Potential Source Apportionment and Meteorological Conditions Involved in Airborne 131I Detections in January/February 2017 in Europe

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Autoren

  • Olivier Masson
  • Georg Steinhauser
  • H. Wershofen
  • Jerzy W. Mietelski
  • Helmut W. Fischer
  • L. Pourcelot
  • O. Saunier
  • J. Bieringer
  • T. Steinkopff
  • M. Hýža
  • B. Møller
  • T. W. Bowyer
  • E. Dalaka
  • A. Dalheimer
  • A. De Vismes-Ott
  • Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
  • M. Forte
  • C. Gasco Leonarte
  • K. Gorzkiewicz
  • Z. Homoki
  • K. Isajenko
  • T. Karhunen
  • C. Katzlberger
  • R. Kierepko
  • J. Kövendiné Kónyi
  • H. Malá
  • J. Nikolic
  • P. P. Povinec
  • M. Rajacic
  • W. Ringer
  • P. Rulík
  • R. Rusconi
  • G. Sáfrány
  • I. Sykora
  • D. Todorović
  • J. Tschiersch
  • Kurt Ungar
  • B. Zorko

Organisationseinheiten

Externe Organisationen

  • IRSN Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
  • Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
  • Universität Bremen
  • Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS)
  • Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
  • National Radiation Protection Institute (NRPI)
  • Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA)
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • National Centre For Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSR Demokritos)
  • Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Lombardia (ARPA Lombardia)
  • Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
  • Agricultural Biotechnology Center Godollo
  • Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection (CLOR)
  • Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)
  • Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH (AGES)
  • University of Belgrade
  • Comenius University
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt
  • Health Canada
  • Institut "Jožef Stefan" (IJS)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)8488-8500
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftEnvironmental Science and Technology
Jahrgang52
Ausgabenummer15
Frühes Online-Datum6 Juli 2018
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 7 Aug. 2018

Abstract

Traces of particulate radioactive iodine (131I) were detected in the European atmosphere in January/February 2017. Concentrations of this nuclear fission product were very low, ranging 0.1 to 10 μBq m-3 except at one location in western Russia where they reached up to several mBq m-3. Detections have been reported continuously over an 8-week period by about 30 monitoring stations. We examine possible emission source apportionments and rank them considering their expected contribution in terms of orders of magnitude from typical routine releases: radiopharmaceutical production units > sewage sludge incinerators > nuclear power plants > spontaneous fission of uranium in soil. Inverse modeling simulations indicate that the widespread detections of 131I resulted from the combination of multiple source releases. Among them, those from radiopharmaceutical production units remain the most likely. One of them is located in Western Russia and its estimated source term complies with authorized limits. Other existing sources related to 131I use (medical purposes or sewage sludge incineration) can explain detections on a rather local scale. As an enhancing factor, the prevailing wintertime meteorological situations marked by strong temperature inversions led to poor dispersion conditions that resulted in higher concentrations exceeding usual detection limits in use within the informal Ring of Five (Ro5) monitoring network.

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Potential Source Apportionment and Meteorological Conditions Involved in Airborne 131I Detections in January/February 2017 in Europe. / Masson, Olivier; Steinhauser, Georg; Wershofen, H. et al.
in: Environmental Science and Technology, Jahrgang 52, Nr. 15, 07.08.2018, S. 8488-8500.

Publikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Forschung › Peer-Review

Masson, O, Steinhauser, G, Wershofen, H, Mietelski, JW, Fischer, HW, Pourcelot, L, Saunier, O, Bieringer, J, Steinkopff, T, Hýža, M, Møller, B, Bowyer, TW, Dalaka, E, Dalheimer, A, De Vismes-Ott, A, Eleftheriadis, K, Forte, M, Gasco Leonarte, C, Gorzkiewicz, K, Homoki, Z, Isajenko, K, Karhunen, T, Katzlberger, C, Kierepko, R, Kövendiné Kónyi, J, Malá, H, Nikolic, J, Povinec, PP, Rajacic, M, Ringer, W, Rulík, P, Rusconi, R, Sáfrány, G, Sykora, I, Todorović, D, Tschiersch, J, Ungar, K & Zorko, B 2018, 'Potential Source Apportionment and Meteorological Conditions Involved in Airborne 131I Detections in January/February 2017 in Europe', Environmental Science and Technology, Jg. 52, Nr. 15, S. 8488-8500. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01810
Masson, O., Steinhauser, G., Wershofen, H., Mietelski, J. W., Fischer, H. W., Pourcelot, L., Saunier, O., Bieringer, J., Steinkopff, T., Hýža, M., Møller, B., Bowyer, T. W., Dalaka, E., Dalheimer, A., De Vismes-Ott, A., Eleftheriadis, K., Forte, M., Gasco Leonarte, C., Gorzkiewicz, K., ... Zorko, B. (2018). Potential Source Apportionment and Meteorological Conditions Involved in Airborne 131I Detections in January/February 2017 in Europe. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(15), 8488-8500. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01810
Masson O, Steinhauser G, Wershofen H, Mietelski JW, Fischer HW, Pourcelot L et al. Potential Source Apportionment and Meteorological Conditions Involved in Airborne 131I Detections in January/February 2017 in Europe. Environmental Science and Technology. 2018 Aug 7;52(15):8488-8500. Epub 2018 Jul 6. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01810
Masson, Olivier ; Steinhauser, Georg ; Wershofen, H. et al. / Potential Source Apportionment and Meteorological Conditions Involved in Airborne 131I Detections in January/February 2017 in Europe. in: Environmental Science and Technology. 2018 ; Jahrgang 52, Nr. 15. S. 8488-8500.
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