title: Statistical analysis of radioactive contamination levels in settlements of the Chernobyl middle zone.
abstract: A statistical analysis of the measurements of 137Cs activity density carried out in 1990-1991 in 30 settlements of the mesozone (and partially in the nearest zone) of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is presented. It is shown that the mean activity density of radionuclides is close to 14 Bq cm-2 for the inspected settlements of Byelorussia which is significantly less than that for the inspected settlements of the nearest zone (48 Bq cm-2). The analysis shows that there is a near linear correlation between rms deviation of activity density and its mean value. It is also shown that the correlation radius of the data is comparable with the spatial step of the measurements and that the activity density distribution is reasonably described in terms of a normal distribution.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Safety Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Tarasov
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Vikharev
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis*; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011847:Radioactive Fallout