Comparison of gridded versus observation data to initialize ARAC dispersion211 models for the Algeciras, Spain steel mill CS-137 release

摘要

On May 30, 1998 scrap metal containing radioactive Cesium-137 (Cs-137) was211u001eaccidentally melted in a furnace at the Acerinox steel mill in Algeciras, Spain. 211u001eCs-137 was released from the mill's smokestack, and spread across the western 211u001eMediterranean Sea to France and Italy and beyond. The first indication of the 211u001erelease was radiation levels up to 1000 times background reported by Swiss, 211u001eFrench and Italian authorities during the following two weeks. Initially no 211u001eelevated radiation levels were detected over Spain.