RECONSTRUCTION OF 131I RELEASES FROM STACKS OF THE RADIOCHEMICAL PLANT OF THE MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1948 TO 1967

The method of reconstruction of 131I releases from the Mayak PA Radiochemical Plant stacks for the period from 1948 to 1967 is proposed and the results of reconstruction are given. During this period of time, no continuous routine experimental monitoring of release was performed. As a result, reconstruction was carried out on the basis of earlier obtained data on deliveries of 131I to the radiochemical plants with irradiated uranium from the Mayak PA graphite - uranium reactors. The reconstruction also used calculation - experimental data on the iodine distribution in process solutions and in ventilation exhaust gases from the radiochemical plants, as well as in archive information on the efficiency of iodine trapping with the help of gas purification facilities. Available experimental data on 131I releases from the stacks of the radiochemical plants are given. The reconstruction results are presented as average monthly and annual releases of 131I from the stacks of radiochemical plants B and DB. The results are intended to be used for estimating doses to the population living in the vicinity of the enterprise in the 1950s-1960s.