Evaluation of Environmental Damage Due to Nuclear Power

• Published in: Atomic energy (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 117; no. 3; pp. 201 - 205
• Main Authors: Kryshev, I. I., Kuryndina, L. A., Linge, I. I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01-01-2015; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Atomic energy; Biota; Damage; Environmental degradation; Environmental management; Environmental protection; Flora; Government regulations; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Ionizing radiation; Methodology; Nuclear Chemistry; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear power; Nuclear power generation; Nuclear power plants; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Radiation; Radiation effects; Radioactive wastes; Regulation; Studies; Wastes; Radioactive Contamination; Dose Rate; Safe Level; Animal Kingdom; Absorb Dose Rate
• ISSN: 1063-4258; 1573-8205
• DOI: 10.1007/s10512-014-9911-3

A methodology is presented for evaluating on the basis of the criterion of maintaining a healthy environment the environmental damage due to the exposure of biota to radiation. The damage is determined in accordance with the regulatory and procedural documents pertaining to environmental protection above the environmentally safe dose rate of chronic radiation exposure of representative forms of fauna (1 mGy/day) and flora (10 mGy/day). A damage evaluation for a hypothetical scenario of elevated radiation exposure of the biota near a radiological object is presented. The methodology developed can be used to validate the classing of radioactive wastes as special and to plan measures for protecting the environment when using atomic energy.