Major radioactive substances released by the Chernobyl accident

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with quantities expressed in exabecquerel (EBq)

Radioactive substance	half-life	EBq
iodine-131	8.04 days	1.760
caesium-137	30 years	0.085
strontium-90	29.12 years	0.010
plutonium-241 (which decays into Americium-241)	14.4 years 430 years	0.003
others		~ 12.140
Total radioctivity released		14

For more complete information on the principal radioisotopes released during the Chernobyl accident, see the full report of the Chernobyl Forum Expert Group 'Environment', Table 3.1, p.19


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19-6-2007