- Title: Pre- and post-Chernobyl accident levels of 129I and 137Cs in the Southern Baltic Sea by brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus
Author: Gómez-Guzmán, J.M. / Holm, E. / Enamorado-Báez, S.M. / Abril, J.A. / Pinto-Gómez, A.R. / López-Gutiérrez, J.M. / García-León, M.
Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 115, p.134-142, Jan 2013
doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.08.007
Keywords: AMS; ICP-MS; 129I; 127I; Seaweed; Chernobyl accident
Abstract: ► 129I content was measured in seaweed collected in 1982 and 1986 in the Baltic Sea. ► 129I content and 129I/127I ratios were found to be highest in the Kattegat area. ► A linear relation between 127I content and salinity in seawater was established. ► Contribution of the Chernobyl accident to 129I in the region was not significant.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X12002068
- Title: A one dimensional dispersion model for radionuclides in the marine environment applied to the Chernobyl fallout over the northern Baltic Sea
Author: J. Ribbe, S. H. Mller-Navarra, H. Nies
Reference: Journal of the Society for Radiological Protection, 6 (4), p.167-172, Dec 1986
doi: 10.1088/0260-2814/6/4/002
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Abstract: As a result of the Chernobyl fallout the Baltic Sea was the most affected marine ecosystem. The occurrence of ‘hot spots’ at the water surface was characteristic for the contamination. A one dimensional vertical dispersion model was used to explain the distribution of the radionuclides cesium 137 and cesium 134 in the water column of the central Bothnian Sea for the first six months after the contamination. In addition to the physical dispersion processes, specific chemical characteristics of the radionuclides were taken into consideration. During the time of siumulation, 5 per cent of the radionuclides cesium 137 and cesium 134 were trapped in the sediment, and 50 per cent of the plutonium 239/240 activity concentration was deposited, however, it’s activity concentration measured in the water column was close to the limit of detection.
URL: http://eprints.usq.edu.au/1081/1/Ribbe_Muller-Navara_Nies.pdf
- Title: The Chernobyl reactor accident and the aquatic environment of the UK: a fisheries viewpoint
Author: N T Mitchell, W C Camplin and D R P Leonard
Reference: Journal of the Society for Radiological Protection, 6 (4), p.167-172, Dec 1986
doi: 10.1088/0260-2814/6/4/002
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Abstract: The monitoring programme undertaken by the Directorate throughout the UK following the Chernobyl reactor accident is described. The results of sampling and analysis of fish, shellfish, seaweed and other materials are discussed. Chernobyl fallout was readily detected in all sectors of the aquatic environment, particularly during May when the highest concentrations were observed. An assessment of the radiological impact of the fallout shows that freshwater fish were the most important source of individual (critical group) exposure though, based on cautious assumptions, the effective dose equivalent is around 1 mSv in a year. The collective effective dose equivalent commitment from Chernobyl due to aquatic ingestion pathways, predominantly marine fish, is estimated to be 30 man Sv.
URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0260-2814/6/4/002/
- Title: Impact of 134Cs and 137Cs from the Chernobyl reactor accident on the Spanish Mediterranean marine environment
Author: Molero, J. / Sanchez-Cabeza, J.A. / Merino, J. / Mitchell, P.I. / Vidal-Quadras, A.
Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 43 (3), p.357-370, May 1999
doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00067-8
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Abstract: As part of a study aiming to establish the distribution and bioavailability of man-made radionuclides in the marine environment, radiocaesium levels were determined in large volume sea water samples and in the sea-grass Posidonia oceanica collected along the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Results obtained from 1987 to 1991 showed the enhancement of radiocaesium levels in the Spanish Mediterranean marine environment after the Chernobyl accident. The well-known 134Cs/137Cs isotopic ratio in Chernobyl fresh deposition was used to identify the weapon tests fall-out and Chernobyl deposition components.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X98000678
- Title: 25 years after the Chernobyl power plant explosion: Management of nuclear wastes and radionuclide transfer in the environment
Author: Aquilina, L. / Matray, J.M. / Lancelot, J.
Reference: Applied Geochemistry, 27 (7), p.1291-1296, Jul 2012
doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.04.010
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Abstract: The year 2011 was the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident (26 April, 1986). The explosion of nuclear reactor no. 4 from the RBMK nuclear power plant was the worst industrial nuclear accident and resulted in an unprecedented release of radioactive material from a nuclear reactor and adverse consequences for the public and the environment.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292712001151
- Title: Long-term dynamics of Chernobyl 137 Cs in freshwater fish: quantifying the effect of body size and trophic level.
Author: Sundbom, Marcus; Meili, Markus; Andersson, Evert; Östlund, Mikael; Broberg, Anders
Reference: Journal of Applied Ecology. Apr2003, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p228-240. 13p.
doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00795.x.
Keywords: FISHES — Size; CESIUM; LAKE ecology; CHERNOBYL Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl, Ukraine, 1986
Abstract: Freshwater fish are a potentially important link in the transfer of radionuclides from polluted ecosystems to people. A pulsed contamination event such as the Chernobyl fallout in 1986 is a challenge to the prediction of radioactivity in biota, because activity concentrations of radionuclides can change dynamically among populations during an initial equilibration phase. This was demonstrated from time-series of 137 caesium (Cs) in fish from three Swedish lakes (1986–2000, eight species, > 7600 individuals). In addition, we used these data to test hypotheses about the influence of fish size and trophic level on the temporal patterns of 137 Cs.
URL:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00795.x/full
- Title: Ecophysiological determinants of the variation in 137Cs concentrations between and within lacustrine fish populations
Author: Marcus Sundbom and Markus Meili
Reference: Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences. Dec2005, Vol. 62 Issue 12, p2727-2739. 13p.
doi:
Keywords: *CHERNOBYL Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl, Ukraine, 1986*FISHES*FISH populations*CONTAMINATION (Technology)*BODY size*ECOLOGY*PISCIVOROUS fishes*SPECIES
Abstract: One decade after the Chernobyl fallout, the variability of 137Cs activity concentrations among fish within a Swedish lake was >20-fold based on 1361 individuals from seven species collected continually during 1996–1999. Of the total variability, 64% was due to differences between species but only 7% due to temporal variation, which was 1.3-fold for the whole community and 1.3- to 2-fold for population means. Contamination increased with body size (0.6- to 6-fold) and decreased with body condition in most species (1.3-fold). Body size and time together accounted for about half of the total variation within populations.
URL:http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=9&sid=57dfcfa9-9a82-4dce-9a3d-6fbd6e156b29%40sessionmgr113&hid=123
- Title: The Chernobyl Disaster, Concern about the Environment, and Life Satisfaction
Author: Berger, Eva M.
Reference: Kyklos, Feb2010, Vol. 63 Issue 1, p1-8. 8p. 4
doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00457.x.
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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster on satisfaction with life and on concern about the environment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and identifying the exogenous event through the exact date of occurance, I find that concern about the environment sharply increased immediately after the incident. However, there is no effect on individuals’ satisfaction with life in general. This suggests that, though people in Germany were aware of the severity of the incident, the concept of life satisfaction reflects a rather personal perspective on life.
URL:http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1536222
- Title: Special issue introduction. The Chernobyl Center for Nuclear Safety, Radioactive Waste and Radioecology
Author: Farfán EB.
Reference: Health Phys. 2011 Oct;101(4):336-7
doi: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31822f9be5
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URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21878758
- Title: The bovine tuberculosis burden in cattle herds in zones with low dose radiation pollution in Ukraine
Author: Richard Weller, Artem Skrypnyk, Andriy Zavgorodniy, Borys Stegniy, Anton Gerilovych, Oleksandr Kutsan, Svitlana Pozmogova and Svitlana Sapko
Reference: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, 2009
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Abstract: The authors describe a study of the tuberculosis (TB) incidence in cattle exposed to low doses of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl (pronounced ‘Chornobyl’ in Ukrainian) nuclear plant catastrophe in 1986. The purpose of the study was to determine if ionising radiation influences the number of outbreaks of bovine TB and their severity on farms in the Kyiv, Cherkasy and Chernigiv regions of Ukraine. These farms are all located within a 200 km radius of Chernobyl and have had low-dose radiation pollution.
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20391374
