Vegetation fires, smoke emissions, and dispersion of radionuclides in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Title: Vegetation fires, smoke emissions, and dispersion of radionuclides in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Author: Wei Min Hao, Oleg O. Bondarenko, Sergiy Zibtsev and Diane Hutton
Reference: Developments in Environmental Science, Volume 8 [PDF-560K]Sep 2009
Abstract: …The potential for large fires occurring in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (EZ) was assessed based on vegetation conditions. We reviewed
the composition of radionuclides in the soil and vegetation and in the particulate matter emitted by fires. The highest atmospheric radionuclide 137Cs levels occurred in early spring and late fall, corresponding to the most intense periods of burning in the EZ. It is evident from satellite images that smoke plumes from the EZ and southern Ukraine dispersed several hundred kilometers from the active fires and reached a major metropolitan area…. We propose to install a satellite receiving station to detect fires in real time. …
URL:http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2009_hao_w001.pdf
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