Modelling the Chernobyl radioactive fallout (I): a fractal approach in Northern Italy
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[en] This paper deals with the 137Cs airborne radioactive concentration measured in Northern Italy after the Chernobyl accident. We devised a fractal model to aid in describing the space-time distribution of radioactivity. The model is based on the Fractal Sum of Pulses theory, involving additive stochastic processes. We use, as input source of information, the parametrization of the time trend of radioactive concentration in a few Italian Provinces we calculated in previous work. The results look promising, since realistic scenarios of environmental pollution are produced. (Author)
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ACCIDENTS, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CESIUM ISOTOPES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DISTRIBUTION, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EUROPE, GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, ISOTOPES, LWGR TYPE REACTORS, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, PARTICLES, POWER REACTORS, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTORS, THERMAL REACTORS, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WESTERN EUROPE, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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