The radioactive contamination territory of Ukraine by Pu and ²⁴¹Am radionuclides due to the Chernobyl accident

• Published in: Вопросы атомной науки и техники
• Date: 2017
• Main Authors: Kozhevnikova, M.F., Levenets, V.V., Rolik, I.L., Shchur, A.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Національний науковий центр «Харківський фізико-технічний інститут» НАН України 2017
• Subjects: Ядерно-физические методы и обработка данных
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/136077
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: The radioactive contamination territory of Ukraine by Pu and ²⁴¹Am radionuclides due to the Chernobyl accident / M.F. Kozhevnikova, V.V. Levenets, I.L. Rolik, A.A. Shchur // Вопросы атомной науки и техники. — 2017. — № 3. — С. 26-40. — Бібліогр.: 12 назв. — англ.

The decay of β-emitting ²⁴¹Pu gives rise to long-lived α-radionuclides ²⁴¹Am and ²³⁷Np, which are highly radiotoxic. The estimations of the ²⁴¹Pu, ²⁴¹Am and ²³⁷Np content of the Chernobyl NPP accidental release have shown that by the present time nearly 90% of the ²⁴¹Pu isotope had already disintegr...