NDLI: Artificial radioactivity in environmental media (air, rainwater, soil, vegetation) in Austria after the Fukushima nuclear accident

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Author	Steinhauser, Georg Merz, Stefan Hainz, Dieter Sterba, Johannes H.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Several environmental media in Austria were monitored for artificial radionuclides released during the Fukushima nuclear accident. Air (up to 1.2 mBq/m$^{3}$ particulate $^{131}$I) and rainwater (up to 5.2 Bq/L $^{131}$I) proved to be the media best suited for the environmental monitoring, allowing also a temporal resolution of the activity levels. Significant regional differences in the wet deposition of $^{131}$I with rain could be observed within the city of Vienna during the arrival of the contaminated air masses. Forward-trajectory analysis supported the hypothesis that the contaminated air masses coming from the northwest changed direction to northeast over Northern Austria, leading to a strong activity concentration gradient over Vienna. In the course of the environmental monitoring of the Fukushima releases, this phenomenon—significant differences of $^{131}$I activity concentrations in rainwater on a narrow local scale (8.1 km)—appears to be unique. Vegetation (grass) was contaminated with $^{131}$I and/or $^{137}$Cs at a low level. Soil (up to 22 Bq/kg $^{137}$Cs) was only affected by previous releases (nuclear weapon tests, Chernobyl). Here, also significant local differences can be observed due to different deposition rates during the Chernobyl accident. The effective ecological half-lives of $^{137}$Cs in soil were calculated for four locations in Austria. They range from 7 to 30 years. No Austrian sample investigated herein exceeded the detection limit for $^{134}$Cs; hence, the Fukushima nuclear accident did not contribute significantly to the total radiocesium inventory in Austrian environmental media. The levels of detected radioactivity were of no concern for public health.
Starting Page	2527
Ending Page	2534
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09441344
Journal	Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	16147499
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-09-08
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Nuclear reactor accident Environmental monitoring Artificial radionuclides Radioiodine Radiocesium Austria Environment Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology Environmental Health Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Waste Water Technology Water Pollution Control Water Management Aquatic Pollution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution Medicine

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