RADIOACTIVE
CONTAMINATION IN THE ATLAS CARTOGRAPHY
Yu.A.Izrael, E.V.Kvasnikova
20-b, Glebovskaya str., 20-b,
ranexa.kv@relcom.ru
Radioactive contamination became a
global ecological problem at XX century. An experience of mapping of this
phenomenon was stored up with the study of consequences of the biggest
industrial accident – in
Under the scientific guidance of prof.Yu.Izrael two important cartographic products have
been edited at 1998:
- Atlas of radioactive contamination
of the European part of
- Atlas of Cesium deposition on
A new National Atlas of Russia
includes the volume “Nature. Ecology”, where there is a chapter “State of the
environment”. Materials on radioactive contamination were published in it for
the first in the practice of National atlas compilation.
This chapter includes the following
maps and materials:
History of radioactive contamination field
formation by different artificial radionuclides;
overview of information on the Chernobyl accident; 137Cs
contamination of Russia territory due to the atmospheric nuclear explosions of
the end of 1950th - beginning of 1960th; accidents and events at the Industrial
Plant “Mayak”, Southern Ural, Siberian Chemical Plant
in Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk Mining-Chemical Plant on the
Enisey-river.
This chapter has an important social
and educational significance. It is very important to give the information on
the artificial radioactivity widely and evenly.
A new atlas of radioactive
contamination is put up in 2006 by creating under the Program of the Union
State Russia-Belarus. This idea was initiated by the Emergency Ministry of
Russia.
The retrospective, modern and
predicting situation of the radioactive contamination field will be given in
this atlas including the radiation monitoring data carrying out at the
beginning of XXI century. Mapping will be based on the renovated and additional
data. Prediction of contamination field without the probable accidents in the
future; table showing the dynamics of contamination areas in time will be done.
Conclusion: Mapping of radioactive contamination field
for atlas is working up at the 4 spatial-geographical levels:
-
global level ( to show the
problem on the background of the other global problems);
-
semi-global level
(Eastern-European Plain,
-
regional level (districts of
countries);
-
local level (small
territories with the more contamination).
Examples of radioactive contamination different
scale maps will be presented.