Citation: Jie Ouyang, Yang Shao, Min Luo, Jilong Zhang, Xiongxin Dai, Lingling Ma, Diandou Xu. Exploration of the potential application of plutonium isotopes in source identification of sandstorm in the atmosphere of Beijing[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(7): 3516-3521. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.030 shu

Exploration of the potential application of plutonium isotopes in source identification of sandstorm in the atmosphere of Beijing

Jie Ouyang ^{a, b, 1} ,
Yang Shao ^{a, 1} ,
Min Luo ^a ,
Jilong Zhang ^c ,
Xiongxin Dai ^d ,
Lingling Ma ^{a, *,} ,
Diandou Xu ^{a, *,}

a.
Beijing Engineering Research Center of Radiographic Techniques and Equipment, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
b.
Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences, College of Quality and Safety Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
c.
State Nuclear Security Technology Center, Beijing 102401, China
d.
China Institute for Radiation Protection, Taiyuan 030000, China

malingling@ihep.ac.cn

xudd@ihep.ac.cn

Received Date: 8 December 2021
Revised Date: 27 February 2022
Accepted Date: 27 February 2022
Available Online: 11 March 2022

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Plutonium (Pu) is an anthropogenic radionuclide which mainly derived from atmospheric nuclear tests in the environment. In this study, the Pu isotopes (²³⁹Pu and ²⁴⁰Pu) in aerosol samples collected during the sandstorm and non-sandstorm period were measured by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and the behavior of Pu was studied. The activity concentrations of ²³⁹Pu and ²⁴⁰Pu in the aerosol samples of Beijing were ranged from 0.62 nBq/m³ to 99.6 nBq/m³ for ²³⁹Pu and 3.51 nBq/m³ to 60.23 nBq/m³ for ²⁴⁰Pu, respectively. ²³⁹Pu and ²⁴⁰Pu concentrations exhibited a remarkable seasonal variation trend, with the higher results showed in spring, and the relatively lower concentrations in winter. The observed higher concentration of ²³⁹Pu and ²⁴⁰Pu detected in sandstorm samples further indicated Pu was closely related to the occurrence of sandstorms. The global fallout characteristics of ²⁴⁰Pu/²³⁹Pu atom ratios (average 0.20, ranging from 0.16 to 0.27) in aerosol samples indicating that global fallout was the major source of Pu in the atmosphere. Using aluminum (Al) as an indicator of soil resuspension, significant positive correlation between ²³⁹Pu and Al (r² = 0.934), ²⁴⁰Pu and Al (r² = 0.525) revealed that soil resuspension was a primary source of atmospheric Pu in Beijing. These results implied that the combination of ²³⁹Pu, ²⁴⁰Pu and Al could be used as the potential tracer of sandstorm.
- Plutonium,
- Atmosphere,
- Source identification,
- Sandstorm
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