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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Environmental Radioactivity Année : 2014

High 36 Cl/Cl ratios in Chernobyl groundwater

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After the explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in April 1986, contaminated material was buried in shallow trenches within the exclusion zone. A 90 Sr plume was evidenced downgradient of one of these trenches, trench T22. Due to its conservative properties, 36 Cl is investigated here as a potential tracer to determine the maximal extent of the contamination plume from the trench in groundwater. 36 Cl/Cl ratios measured in groundwater, trench soil water and leaf leachates are 1e5 orders of magnitude higher than the theoretical natural 36 Cl/Cl ratio. This contamination occurred after the Chernobyl explosion and currently persists. Trench T22 acts as an obvious modern point source of 36 Cl, however other sources have to be involved to explain such contamination. 36 Cl contamination of groundwater can be explained by dilution of trench soil water by uncontaminated water (rainwater or deep groundwater). With a plume extending further than that of 90 Sr, radionuclide which is impacted by retention and decay processes, 36 Cl can be considered as a suitable tracer of contamination from the trench in groundwater provided that modern release processes of 36 Cl from trench soil are better characterized.
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hal-01319099 , version 1 (20-05-2016)

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Céline Roux, Corinne Le Gal La Salle, Caroline Simonucci, Nathalie van Meir, A.S.T.E.R. Team, et al.. High 36 Cl/Cl ratios in Chernobyl groundwater. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2014, 138, pp.19-32. ⟨10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.07.008⟩. ⟨hal-01319099⟩
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