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The results of calculations of the migration of 60Co in a water-bearing layer after an incident at the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant in 1985, associated with leaking of liquid radioactive wastes into ground waters, are presented. Numerical three-dimensional models of ground-water filtration and migration of contaminants are used to calculate the characteristics of the propagation of 60Co in the water-bearing layer and flow into the Don river. Retrospective and predictive estimates of the irradiation of the population show that the incident did not cause the established dose limits to be exceeded.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya,Vol. 100, No. 3, pp. 220–225, March, 2006.
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Serebryakov, B.E., Ivanov, E.A. & Shchukin, A.P. Simulation of 60Co transport by ground waters. At Energy 100, 215–220 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-006-0075-7
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