Chemistry Journal of Moldova

CHEMICAL PERSPECTIVE ON RADIONUCLIDE EMISSIONS AS ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINANTS FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS

Author(s):

Sergey Travin, Gheorghe Duca, Oleg Gromov


Field: Physical chemistry and chemical physics
Type: Research paper
Pages:
Keywords:

radionuclide, NPP gas-aerosol emission, Zipf distribution, rank distribution, identification of the radioactive emission, fingerprint criterion.


 
https://doi.org/10.19261/cjm.2024.1234

Graphycal Abstract: This study investigates the radionuclide emissions from nuclear power plants (NPPs), focusing on the gas-aerosol emissions from reactors such as VVER-440. The radionuclide composition of these emissions is analyzed to determine the biological hazards they pose, particularly focusing on isotopes such as tritium and radiocarbon. The research highlights the patterns of radionuclide accumulation in fuel assemblies using "rank-size" coordinates, which provide a more visual and informative method compared to traditional atomic weight dependency analyses.