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Radioactivity Monitoring of the Water Cycle following the Chernobyl Accident
Author(s) -
JONES F.,
CASTLE R. G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1987.tb01213.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , rainwater harvesting , raw water , waste management , sewage , radioactive waste , radionuclide , environmental engineering , engineering , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
SYNOPSIS D etails are given of the radioactivity monitoring programme following the Chernobyl accident. Measurements of gross beta activity in samples of rainwater, raw water, treated water, waste products from water treatment plants, and sewage sludges, are tabulated. On a limited sampling regime fallout in the Longdendale water catchment, three months after the accident, was investigated and shown to be mainly absorbed onto grass and soil. Water treatment processes were found to be effective in removing radioactive fallout from raw water, and concentrating it into the waste treatment products. The disposal of these waste products is discussed.