Application of molluscs for radioecological monitoring of the Chernobyl outburst

• Title: Application of molluscs for radioecological monitoring of the Chernobyl outburst

Author: Frantsevich, L. / Korniushin, A. / Pankov, I. / Ermakov, A. / Zakharchuk, T.

Reference: Environmental Pollution, 94 (1), p.91-100, Jan 1996

doi: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00105-4                                            

Keywords: Molluscs; radioecology; Chernobyl; radioactive pollution

Abstract: Accumulation of radionuclides was studied in molluscs from the territories polluted by the Chernobyl outburst. In addition to radiochemical evaluation of ⁹⁰Sr, a simple method of beta-radiometry of shells was applied which allowed processing of extensive samples and mapping of contamination of large territories: the Dnieper drainage area and the Kiev administrative region. Pre-Hiroshima and pre-Chernobyl radioactivity was investigated in museum collections.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749196001054

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