The application of least squares analysis for the estimation of low atmospheric concentrations of short-lived radon daughters and studies on their disequilibrium

The application of the weighted and unweighted least-squares method to the analysis of the individual concentrations of short-lived radon daughters in the open atmosphere, where, unlike in the mines the levels are low, is discussed. The method can be optimized to give minimum counting errors by proper choice of collection times and counting periods. By analysing a large number of samples it is shown that the least squares method gives better accuracy than the simultaneous equations method generally in use. The calculation can be simplified by using the unweighted least-squares analysis without significant loss in accuracy. The levels of RaA, RaB and RaC in surface air at Bombay during the period January-June 1975, calculated using the least-square method, are presented. The activity ratios of RaC/RaB are shown to have an average value around 0.6–0.9 even at 18 m height. The RaB/RaA activity ratios however show a much larger scatter than the RaC/RaB values. The possible reasons for these differences are discussed. The application of the least-squares method to the analysis of Th-B and Th-C is also described.     

Mantle regulation of core cooling: A geodynamo without core radioactivity?

The case for radioactivity in the core based on the power requirements of the geodynamo is re-evaluated. Previous calculations of mantle regulation of core thermal evolution have used an inappropriate formula. New calculations with a more appropriate formula yield lower core heat loss in the past, thus mitigating the implication of unreasonably high past core and mantle temperatures. Multiple thermal evolutions leading to present heat flows are also demonstrated, depending on the efficiency of mantle removal of core heat, some with moderately high past core heat loss and some with low and steady core heat loss. The latter would permit a low- or moderate-power dynamo without core radioactivity. Key uncertainties are the efficiency of core cooling by the mantle, the thermal conductivity of the core and the energy or entropy flow required to maintain the dynamo. The present rate of heat loss from the core is argued to be still rather uncertain, and a commonly used estimate of the thermal conductivity of the core is shown plausibly to be too high and in any case to be uncertain by perhaps a factor of 2. The geochemical difficulties associated with postulating radioactive heat sources in the core are stressed.     

Wet deposition of radionuclides derived from the Chernobyl accident

Chernobyl radioactivity in precipitation was measured at Tsukuba, Japan, as were both surface-air concentrations and particle-size distributions of Chernobyl-released radionuclides. To understand the wet removal processes of the Chernobyl radionuclides, i.e.¹³⁷Cs,¹⁰³Ru, and⁹⁰Sr, wet deposition velocities were calculated. The wet deposition velocities of the Chernobyl radioactivity for individual rainfall events varied largely. The wet deposition velocity is given as the product of washout ratio and rainfall rate. Typically, it was found that the washout ratios of⁹⁰Sr are systematically larger than those of¹³⁷Cs. In order to explain this fact, we examined the relationship between the washout ratios and particle sizes of radionuclide-bearing aerosols. A positive correlation between corrected washout ratios and particle size was found with a particle diameter range from 0.35 to 1.2 µm. The result strongly suggests that the factors controlling the wet removal of the Chernobyl radioactivity for individual rainfall events are surface air concentration, particle size, and rainfall rate, rather than precipitation amount, which is in agreement with previous understandings. This suggests that high contamination areas of radioactivity are formed during heavy rainfall events with high rainfall rates in the case of tropospheric injection such as the Chernobyl accident.     

鄂尔多斯盆地南缘城阳—武沟地区航放异常铀找矿前景分析

研究区位于鄂尔多斯盆地南缘西部,处于天环凹陷西翼,分布有Ⅰ-160砂岩型铀矿点。笔者依据对前人资料的收集、整理,结合研究区分布的航空放射性异常查证结果,对区内铀成矿条件进行分析,探讨了铀找矿前景。分析认为城阳—武沟地区存在有利的找矿目的层,具备较好的砂岩型铀成矿条件,航空放射性异常区是重点找矿地段,圈定了1片铀找矿有利区。     

皖南石台大山富硒区人居放射性环境评价

安徽石台大山地区分布着较为广泛的下寒武统荷塘组石煤层,而石煤出露地区即是富硒区也是放射性水平含量较高区。根据本次调查在下寒武统荷塘组含煤岩系分布区的地方,其天然γ射线水平较高,不适宜人类在此居住。而调查区内的居民村庄大多远离含煤岩系分布区的地方,对当地的居民接收天然γ辐射照射人均年有效剂量估算,该地区居民居住的村庄和学校的人年均天然贯穿辐射有效剂量当量为0.32~0.43 m Sv。因此,可以确定认为该地区居民居住γ射线辐射水平对人居环境影响不大,天然γ射线辐射环境对当地居民健康是安全的。     

实孔法深层三向相对应力测量

深地层注浆固化核废料场地的地应力变化趋势是评估其安全性的重要参考之一。作者介绍了为某深地层注浆固化处置中放核废液工程而进行的实孔法深层三向相对应力测量的有关情况。分析了封井介质与周围岩体介质性质差异对应力测量数据的影响。从分析的结果看,要得到比较真实的应力信息,考虑介质性质差异对测量数据的修正是非常必要的。     

二连盆地苏尼特右旗地区HFU-39、40异常特征及找矿意义

为查明二连盆地苏尼特右旗地区HFU-39、HFU-40航放异常的铀成矿情况,本文在分析异常区区域地质资料基础上,采用地质剖面测量、地面伽玛总量测量、伽玛能谱剖面测量、土壤氡剖面测量及岩石化探取样分析综合方法,对HFU-39、HFU-40两个异常进行查证及评价。查证结果显示异常呈团块状展布,地面伽玛能谱测量铀含量最高达w（U）=135×10^-6,岩石化学分析铀含量最高达w（U）=256×10^-6,该区域氡异常突出;综合异常查证结果和对二连盆地泥岩型铀矿化的形成环境分析,指出了该区的下一步铀找矿方向。     

环境氡的来源与防治对策

论述了环境氡的来源、危害,着重分析了室内氡的主要来源是地基岩石、土壤,分析了北京市区氡的地质背景和防氡与降氡的一些基本措施     

Natural radioactivity assessment of surface sediments in the Yangtze Estuary

The activities of the natural radionuclides (²³⁸U, ²³²Th, ²²⁶Ra and ⁴⁰K) of the surface sediments in the Yangtze Estuary were determined and used to evaluate radiation hazards in the study area. The of activities of ²³⁸U, ²³²Th, ²²⁶Ra and ⁴⁰K ranges from 14.1 to 62.3, 26.1 to 71.9, 13.7 to 52.3, and 392 to 898 Bq kg^? 1, respectively, which were comparable to values of other regions in China. The activities of ²³²Th, ⁴⁰K and ²²⁶Ra were clearly different from the global recommended values. The radium equivalent activity was less than the recommended limit of 370 Bq kg^? 1; therefore, the sediment in this area can be safely used for reclamation. The external hazard index values were less than one. The average absorbed gamma dose rate and annual effective dose equivalent values were slightly greater than the world average value. ²²⁶Ra/²³⁸U and ²³²Th/²³⁸U ratios could potentially be applied for tracing sediment source.     

基于大浮标的海洋放射性原位监测系统研究

海洋放射性原位监测相比于传统采样回实验室分析可以实现连续、实时、自动化监测。文中研究了基于大浮标的海洋放射性原位监测系统,使用放射性测量传感器测量周围环境的放射性数据,使用GPS确定所测环境坐标,通过北斗通讯的方式将所测得放射性数据、位置信息等发送给岸站,岸站收到数据后计算并显示放射性测量传感器所测周围环境放射性数据能谱;研究设计了一种分包发送数据,数据丢包补发机制,解决海洋放射性数据量大、传输时间长、数据不全会造成解谱不准确的问题。最后通过实验室长期实验验证,长期数据平均接收率达到98%以上,能够利用海洋放射性原位监测系统实现准确可靠的监测。