To assess potential levels of radionuclides input into the Kara sea from existing and potential sources of technogenic radioactivity, located on the land in the Ob- and Yenisey rivers watersheds. Specific Objectives * To reveal and estimate a) most hazardous technogenic sources of radioactive contamination in the Ob- and Yenisey watersheds and b) the most possible and dangerous natural and technogenic (antrophogenic) situations (in the regions of these sources) that may result in release of radionuclides into the environment and may lead to significant changes in the radioactive contamination of the Kara sea * To estimate parameters of radionuclides (potential amount, composition, types etc.) under release to the environment from chosen sources as a result of accidents as well as during migration from the sources to the Kara sea through river systems * To set up a dedicated Database and a Geographic Information System (GIS) for modelling transport of radionuclides from the land-based sources to the Kara sea * To develop and create a dedicated model tool for simulation of radionuclides transport from land-based sources through Ob- and Yenisey river systems to the Kara sea
* Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie l’Energia e l’Ambiente (ENEA-CRAM), La Speria, Italy * Riso National Laboratory (RISO), Roskilde, Denmark * Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (NIERSC), St. Petersburg, Russia * Ecological Monitoring Center “Alpha” (Alpha Ltd.), St Petersburg, Russia * Krasnoyarsk Mining and Chemical Plant (KMChP), Krasnoyarsk, Russia * Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Research Institute (UHMI), Kiev, Ukraine
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Simulation Scenarios for Potential Radioactive Spreading in the 21st century from Rivers and External sources in the Russian Arctic Coastal Zone (RADARC)