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Radiocarbon in the Atmosphere of the Žlkovce Monitoring Station of the Bohunice NPP: 25 Years of Continuous Monthly Measurements

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    SYSNO ASEP0444739
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleRadiocarbon in the Atmosphere of the Žlkovce Monitoring Station of the Bohunice NPP: 25 Years of Continuous Monthly Measurements
    Author(s) Povinec, P. (SK)
    Sivo, A. (SK)
    Ješkovský, M. (SK)
    Světlík, Ivo (UJF-V) RID, ORCID, SAI
    Richtáriková, M. (SK)
    Kaizer, J. (SK)
    Number of authors6
    Source TitleRadiocarbon. - : Cambridge University Press - ISSN 0033-8222
    Roč. 57, č. 3 (2015), s. 355-362
    Number of pages8 s.
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    Keywordsnuclear power plants ; C-14 ; carbon-14
    Subject RIVBG - Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colliders
    Institutional supportUJF-V - RVO:61389005
    UT WOS000354536400005
    EID SCOPUS84929412438
    DOI10.2458/azu_rc.57.18364
    AnnotationRadiocarbon variations in the atmosphere have been observed at the Zlkovce monitoring station of the Bohunice nuclear power plant (NPP), situated only 5 km ESE from the NPP. The observed C-14 levels provide unique evidence of a decreasing long-term impact of the Bohunice NPP on the region. Simultaneously, decreasing emissions of fossil fuel carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the monitoring site have been found. The observed Delta C-14 variations with time have attenuating amplitudes and decreasing mean values, showing maxima in summer and minima in winter, the latter primarily caused by increased emission of fossil CO2 in winter months. Sporadic short-term releases of C-14 from the Bohunice NPP were observed at the Zlkovce station. The annual atmospheric Delta C-14 variations compared with tree-ring data collected at the Zlkovce village show reasonable agreement. The observed Delta C-14 levels after 2005 are close to the European clean-air levels as measured at the Jungfraujoch (3450 m asl) monitoring station.
    WorkplaceNuclear Physics Institute
    ContactMarkéta Sommerová, sommerova@ujf.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 173 228
    Year of Publishing2016
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