Radiocarbon in the atmosphere around the Bohunice nuclear power plant in Slovakia

Radiocarbon variations associated with releases from Bohunice nuclear power plant have been observed in monthly atmospheric 14 CO 2 samples during the last 30 years with peak radiocarbon activity enrichment levels as high as 350‰. Simultaneously, relative depletion in radiocarbon levels as low as −1...

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Published inJournal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 318; no. 3; pp. 2335 - 2339
Main Authors Kontuľ, Ivan, Povinec, Pavel P., Šivo, Alexander, Richtáriková, Marta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2018
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Depletion
Diagnostic Radiology
Fossil fuels
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Inorganic Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear power plants
Physical Chemistry
Radiocarbon
Nuclear power plant
Suess effect
Carbon dioxide
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Summary:Radiocarbon variations associated with releases from Bohunice nuclear power plant have been observed in monthly atmospheric 14 CO 2 samples during the last 30 years with peak radiocarbon activity enrichment levels as high as 350‰. Simultaneously, relative depletion in radiocarbon levels as low as −10‰ has been observed due to radiocarbon-free fossil fuel emissions in the region (Suess effect).
ISSN:0236-5731
1588-2780
DOI:10.1007/s10967-018-6241-2