Lecture 24 Chernobyl and Fukushima · 2017. 8. 21. · Emitted fission products Release to the...
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Radioactivity
Lecture 24
Chernobyl and Fukushima
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Nuclear accidents There is no fool-prove technical system, or in short “Shit happens”! Accidents are not avoidable but the likely-hood or the risk should be minimized by appropriate safety features.
Fukushima Daiichi 2011 earthquake Chernobyl 1986 operator error Three Mile Island 1978 operator error Enrico Fermi Unit 1 1966 malfunction of cooling cycle SL-1 1961 operator error Sodium Reactor Experiment 1959 malfunction of cooling cycle Windscale 1957 operator error
Risk assessment
Health Risk Est. life
expectancy lost
Smoking 20 cigs a day 6 years
Overweight (15%) 2 years
Alcohol (US Ave) 1 year
All Accidents 207 days
All Natural Hazards 7 days
Occupational dose (300 mrem/yr) 15 days
Occupational dose (1 rem/yr) 51 days
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Chernobyl and Fukushima
Tsunami wave height falsely claimed as spread of radioactive contamination
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Emitted fission products
Release to the Environment
Release to the Atmosphere
T1/2
76h
8d
2.3h
21h
T1/2
5.3d
2y
13d
30y
134Cs down to 18%, the rest gone except 137C, down to 89%
according to the decay law: y
TeNyN
52ln
02/15
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Tsunami and Radioactivity
Peak values: 3104 Bq/m3
Pre Fukushima values: 3 Bq/m3
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Average human dose: 0.5mSv/y
=0.06 Sv/h
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Radioactivity level in Tokyo
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Contamination of Japan in Sv/h
Average human exposure 0.5 mSv/y =0.06 Sv/h
Ramsar: 140 Sv/h
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Time evolution of 137Cs T1/2=30y
Black: western pacific Green: North America
Light blue: Hawaii Dark blue: Baja California
Red: Aleutian Islands 10 PBq peak value
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kBq/m2
Ci/km2
Chernobyl
Average value: 1-100 kBq/m2
Mostly 137Cs, T1/2=30y 50% down
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Forest Fires at Chernobyl Woods in April and August 2015
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Release in April-May 2015
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Release in August 2015
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Exposure of Central Europe
Average human exposure 0.5 mSv/y = 0.04 mSv/month
Total = 0.08 mSv Ramsar: 260 Sv/y = 22mSv/month
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Comparison with typical human exposure values
1mSv=100mRem
Near Chernobyl
Near Fukushima 300