II. Physikalisches Institut

Prof. H. Hofsäss, II. Institute of Physics

The Chernobyl accident

1986-1987

Following the reactor accident at Chernobyl in April 26, 1986 the group of Prof. Ekkehard Recknagel and Dr. Gerhard Lindner at University Konstanz initiated measurements of environmental contamination due to the radioactive fall-out in southern Baden-Württemberg. At that time Ph.D student, I was involved in innumerable measurements of contaminated food, plants, air filters etc. I also held several public presentations on the impact and consequences of the reactor accident.

Publications:


  • The Accident at Chernobyl: A Report on Risk Management at a local Hot Spot in West Germany
    M. Deicher, A. Ernst, H. Hofsäss, G. Lindner, E. Recknagel and C. Hohenemser, in New Risks Issues and Management, eds. L.A. Cox, Jr. and P. F. Ricci (Plenum Press, New York, 1990) p. 477 (Proceedings of the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, Boston, USA 1986)
  • Radioaktive Kontamination in der Bodensee-Region als Folge des Tschernobyl-Reaktorunfalls
    G. Lindner, M. Deicher, H. Hofsäss, S.G. Jahn, D. Petermann, W. Pfeiffer, U. Wahl and E. Recknagel, in Tagungsbericht Jahrestagung Kerntechnik 1987, ed.: Deutsches Atomforum (Bonn, 1987) p. 283
  • Chernobyl: An early Report
    C. Hohenemser, M. Deicher, A. Ernst, H. Hofsäss, G. Lindner and E. Recknagel,
    Environment 28 (1986) 6 ; short reprint in Chemtech 16 (1986) 596
  • Agricultural Impact of Chernobyl: A Warning
    C. Hohenemser, M. Deicher, H. Hofsäss, G. Lindner, E. Recknagel and J.I. Budnik,
    Nature 321 (1986) 817
  • Überregionale Aspekte der Tschernobyl-Radioaktivität im Bodensee-Gebiet
    G. Lindner, M. Deicher, R. Eckmann, H. Hofsäss, S.G. Jahn, W. Müller, D. Petermann, W. Pfeiffer, S. Teufel, U. Wahl, S. Winter and E. Recknagel, in Radioaktivitäts­messungen in der Schweiz nach Tschernobyl und ihre wissenschaftliche Interpretation, eds.: L. André, E.J. Born and G. Fischer (Bern, 1986) p. 312