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AbstractRadioactive clouds from the atmospheric release due to the reactor accident at Chernobyl reached Hungary on April 29, 1986. During the ten days of these clouds streaming in, the radioactive concentration was highest in the first day in the northern/north-western parts of the country, and later in the southern/south-eastern regions. Considerable rainfall differences between different locations resulted in a large variation in the ground surface contamination. Accordingly, there is a variation of about one order of magnitude in external dose, and in the radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and water. A survey is given on the main results of environmental monitoring carried out in Hungary since April 29, 1986. The effects of interaction of the radioactive contamination with the human organism are also discussed. The Budapest region was subjected to the most detailed examinations according to which the median effective dose equivalent of adults in the first year after the Chernobyl accident was 105 μSv; 5% of the population was exposed to less than 64 μSv, and 95% to less than 174 μSv.
AbstractRadioactive clouds from the atmospheric release due to the reactor accident at Chernobyl reached Hungary on April 29, 1986. During the ten days of these clouds streaming in, the radioactive concentration was highest in the first day in the northern/north-western parts of the country, and later in the southern/south-eastern regions. Considerable rainfall differences between different locations resulted in a large variation in the ground surface contamination. Accordingly, there is a variation of about one order of magnitude in external dose, and in the radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and water. A survey is given on the main results of environmental monitoring carried out in Hungary since April 29, 1986. The effects of interaction of the radioactive contamination with the human organism are also discussed. The Budapest region was subjected to the most detailed examinations according to which the median effective dose equivalent of adults in the first year after the Chernobyl accident was 105 μSv; 5% of the population was exposed to less than 64 μSv, and 95% to less than 174 μSv.
Experience in Hungary on the radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident
Fehér, I. (author)
Environmental International ; 14 ; 113-135
1988-05-10
23 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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