In situ study of the 41Ar plume released from the Ignalina NPP

• Authors: Rimvydas Jasiulionis , Linas Vyčinas , Andrej Rožkov
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The 41Ar gamma ray radiation was registered using the in situ method in the vicinity of the Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP). The sum of gamma rays, that are reaching the HPGe detector, situated along the wind direction, from a number of plume segments and which are registered in the energy range of about 1.29 MeV, is calculated. An independent technological regime of the operating reactor method of the determination of the 41Ar emission rate from NPP stack is introduced.

Keywords

EN

41Ar; environment; Ignalina NPP; in situ measurement; modeling

Discipline

• 89.60.Gg: Impact of natural and man-made disasters(for volcanic eruption effects on the atmosphere, see 92.60.Zc; for landslides, see 92.40.Ha; for floods, see 92.40.qp in Geophysics Appendix; for avalanches, see 92.40.vw in Geophysics Appendix; for global warming, see 92.70.Mn, for sea level change, see 92.70.Jw; for cryospheric change, see 92.70.Ha)
• 92.60.Sz: Air quality and air pollution(see also 07.88.+y Instruments for environmental pollution measurements)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 775-780

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2008

online

27 - 9 - 2008

Contributors

author

Rimvydas Jasiulionis

• Institute of Physics, Savanoriř 231, LT-02300, Vilnius, Lithuania

author

Linas Vyčinas

• Institute of Physics, Savanoriř 231, LT-02300, Vilnius, Lithuania

author

Andrej Rožkov

• Institute of Physics, Savanoriř 231, LT-02300, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-008-0118-x