Assessment of Possible Location Ru-106 Source in Russia in September–October 2017

Shershakov, V.M.; Borodin, R.V.; Tsaturov, Yu. S.

doi:10.3103/s1068373919030051

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“…Between the end of September and early October 2017, several European networks involved in the monitoring of atmospheric radioactive contamination, recorded the presence of 106 Ru . A possible origin for this 106 Ru inflow to the atmosphere from a ground-based source in the South or Central Urals is substantiated by Shershakov et al, (2019). Some regions of Central and Eastern Europe measured one-day mean activity concentrations up to 10 over 100 mBq/m³.…”

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confidence: 90%

The European Union Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

Sangiorgi¹,

Ceballos²,

Jackson³

et al. 2019

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Abstract. During the early phase of an accident with release of radioactive material to the atmosphere having an environmental impact at local or transboundary scale, a rapid and continuous notification and exchange of information including real-time environmental monitoring data to competent authorities and the public is essential to effect appropriate countermeasures. A rapid exchange of information and data must be carried out in a harmonised and consistent manner to facilitate its interpretation and analysis. After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, and in order to avoid that competent authorities be unprepared again for a similar event, the European Commission defined and put in place a Directive (Council Decision 87/600/EURATOM) which essentially obliges a member state that decides to implement widespread countermeasures to protect its population to notify the European Commission without delay. The same Council Decision also specifies that the results of radiological monitoring must be made available to the Commission and all potentially affected member states. Over the past 30 years, the European Commission has invested resources in developing and improving a complete system to carry out this delicate task, currently composed of two platforms: the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange, ECURIE, and the European Radiological Data Exchange Platform, EURDEP. This paper aims to increase knowledge of this latter system as a valuable tool to understand and analyse the radioactivity levels in Europe. Commencing with background information, in this paper, we will describe the EURDEP system in detail, with an emphasis on its status, data availability, and how these data are diffused depending on the audience. Within the scope of this publication, we describe an example of measurements available in the EURDEP system, to be used for scientific purposes. We provide two complete datasets (air concentration samples, http://data.europa.eu/89h/23cbc7c4-4fcc-47d5-a286-f8a4edc8215f (De Cort et al., 2019a) and gamma dose rates, http://data.europa.eu/89h/0f9f3e2d-c8d7-4f46-bbe7-eacf3eed1560 (De Cort et al., 2019b)) for the recent radiological release of 106Ru in Europe which occurred between the end of September and early October 2017. Records stored are publicly accessible through an unrestricted repository called “COLLECTION” belonging to JRC Data Public Catalogue ( https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu).

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Section: Data Availability For 2017 106 Ru Detection Across Europementioning

confidence: 90%

The European Union Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

Sangiorgi¹,

Ceballos²,

Jackson³

et al. 2019

Preprint

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“…ADR measurements (expressed in nSv h −1 ) are crucial for carrying out an accurate evaluation of external exposure to human bodies after an accidental or intentional release of radionuclide, as an enhanced external exposure to the population can only partly be assessed from the increase in the measured external net dose rate in a first step (e.g. Sono et al, 2005). Nowadays, EURDEP allows the exchange of the ADR data from more than 5000 online monitoring stations in Europe (Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

The European Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

Sangiorgi

Hernández-Ceballos

Jackson³

et al. 2020

Earth Syst. Sci. Data

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Abstract. During the early phase of an accident with the release of radioactive material to the environment at the local or transboundary scale, a rapid and continuous system of information exchange, including real-time monitoring data to competent authorities and the public, is critical for setting up countermeasures. This information and data exchange must be carried out in a harmonized and consistent manner to facilitate its interpretation and analysis. After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, and in order to avoid the competent authorities being unprepared again for a similar event, the European Commission (EC) defined and put in place a directive (Council Decision 87/600/EURATOM, 1987) which essentially obliges a member state that decides to implement widespread countermeasures to protect its population to notify the European Commission without delay. The same Council Decision also specifies that the results of radiological monitoring must be made available to the European Commission and all potentially affected member states. Over the past 30 years, the European Commission has invested resources in developing and improving a complete system to carry out this delicate task, currently composed of two platforms: the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange (ECURIE) and the European Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP). This paper aims to increase knowledge of the latter system as a valuable tool for understanding and analysing the radioactivity levels in Europe. Commencing with background information, in this paper, we will describe the EURDEP system in detail, with an emphasis on its status, data availability, and how these data are diffused depending on the audience. Within the scope of this publication, we describe an example of measurements available in the EURDEP system, which to be used for scientific purposes. We provide two complete datasets (air-concentration samples – https://doi.org/10.2905/23CBC7C4-4FCC-47D5-A286-F8A4EDC8215F; De Cort et al., 2019a; and gamma dose rates – https://doi.org/10.2905/0F9F3E2D-C8D7-4F46-BBE7-EACF3EED1560; De Cort et al., 2019b) for the recent radiological release of 106Ru in Europe, which occurred between the end of September and early October 2017. Records stored are publicly accessible through an unrestricted repository called COLLECTION belonging to the JRC Data Public Catalogue (https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu, last access: 1 July 2019).

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“…Die meteorologischen Studien stimmen in einem Punkt überein: Der wahrscheinlichste Ursprung der Freisetzung liegt im südlichen Ural in Russland. [2][3][4] Unter dieser Annahme muss eine Aktivität von mindestens 250 TBq 106 Ru freigesetzt worden sein -ein beträchtlicher Wert.…”

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Vertuscht und aufgedeckt: ein Atomunfall

Steinhäuser¹

2020

Nachr Chem

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Assessment of Possible Location Ru-106 Source in Russia in September–October 2017

Cited by 13 publications

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The European Union Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

The European Union Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

The European Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP): 25 years of monitoring data exchange

Vertuscht und aufgedeckt: ein Atomunfall

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