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Radiocarbon Distribution in Northwest Belarus Near the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Nikolaj D Mikhajlov ,
Vladimir M Kolkovsky  and
Iren D Pavlova
Nikolaj D Mikhajlov
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Kuprevich Street 7, Minsk, 220141 Republic of Belarus
Vladimir M Kolkovsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Kuprevich Street 7, Minsk, 220141 Republic of Belarus
Iren D Pavlova
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Kuprevich Street 7, Minsk, 220141 Republic of Belarus
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Since 1994, the Institute of Geological Sciences has undertaken an environmental monitoring program to measure radiocarbon levels in territory adjacent to active nuclear power plants (NPP). We determined 14C concentrations in natural objects from areas contiguous to Ignalina NPP as well as 14C background concentration in areas remote from the NPP. In the environs of the Ignalina station comparatively elevated levels of 14C were observed in vegetation and waters of Lake Drisvyaty. This appears to be a consequence of release of carbon radioisotope into the atmosphere and probably into waters of the lake during operation of the nuclear reactor.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , 1999 , pp. 75 - 79
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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