Description
The atmosphere is that part of the biosphere above the terrestrial and aquatic media (soil, surface water). Radionuclides may enter the atmosphere as gases (volatile radionuclides), aerosols or dust either because they have been transported from the geosphere in this form or they are generated within the biosphere.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
Biosphere
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
1.06
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999
2.3.07, 3.2.09, 3.3.04, 3.2.10