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DWD) I N the Framework of Nuclear Emergency Response Programmes P-11-296 Surveillance of Radioactivity in the Atmosphere by the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) i n the Framework of Nuclear Emergency Response Programmes T.Steinkopff, A.Dalheimer, W.Dyck, B.Fay, H.Glaab, I.Jacobsen Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Strasse 135, 63067 Offenbach, Germany SUMMARY The Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), German Meteorological Service, is charged with the surveillance of radioactivity in the atmosphere as a part of the emergency information network of the „Integrated Measureme nt and Information System“(IMIS) in Germany. The results of measurements of radioactivity and the meteorolog ical products are transferred regularly to this network. The DWD is also integrated into the Environmental Emer geny Response Programme (EER) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a communication hub. The computer infrastructure, the operational experience in data management as well as the national and internati onal communication systems in operation are significant arguments to run the early alert system on the surveillan ce of atmospheric radioactivity at the national meteorological service. INTRODUCTION In 1955 the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), German Meteorological Service, was integrated into the national nuclear emergency response programme concerning the surveillance of radioactivity in the atmosphere. Stimulated mainly by the experiences of the nuclear accident of Chernobyl the existing national response mecha nisms and international cooperation have been substantially revised. Especially, the Environmental Emergency R esponse (EER) programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has been developed to provide me teorological dispersion prognosis to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The integration of meteor ological services into this EER programme is an important object which includes the harmonisation of the differe nt specific national arrangements with the relevant international arrangements. In Germany emergency response programmes in general and especially the surveillance of radioactivit y in the environment are strictly separated according to the responsibilities of federal agencies and state authoriti es given by law. The emissions of nuclear power plants (NPP) are controlled by the state governments, which are responsible for the nuclear emergency response programmes in the vicinity of NPPs. The emissions are measure d online by the staff of the NPP and the controlling governmental state laboratories. Corresponding to a mandato ry procedure for measurements samples of the environment (air, precipitation, ground, grass, milk) in the vicinity of the NPP are measured periodically (1). The results are published quarterly. Since 1955 the DWD is in charge of monitoring air and precipita tion to determine radioactive substan ces. As a result of the operational con tinuous measurements, figure 1 show s the total beta-activity in precipitatio n as an average of all measuring DW D stations from 1957 to 1998. There are three significant maxima due to th e nuclear tests of the USA and the fo rmer Soviet Union in the late fiftees a nd the early sixtees and due to the co nsequences of the accident of Cherno byl in 1986. After the nuclear test ban treaty had been signed by nearly all governments in 1963, no tests in the a tmosphere were performed. As a resu lt, the radioactivity in air and precipit Figure 1.Total beta-activity in precipitation as an average of all ation decreased. Higher concentration measuring stations of DWD from 1957 to 1998 s of radioactivity in the precipitation i n 1976/77 and 1980/81 were significantly measured and reported as a result of the nuclear tests in the atmospher e by the Peoples Republic of China (2). The diminishing political interest towards the necessity of the surveillance of radioactivity in the envir onment has been immediately stopped after the accident of Chernobyl on April 26, 1986. The environmental mo 1 P-11-296 nitoring facilities on both, federal and state level, proved to be well prepared for the situation which occured in t he Federal Republic of Germany following the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. However a lot of problems came up facing the different national and international recommendations with regard to thresho ld values of radioactivity. The speed of the transboundary transport of hazardous material and its impact within a distance of more than 2000 km illustrates the large scale influence of the accident. Because of the experiences in the Chernobyl accident, in Germany a new law was adopted in 1986. The Precautionary Radiation Protection Ac t [StrVG] concerns an area of legislation which was not covered by the Atomic Energy Act [AtG], and the Radia tion Protection Ordinance [StrlSchV] which generally regulates the handling of radioactive material. The new la w`s intention was to protect the population in case of a national nuclear emergency. THE ROLE OF THE DWD IN THE GERMAN „INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT AND IN FOR-MATION SYSTEM“(IMIS) As a consequence of the new act the national "Integrated Measuring and Information System for the Monitoring of Radioactivity in the Environment" (IMIS) was established on the basis of a computer network (3, 4). All relevant data of the environment and recommendations towards radiation protection are summarised at th e Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) in order to inform the p ublic (figure 2). Within IMIS the early detection of radioactivity in the air and the measurement of radioactivity c oncentrations are of main importance for the radiological prognosis with the calculation model "Programme Syst em for the Assessment and Mitigation of Radiological Consequences" (PARK) run by the Federal Office for Rad iation Protection (BfS). Trajectories and dispersion calculations are important instruments for the early activation of countermeasures and the information of all governmental laboratories charged with the surveillance of radioa ctivity. A set of general administrative regulations which contain the regulations for the generation, transmission, compilation, evaluation, and documentation of data within the framework of IMIS have been issued. Within this set of regulations, attention is directed to two guidelines, the content of which is formed by the routine measurin g programme and the intensive measuring programme. In the case of a nuclear event intensified measurements ar e initiated. The extention of the measuring network of DWD and the development of dispersion calculations base d on the Lagrangian particle dispersion model (LPDM) were parts of the new concept. gamma dose rate measurements of gaseous I-131 radionuclides in the atmosphere accumulation measurements BfS DWD and of radionuclides evaluation in the North and BSH the Baltic seas accumulation and evaluation accumulation and accumulation of measuring results, measurements evaluation and meteorological products of radionuclides evaluation DWD in federal IAR BfG waterways measurements of accumulation and evaluation of data environmental presentation by specialised institutes samples by the 16 Federal States BfS BMU: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature and Nuclear Safety BfG: Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz Federal Ministry for the BSH: Federal Maritime and Hydrography Environment, Nature and Office, Hamburg Nuclear Safety DWD: German Meteorological Service, BMU Offenbach IAR: Institute for Atmospheric Research, Freiburg IMIS: Integrated Measuring and Information System Figure 2.Integration of the DWD in the "Integrated Measurement and Information System for the Monitoring of Radioactivity in the Environment (IMIS)" 2 P-11-296 The measuring network of DWD fo r radioactivity in the atmosphere consists of 4 0 homogeneously distributed measuring statio ns, each measuring station integrated into the building of a weather station so that the instru ments are under permanent control of the staf f. The density of the network is a consequence of the requirements for the large scale covera ge of the territory of Germany and the require ments for the early detection of radioactive m aterial emitted by foreign sources near the bor der. The special measuring programme of DW D is summarized by table 1. Each station is equipped with a nuc lide specific measuring step-feed-filter system continuously surveying the radioactivity in ai r by gamma-ray spectrometry to guarantee the early detection of artificial radionuclides. An example of the daily report of results is demo nstrated in figure 3. Only results for the natura l aerosol bound radioactivity could be detecte d at this date. Simultaneously, the aerosol bou nd artificial alpha- and beta-activity are calcul ated by instruments based on discriminating c alculation methods: alpha-beta-pseudo-coincidence-diff erence (ABPD), alpha-energy-range-discrimi nation (AERD). Based on the technical infrastructu Figure 3.Example of the IMIS presentation for the daily re (communication and data processing) of D results of 214Pb and 137Cs (limits of detection) WD the data from the measuring stations are measured by the γ-ray-step-feed filter system regularly transmitted to the Central Office at (limits of detection for 137Cs illustrated by stars) Offenbach at least daily, in case of an emerge ncy every two hours. The data from the measuring stations and the results of the radiochemical laboratory are tra nsferred to the computer network IMIS immediately after having been controlled (5,6). Table 1: Sampling and measuring programme
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