SITE-SPECIFIC DRY AND WET DEPOSITION VELOCITIES USING 7BE AND MASS INTERCEPTION FACTOR FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF PLANT LEAVES AT NARORA SITE, INDIA

Y P Gautam; A K Sharma; Deepak Kumar; Vineet Kumar; A R Tripathi; J Kumar; I V Saradhi; A Vinod Kumar

doi:10.1093/rpd/ncac155

SITE-SPECIFIC DRY AND WET DEPOSITION VELOCITIES USING 7BE AND MASS INTERCEPTION FACTOR FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF PLANT LEAVES AT NARORA SITE, INDIA

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2022 Sep 22;198(16):1258-1264. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncac155.

Authors

Y P Gautam¹, A K Sharma¹, Deepak Kumar¹, Vineet Kumar¹, A R Tripathi¹, J Kumar¹, I V Saradhi^{1

2}, A Vinod Kumar^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Survey Laboratory, Department: Environmental Monitoring & Assessment Division, BARC, Narora Atomic Power Station, Narora, Bulandshahar, U.P. 202 389, India.
² EMAD, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai, India.

PMID: 35870198
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncac155

Abstract

Comprehensive studies were carried out during the period 2016-19 on the estimation of site-specific wet and dry deposition velocities and the mass interception factor for Narora site based on the concentrations of 7Be in air, air deposits, rain water and vegetation samples. Mean wet and dry deposition velocities for Narora site were found to be 1.64E-2 and 1.58E-3 m s-1, respectively. Mass interception factors for vegetation found to be 0.34-2.51 m2 kg-1 dry weight with a mean of 0.97 m2 kg-1 dry weight. The obtained parameters shall be used for estimation of impact due to radionuclide related to Narora Atomic Power station.

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants* / analysis
Beryllium
Environmental Monitoring
India
Plant Leaves / chemistry
Plants
Radioisotopes*
Rain
Water

Substances

Air Pollutants
Beryllium-7
Radioisotopes
Water
Beryllium