The purpose of the present work is to analyze the long-term yearly average volumetric activity in the surface air and the yearly absorbed dose of β- and γ-radiation in the spread zone of continuous emissions from NPP. The particulars of the spreading of the emission radionuclides and the associated yearly absorbed radiation dose are determined. It is shown that the atmospheric volumetric activity of radionuclides due to continuous emissions is 105 times lower than the NRB-99/2009 standards and the yearly absorbed dose is 1000 times lower than the level of the natural radiation background.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 128, No. 3, pp, 163–167, March, 2020.
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Perevolotskaya, T.V., Perevolotskii, A.N. Analysis of the Long-Term Yearly Average Volumetric Activity of Radionuclides and the Yearly Absorbed Dose in the Surface Air with Continuous Radioactive Emissions (For Leningrad NPP-2). At Energy 128, 177–181 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-020-00671-x
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