To better inform the future real-time fire response, and more importantly the airborne/plume modelling scenarios by governments as part of their national radiological protection measures, there is a critical need for a step-change in the existing monitoring provision. This event highlighted the absence of a comprehensive aerosol, particulate and air quality monitoring provision within the CEZ when Bristol scientists were called upon by the UK Government SAGE and Zone authorities. This extensive burn remobilised a large inventory of the contamination contained within the various surface organic reservoirs - comprising aerosols, volatile species and particulates. The extreme hazard that had been left вЂuncheckedвЂ™, when in April 2020 extensive forest fires (believed on this occasion to be the result of arson) ravaged the вЂRed ForestвЂ™ region. As a result, large land areas have been left unmanaged and consequently become a significant fire hazard from the fuel accumulations. Unlike Fukushima, where considerable time and financial investment has been directed to the remediation and management of the contaminated environment, no such decontamination has occurred in the CEZ. The accident at Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) is to this day the most significant radiological release event to have ever occurred, and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) is still regarded as one of the most radiologically contaminated and hazardous locations on Earth. It will see Dr Peter MartinВ from the School of Physics collaborate with the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukrainian Central Enterprise for Management of Radioactive Waste, State Specialized Enterprise EcoCentre, and the Joint Support Office in Ukraine, as well as the Met Office and Amazon Web Services. Funding has been awarded by the Cabot Institute Innovation Fund 2021, aimed at supporting bold, ambitious and impactful ideas that transcend disciplinary boundaries.

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