Investigation of the Transfer Radioactive Contamination from the Chernobyl Zone and its Impact on Radiation in the Environment

• Autorzy: Vambol Sergij , Alqahtani Fahad M. , Dolchinkov Nikolay Todorov , Ilyas Muhammad , Yeremenko Sergiy , Sydorenko Volodymyr , Mishchenko Igor , Melnyk Vladyslav , Dzhulai Oleksandr

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12912/27197050/193261

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The study examined the consequences of a forest fire in a radioactively polluted area in the Chernobyl accident zone, namely the transfer of radioactive substances as well as their impact on the environment and radiation situation. The purpose of the study was to develop a mathematical model of the transfer of radioactive substances and a methodology for integrated assessment of the ability of an ecosystem to retain deposited radionuclides. The research methodology is based on existing proven mathematical methods and models, such as the turbulent diffusion model, the Gaussian static model, and the hierarchy analysis method (Thomas L. Saaty method). Models were obtained for the formation of a radioactive smoke cloud and its migration in the atmospheric air, the spread of radioactive aerosols and gas components, taking into account convection, turbulent exchange, humidity, wind strength and direction over the combustion zone. The processes of blowing and fluttering in the wind by the wind as the horizontal migration perturbers of radioisotopes represent a new, still insufficiently studied area of research. Integral indicators for assessing the ability of the natural components of the forest complex to reliably accumulate and retain the radioisotopes that have settled have been determined. It was revealed that the priority factors of impact on the environment and the degree of radioactive contamination are the activity and directions of migration of combustion products, which constitute radioactive contamination.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

radiation capacity; polluted area; forest fires; radioactive spread; environmental safety

• Wydawca: Lubelski Oddział Polskiego Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology ; WNGB Wydawnictwo Naukowe
• Czasopismo: Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 25, iss. 12
• Strony: 70--84
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Vambol Sergij

• National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Kharkiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8376-9020

autor

Alqahtani Fahad M.

• Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1431-7290

autor

Dolchinkov Nikolay Todorov

• Vasil Levski National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-6083

autor

Ilyas Muhammad

• GC University Hyderabad, Sindh, Paksitan

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9888-557X

autor

Yeremenko Sergiy

• Institute of Public Administration and Research in Civil Protection, Kyiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3685-4713

autor

Sydorenko Volodymyr

• Institute of Public Administration and Research in Civil Protection, Kyiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4584-486X

autor

Mishchenko Igor

• Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3752-4986

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Melnyk Vladyslav

• Institute of Public Administration and Research in Civil Protection, Kyiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2659-9942

autor

Dzhulai Oleksandr

• National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3879-5376

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