137Cs 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	2014-03-01T02:48:29Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:48:29Z
dc.date.issued	1997	en
dc.identifier.issn	01604120	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/33862
dc.subject.other	cesium 137	en
dc.subject.other	chernobyl accident	en
dc.subject.other	conference paper	en
dc.subject.other	gamma spectrometry	en
dc.subject.other	greece	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	radiation dose	en
dc.subject.other	radioactive contamination	en
dc.subject.other	radioactive waste	en
dc.subject.other	soil pollution	en
dc.subject.other	Cesium	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software	en
dc.subject.other	Dosimetry	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental impact	en
dc.subject.other	Fission products	en
dc.subject.other	Mapping	en
dc.subject.other	Nuclear reactor accidents	en
dc.subject.other	Public risks	en
dc.subject.other	Radiation detectors	en
dc.subject.other	Radioisotopes	en
dc.subject.other	Soil pollution	en
dc.subject.other	Software package PABLM	en
dc.subject.other	Fallout	en
dc.title	137Cs chernobyl fallout in Greece and its associated radiological impact	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	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.publicationDate	1997	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 137Cs 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 137Cs 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.	en
heal.journalName	Environment International	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00133-X	en
dc.identifier.volume	22	en
dc.identifier.issue	SUPPL. 1	en
dc.identifier.spage	S369	en
dc.identifier.epage	S373	en