Ecological lessons from the Chernobyl accident

Title: Ecological lessons from the Chernobyl accident

Author: Bell, J N B / Shaw, G

Reference: Environment international, 31 (6), p.771-777, Aug 2005

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.026

Keywords: Chernobyl; Radiocaesium; Illite; Peat; Transfer factors; Vegetation; Upland UK ecosystems; Sheep; Radioactive contamination

Abstract: The Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 not only caused serious ecological problems in both the Ukraine and Belarus, which continue to the present day, but also contaminated a large part of the higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere. In this paper an overview is given of the latter problems in upland UK, where ecological problems still remain some 17 years after initial contamination.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16005971?dopt=Abstract