Cs-137 Chernobyl fallout in Greece and its associated radiological impact

Petropoulos, NP; Hinis, EP; Simopoulos, SE

dc.contributor.author	Petropoulos, NP	en
dc.contributor.author	Hinis, EP	en
dc.contributor.author	Simopoulos, SE	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:11:50Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:11:50Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en
dc.identifier.issn	0160-4120	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/11827
dc.subject	Effective Dose	en
dc.subject	Power Plant	en
dc.subject	Fly Ash	en
dc.subject	Fission Product	en
dc.subject	First Year	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en
dc.subject.other	ACCIDENT	en
dc.subject.other	SOIL	en
dc.title	Cs-137 Chernobyl fallout in Greece and its associated radiological impact	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00133-X	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00133-X	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1996	en
heal.abstract	Right after the Chernobyl reactor accident, a systematic soil sampling and analysis programme was undertaken to detect and quantitatively analyse the long-lived radionuclides in the Chernobyl fallout in Greece. In the frame of this programme, 1242 soil samples of 1-cm thick surface soil were collected over Greece during the period May - November 1986. The samples were counted and analysed using Ge-detector setups for fission products from the Chernobyl fallout, which led to the mapping of Cs-137 deposition in the form of a five-class histogram, extending between 0 - 150 kBq m(-2), with boundaries defined by isolines of 5, 15, 35, 65, and 150 kBq m(-2). To investigate the radiological impact of the Cs-137 fallout on the Greek population, the computer code PABLM was run using as input the above isoline data. According to the results obtained, the total body collective effective dose commitment of the Greek population was estimated as 340 manSv over the first year after the accident and 8800 manSv over a period of 40 y. Concerning the 6000 inhabitants within the 65 kBqm(-2) isoline, the results were 2 manSv over the first year after the accident and 55 manSv over a period of 40 y. The above radiological impact was compared to that due to fly ash releases from the Ptolemais Lignite Power Plants in northern Greece. (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00133-X	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1996XK59200051	en
dc.identifier.volume	22	en
dc.identifier.spage	S369	en
dc.identifier.epage	S373	en