Methods, results and dose consequences of 106Ru detection in the environment in Budapest, Hungary.

Abstract:

:From late September to early October of 2017, the majority of European networks involved in environmental radiological monitoring - including the environmental monitoring system of the KFKI Campus in Budapest - detected 106Ru isotope of artificial origin in the atmosphere. The reported values higher than the minimum detectable activity (MDA) concentrations were in the range of 0.8 μBq/m3 - 145 mBq/m3. Based on the results of environmental measurements and the available meteorological data, assessments were made to analyze concentration levels of 106Ru activity and to help understand the behavior of radioruthenium in various environmental media. Evaluation of the daily variation of activity levels indicated a maximum of 4 day-long residence time of 106Ru contamination presence in ground level air in Budapest. An average 106Ru activity concentration of 25.6 ± 1.4 mBq/m3 have been observed for the estimated residence time of 106Ru in the air. Deposition of 106Ru was dominantly influenced by rainfall, the major contributor wet deposition which led to an average of 11.3 ± 1.3 Bq/m2 deposition on the ground surface prior to plume passage.

journal_name

J Environ Radioact

authors

Jakab D,Endrődi G,Kocsonya A,Pántya A,Pázmándi T,Zagyvai P

doi

10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.08.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-12-01 00:00:00

pages

543-550

eissn

0265-931X

issn

1879-1700

pii

S0265-931X(18)30333-3

journal_volume

192

pub_type

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