Specific activity and activity ratios of radionuclides in soil collected about 20 km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: Radionuclide release to the south and southwest.

Title:Specific activity and activity ratios of radionuclides in soil collected about 20 km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: Radionuclide release to the south and southwest.

Author: Tagami, Keiko / Uchida, Shigeo / Uchihori, Yukio / Ishii, Nobuyoshi / Kitamura, Hisashi / Shirakawa, Yoshiyuki

Reference: The Science of the total environment, 409 (22), p.4885-4888, Oct 2011

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.067

Keywords: Radioactivity ratio; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant; Soil; Cesium-137; Cesium-134; Iodine-131

Abstract: ► Soil samples were collected at about 20 km south of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. ► The concentrations of ¹³¹I, ^{134, 136, 137}Cs and ^129mTe were obtained, but ¹⁰³Ru was not. ► This suggests that noble gasses and volatile radionuclides predominated in the releases. ► Activity ratio of ¹³⁴Cs/¹³⁷Cs from the power plant to the south was abound 0.90.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21906779?dopt=Abstract

The relationship of soil organic carbon to 210 Pb ex and 137 Cs during surface soil erosion in a hillslope forested environment

Title: The relationship of soil organic carbon to 210 Pb ex and 137 Cs during surface soil erosion in a hillslope forested environment

Author: Teramage, Mengistu T. / Onda, Yuichi / Kato, Hiroaki / Wakiyama, Yoshifumi / Mizugaki, Shigeru / Hiramatsu, Shinya

Reference: Geoderma, 192, p.59-67, Jan 2013

doi:　10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.08.030

Keywords: ¹³⁷Cs; ²¹⁰Pb_ex; Distribution; Radionuclide; Soil; SOC

Abstract: ► We evaluate the correlation of SOC with ²¹⁰Pb_ex and ¹³⁷Cs in forest environments. ► SOC shows strong and persistent affinity to ²¹⁰Pb_ex than ¹³⁷Cs. ► In forest soil, SOC and ²¹⁰Pb_ex are replenished continuously from natural sources. ► ²¹⁰Pb_ex model can help to trace SOC in forests around the world.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706112003254

Problems of Radioecology in forest. Forest. People. Chernobyl.

Title: Problems of Radioecology in forest. Forest. People. Chernobyl.

Author: V. A. Ipat’ev, E. F. Konoplya, V. F. Baginsky, B. I. Yakushev, I. I. Maradulin

Reference: Gomel, 2004

doi:

Keywords: forest ecology, soil decontamination, forestry, forest fires, Belorussia, Baltic countries, ground contamination

Abstract: Problems of safety system. Rehabilitation of forest land contaminated with radionuclides. Forest fires in contaminated areas: prevention, eradication and consequences. Management activities in contaminated areas. Monitoring, forecast and radiation monitoring of forest products. Reports from parliamentary assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia.

URL: http://catalog.belal.by/cgi-bin/irbis64r_01/cgiirbis_64.exe?LNG=&C21COM=S&I21DBN=BELAL&P21DBN=BELAL&S21FMT=briefwebr&S21ALL=(%3C.%3EK%3D%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8C%3C.%3E)&Z21ID=&S21SRW=TIPVID&S21SRD=DOWN&S21STN=1&S21REF=5&S21CNR=20

Russian: Проблемы радиоэкологии леса. Лес. Человек. Чернобыль: Ипатьев В.А., Конопля Е.Ф., Багинский В.Ф., Якушев Б.И., Марадулин И.И. …

The University of Arizona Institutional Repository: Radiocarbon Volume 48 (2006) Number 3 RADIOACTIVE GRAPHITE DISPERSION IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Title: The University of Arizona Institutional Repository: Radiocarbon Volume 48 (2006) Number 3 RADIOACTIVE GRAPHITE DISPERSION IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Author: Buzinny, Michael

Reference: The University of Arizona, Geosciences, May 2011

Keywords: graphite, soil, forest

Abstract: This paper estimates the radioactive graphite dispersion on the land surface (forest litter and soil) as a result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) release. Graphite mass was calculated using an estimated average concentration of 2.5 × 107 Bq/kg C (carbon). The sample collection method, sample origin and its mass, and sample preparation procedure used for preparation of benzene were taken into account to obtain the optimum sensitivity of the method. Thus, the sensitivity of the corresponding method for graphite detection in forest litter was estimated to be 0.2 mg/m2. All analyses gave a range of deposited graphite from 0.12 to 52.6 mg/m2. The maximum value was observed at a site located 9 km west of the Chernobyl NPP. The results of the study indicate the importance of studying the upper layer of soil (0–5 cm) in addition to the lower layer of forest litter.

URL:http://digitalcommons.arizona.edu/holdings/journal/article?r=http%3A%2F%2Fradiocarbon.library.arizona.edu%2FVolume48%2FNumber3%2F451-458.pdf

Transgenic plants are sensitive bioindicators of nuclear pollution caused by the Chernobyl accident.

Title: Transgenic plants are sensitive bioindicators of nuclear pollution caused by the Chernobyl accident.

Author: Kovalchuk, I / Kovalchuk, O / Arkhipov, A / Hohn, B

Reference: Nature biotechnology, 16 (11), p.1054-1059, Nov 1998

DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04831.x

Keywords: Chernobyl; radionuclides; radiolysis; soil; water ecosystems; bioaccumulation; transition ratio; radiomorphosis

Abstract: To evaluate the genetic consequences of radioactive contamination originating from the nuclear reactor accident of Chernobyl on indigenous populations of plants and animals, it is essential to determine the rates of accumulating genetic changes in chronically irradiated populations. An increase in germline mutation rates in humans living close to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant site, and a two- to tenfold increase in germline mutations in barn swallows breeding in Chernobyl have been reported. Little is known, however, about the effects of chronic irradiation on plant genomes. Ionizing radiation causes double-strand breaks in DNA, which are repaired via illegitimate or homologous recombination. We make use of Arabidopsis thaliana plants carrying a beta-glucuronidase marker gene as a recombination substrate to monitor genetic alterations in plant populations, which are caused by nuclear pollution of the environment around Chernobyl. A significant (p<0.05) increase in somatic intrachromosomal recombination frequencies was observed at nuclear pollution levels from 0.1-900 Ci/km2, consistent with an increase in chromosomal aberrations. This bioindicator may serve as a convenient and ethically acceptable alternative to animal systems.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9831035?dopt=Abstract

The mobility of Chernobyl-derived 137Cs in a peatbog system within the catchment of the Pripyat River, Belarus

• Title: The mobility of Chernobyl-derived 137Cs in a peatbog system within the catchment of the Pripyat River, Belarus

Author: A Kudelsky, Jim Smith, S Ovsiannikova and J Hilton

Reference: Elsevier, 1996

doi: 10.1016/0048-9697  

Keywords: Pripyat,River,Soil, Belarus,137Cs

Abstract: The behaviour of Chernobyl-derived 137Cs in a hydrologically isolated bog system in the catchment of the Pripyat river in Belarus was investigated. Measurements were made of 137Cs activities in the solids and pore waters of the bog soils, as well as the variability in activity in water draining from the bog. It was found that the radiocaesium activity of the pore water, and hence the measured distribution coefficient, Kd, was dependent upon the pressure at which the water was removed from the soil.

URL: http://www.mendeley.com/research/mobility-chernobyl-derived-137cs-peatbog-system-within-catchment-pripyat-river-belarus/

Mobility of radionuclides in undisturbed and cultivated soils in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia six years after the Chernobyl fallout

• Title: Mobility of radionuclides in undisturbed and cultivated soils in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia six years after the Chernobyl fallout

Author: Askbrant, S. / Melin, J. / Sandalls, J. / Rauret, G. / Vallejo, R. / Hinton, T. / Cremers, A. / (…) / Alexakhin, R.M.

Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 31 (3), p.287-312, Jan 1996                 

doi: 10.1016/0265-931X(95)00054-E

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Abstract: Six years after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the behaviour of radionuclides in soils in rural areas of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia has been studied. Measurements were made to determine the total radioactive contamination, the fuel particle contribution, and the distribution and extractability of the radionuclides ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr. Inside the 30 km restriction zone around the plant, particles of highly irradiated fuel accounted for most of the radioactive contamination.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0265931X9500054E

Radiation-induced impacts on the degradation of 2,4-D and the microbial population in soil microcosms

Title: Radiation-induced impacts on the degradation of 2,4-D and the microbial population in soil microcosms

Author: Niedrée, Bastian / Vereecken, Harry / Burauel, Peter

Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 115, p.168-174, Jan 2013                

doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.08.008

Keywords: Mineralization; 2,4-D, Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; ¹³⁷Cs, ⁹⁰Sr, ¹⁴C; Chernobyl

Abstract: ► We observed the impact of contamination with Cs-137 and Sr-90 on soil functions. ► The contamination went up to 30-fold of that in the 30 km Chernobyl zone. ► The radioactive contamination inhibited the 2,4-D mineralization temporary. ► The bacterial and fungal community structure was also affected.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X12002159

Chapter III. Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe for the Environment

Title: Chapter III. Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe for the Environment

Author: Yablokov, Alexey V. / Nesterenko, Vassily B. / Nesterenko, Alexey V.

Reference: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1181 (1), p.221-286, Nov 2009

doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04830.x

Keywords: Chernobyl; radionuclides; radiolysis; soil; water ecosystems; bioaccumulation; transition ratio; radiomorphosis

Abstract:

URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04830.x/abstract