastava R.M. An introduction to applied geostatistics. 1989;Oxford University Press, New York. 561 p.
8. 137Cs from nuclear bomb tests and from the Chernobyl accident over the province of Skane in the southern part of Sweden based on precipitation. J Environ Radioact. 49:2000;97-112.
9. McAulay I.R., Moran D. Relationships between deposition of Chernobyl originating caesium and ruthenium radionuclides and rainfall in Ireland. Analyst. 117:1991;455-459.
10. Renaud P., Beaugelin K., Maubert H., Ledenvic P. Radioecological and dosimetric consequences in France of the Chernobyl accident. IPSN 97-03 report. 1997;. 205 p.
11. Ministère de la Santé, Service Central de Protection Contre les Rayonnements Ionisants (SCPRI) 1986. Bulletin mensuel de résultats de mesures de Mai 1986. 1986.
12. Ripley B.D. Spatial statistics. 1981;John Wiley & Sons, New York. 264 p.
13. Thomas A.J., Martin J.M. First assessment of Chernobyl radioactive plume over Paris. Nature. 321:1986;817-819.
14. Sources, effects and risks of ionizing radiation. Report of the General Assembly, vol. 1 sources. 1988;United Nation Publication E88IX7, New York.
15. 137Cs contamination in Belgium by in-situ gamma spectrometry, a decade after the Chernobyl accident. Health Phys. 73:1997;644-646.