Radionuclide content in lichen thallus in the forests adjacent to the Chernobyl atomic power plant

• Title: Radionuclide content in lichen thallus in the forests adjacent to the Chernobyl atomic power plant

Author: Biazrov, L.G.

Reference: Science of The Total Environment, 157, p.25-28, Dec 1994

doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(94)90561-4

Keywords: Radionuclides; Lichens; Thalli; Chernobyl

Abstract: The concentrations of ¹⁰⁶Ru, ¹³⁴Cs, ¹³⁷Cs, and ¹⁴⁴Ce in thalli of lichens Hypogymnia physodes and Cladina mitis, in the bark of pine tree Pinus silvestris are very high in the immediate vicinity of the Chernobyl atomic power plant. They decrease with increasing distance from the centre of the accident. However, even outside the 30-km zone of population evacuation, they surpass concentrations of these radionuclides from global fallout by hundreds of times.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0048969794905614