Impact of the Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant on atmospheric radiocarbon.
Radiocarbon variations in the atmospheric CO(2) have been observed at two localities in Slovakia (Bratislava and Zlkovce). Zlkovce is situated about 60 km NE from Bratislava, and only 5 km from the Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The observed Delta(14)C levels provide a unique evidence of the long-term impact of the Bohunice NPP on the Bratislava region, as well as on the decreased fossil fuel CO(2) emissions. The radiation doses estimated to the local public have been around 3 microSv/year, 20% of the dose from global fallout (14)C present in the environment.
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Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F-1, SK-842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia. Povinec@fmph.uniba.sk
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D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D001272:Atmosphere / Q000032:analysis*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011210:Power Plants; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D018154:Slovakia
D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes