Decrease of total activity with time at long distances from a nuclear accident or explosion.

Abstract:

:Two data groups were analyzed: (1) the exposure rate in the former Czechoslovakia after the Chernobyl accident in 1986, and (2) the decrease of beta activity of an atmospheric fallout sample taken in Bratislava during 24 h on 30 May 1965. Both quantities decreased with the first power of time. This pattern of decrease is explained by applying the same mathematical formalism as is also used to describe the decrease in postnatal mortality with age. Following this formalism, the decrease of total activity with the first power of time could be seen as a consequence of a log-normal distribution of decay constants in the fallout. This differs slightly from earlier results that show the total activity decreasing with a power of 1.2 immediately after the nuclear explosion.

journal_name

Radiat Environ Biophys

authors

Dolejs J

doi

10.1007/s00411-005-0276-9

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-05-01 00:00:00

pages

41-9

issue

1

eissn

0301-634X

issn

1432-2099

journal_volume

44

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