title: Further results in search for transuranium elements in effluents discharged to air from nuclear power plants.
abstract: In this work we present data on transuranium nuclides238Pu,239,240Pu,241Am,242Cm and244Cm in effluents discharged to air (activity concentrations and annually discharged activities of individual radionuclides) from 7 stacks in 2004-2009. In the effluents discharged to air from one stack low activities of transuranium nuclides were observed throughout the studied period. Transuranium nuclides had been discharged to air from this stack also in previous years since 1996 when defect in the cladding of a fuel element and consequent contamination of the primary circuit occurred. In the effluents discharged to air from another stack transuranium nuclides were observed only in some monitoring periods of studied years. We could not prove the presence of transuranium nuclides in the effluents of the other stacks up to 2006. The transuranium nuclides in discharged effluents were registered in the second half-year of 2006. In 2007-2008 especially low activities of241Am were found in these effluents.
authors.affiliation: National Radiation Protection Institute, Bartoškova 28, 140 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hölgye
authors.affiliation: National Radiation Protection Institute, Bartoškova 28, 140 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schlesingerová
keywords: Air pollution; Nuclear power plants; Transuranium elements