You need JavaScript to view this

Radioactive release from Sosnovyj Bor, St. Petersburg, in March 1992

Abstract

Small amounts of airborne radionuclides released from the Sosnovyy Bor nuclear power station were detected on the south coast of Finland on 24th March 1992. The composition of the radioactive material was similar to that found during the Chernobyl accident six years ago. However, the radionuclide concentrations were now about 1 mBq m{sup -}3, i.e. five orders of magnitude smaller than the maximum concentration detected in Finland during the Chernobyl fallout. The consequences of the incident in Finland are only of theoretical interest. No countermeasures or protective means were needed. However, the studies showed that the release contained not only radioactive gases, such as noble gases and iodine, but also other substances that were most likely dispersed as small particles.
Authors:
Toivonen, H; Klemola, S; Lahtinen, J [1] 
  1. Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety, Helsinki (Finland); and others
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
STUK-A-104
Reference Number:
SCA: 210300; 570100; PA: AIX-23:044256; SN: 92000742621
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Mar 1992
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; LENINGRAD-3 REACTOR; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIATION MONITORING; FINLAND; FALLOUT; FUEL CHANNELS; IODINE 131; IODINE 133; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOASSAY; 210300; 570100; POWER REACTORS, NONBREEDING, GRAPHITE MODERATED; REAL ACCIDENTS
OSTI ID:
10145205
Research Organizations:
Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (STUK), Helsinki (Finland)
Country of Origin:
Finland
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE92630064; ISBN 951-47-6147-2; TRN: FI9200015044256
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS; INIS
Submitting Site:
FIN
Size:
19 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Toivonen, H, Klemola, S, and Lahtinen, J. Radioactive release from Sosnovyj Bor, St. Petersburg, in March 1992. Finland: N. p., 1992. Web.
Toivonen, H, Klemola, S, & Lahtinen, J. Radioactive release from Sosnovyj Bor, St. Petersburg, in March 1992. Finland.
Toivonen, H, Klemola, S, and Lahtinen, J. 1992. "Radioactive release from Sosnovyj Bor, St. Petersburg, in March 1992." Finland.
@misc{etde_10145205,
title = {Radioactive release from Sosnovyj Bor, St. Petersburg, in March 1992}
author = {Toivonen, H, Klemola, S, and Lahtinen, J}
abstractNote = {Small amounts of airborne radionuclides released from the Sosnovyy Bor nuclear power station were detected on the south coast of Finland on 24th March 1992. The composition of the radioactive material was similar to that found during the Chernobyl accident six years ago. However, the radionuclide concentrations were now about 1 mBq m{sup -}3, i.e. five orders of magnitude smaller than the maximum concentration detected in Finland during the Chernobyl fallout. The consequences of the incident in Finland are only of theoretical interest. No countermeasures or protective means were needed. However, the studies showed that the release contained not only radioactive gases, such as noble gases and iodine, but also other substances that were most likely dispersed as small particles.}
place = {Finland}
year = {1992}
month = {Mar}
}