Reconstruction of radiation doses to freshwater organisms contaminated after the accident at the “Mayak” chemical plant

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A mathematical model of radionuclide migration in freshwater bodies and dosimetric models for estimating exposure of the aquatic organisms (phytoplankton, zooplankton, zoobenthos and fish) are presented. The results of reconstruction of radiation doses to aquatic organisms living in non-current Uruskul Lake, located in the near zone of the Kyshtym accident are presented. The contributions of various radionuclides, as well as internal and external exposure to the formation of doses to aquatic organisms during 50 years after radionuclides entering the body of water are estimated.

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S. V. Fesenko

Federal State Budgetary Institution “All-Russian Research Institute” of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

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2. Fig. 1. To construction of the mathematical model of migration. Point “0” is at the boundary of water and bottom sediments at the moment of radionuclides entering the water body.

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3. Fig. 2. Function G(m5h, msR): msh in the range from 0 to 3.5 and m5 R from 0.1 to ∞ [35].

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4. Fig. 3. Dynamics of radionuclide content in the water of Lake Uruskul.

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5. Fig. 4. Examples of 90Sr and 137Cs distribution in the bottom sediments of Lake Uruskul. Experimental data are represented by bar chart: light chart shows maximum values, and dark chart shows minimum values. Smooth curves correspond to the model calculations.

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6. Fig. 5. Profiles of γ-radiation dose rate distribution in Lake Uruskul.

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7. Fig. 6. Dynamics of dose rates of external γ and β radiation in Lake Uruskul.

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8. Fig. 7. Comparison of static and dynamic models for estimating internal doses to fish.

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9. Fig.8. Internal dose rates of hydrobionts in Lake Uruskul.

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10. Fig. 9. Ratios of doses to aquatic organisms normalised to zooplankton doses.

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11. Fig. 10. Contribution of β-radiation to the exposure of aquatic organisms in Lake Uruskul.

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12. Fig. 11. Radionuclide contribution to the dose to aquatic organisms in Lake Uruskul.

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