The assessment of the April 2020 chernobyl wildfires and their impact on Cs-137 levels in Belgium and The Netherlands

In April 2020, several wildfires took place in and around the Chernobyl exclusion zone. These fires reintroduced radioactive particles deposited during 1986 disaster into atmosphere, causing concern about a possible radiation hazard. Several countries stations of International Monitoring System measured increased Cs137 levels. This study presents analyses made by RIVM SCK CEN/RMI 2020 wildfires. Furthermore, more in-depth research was performed after A statistical analysis detections is presented, comparing with historical detections. Inverse atmospheric transport modelling applied to infer total released Finally, it assessed whether Belgium Netherlands can be attributed