Remote detection of radioactive contamination in the atmosphere based on secondary optical and microwave radiation of atmospheric components

Liliya K. Chistyakova; Sergei T. Penin

doi:10.1117/12.373097

17 December 1999 Remote detection of radioactive contamination in the atmosphere based on secondary optical and microwave radiation of atmospheric components

Liliya K. Chistyakova, Sergei T. Penin

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Proceedings Volume 3868, Remote Sensing for Earth Science, Ocean, and Sea Ice Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.373097
Event: Remote Sensing, 1999, Florence, Italy

Abstract

The paper analyzes secondary phenomena of atmospheric radioactive pollution caused by activity of the nuclear cycle enterprises. These effects being as indicators for remote diagnostics of a radio-activity are discussed. Excitation of a molecular and gas component in the air and various chemical reactions under the action of radiation have been considered. As a result of these reactions, new aerosol and gaseous components in the form of the excited atoms and ions appear in the atmosphere and relax with emission including microwave and optical wavelengths. The observable luminescence of the air during the emergency events at the nuclea power stations are long enough to be dedected by modern receivers. Intensity of such radiation in a radioactive plume is estimated for ecological monitoring of the atmosphere. Aerosols appearing, as a result of UF₆ hydrolysis, in the atmosphere and their behavior have been also shown to be detectable with remote sensing.

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Liliya K. Chistyakova and Sergei T. Penin "Remote detection of radioactive contamination in the atmosphere based on secondary optical and microwave radiation of atmospheric components", Proc. SPIE 3868, Remote Sensing for Earth Science, Ocean, and Sea Ice Applications, (17 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.373097

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