DYNAMICS OF 137CS ACTIVITY IN THE SURFACE AIR IN THE FIRE SEASON
Abstract
The method of estimating the transfer of pollutants from forest fires in the radioactively contaminated areas is presented in the article. The method is based on a comparative analysis of climatic, forestry, and the long-term data of radiation monitoring. It is experimentally proved that the forest fires in the radioactively contaminated zones are an additional source of air contamination by radionuclides. It was found that the excess of the reference values of beta activity of 137Cs in the air possible during the crown fires and large ground fires on territories with the density of radioactive contamination above 555 kBa/m2.
About the Authors
А. Dvornik
Institute of Radiobiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
P h. D . ( Biol.), head of laboratory of modeling and minimization of antropogenic
risks
Y. Dvornik
Secondary school N 15
Belarus
teacher (chemistry)
Belarus
teacher (chemistry)
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