NUKLEONIKA 2010, 55(2):243-246

 


INFLUENCE OF COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS ON THE CONCENTRATION OF RADIOISOTOPES IN THE ENVIRONMENT



Grzegorz Mazur1, Pawe³ Mazur2

1 College of Interfaculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
University of Warsaw,
93 ¯wirki i Wigury Str., Room 156, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
2 Laboratory of Molecular Modelling, Department of Organic Chemistry,
Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia,
9 Szkolna Str., 40-006 Katowice, Poland

Radioactive contamination of the environment means a higher concentration of radioisotopes with regard to background level. Undoubdtedly, the incidental or permanent emissions of radionuclides to the environment are the sources of radioactive pollution. In this connection the diversity of radioisotopes distribution in nature can be observed. The key aim of the presented work was to ascertain the presence of radioactive elements and their decay products in the environment. Nuclides were emitted by selected conventional coal-fired power plants located in the south of Poland. The samples from the neighbourhood of three power plants and a sample from “clean” territory were measured. Additionaly, we measured the concentration of 137Cs istotope descended from the Chernobyl disaster.

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