Impact of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantings on long term 137Cs and 90Sr recycling from a waste burial site in the Chernobyl Red Forest
- Title: Impact of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantings on long term 137Cs and 90Sr recycling from a waste burial site in the Chernobyl Red Forest
Author: Thiry, Yves / Colle, Claude / Yoschenko, Vasyl / Levchuk, Svjatoslav / Van Hees, May / Hurtevent, Pierre / Kashparov, Valery
Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 100 (12), p.1062-1068, Dec 2009
doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.05.003
Keywords: Radiocaesium; Radiostrontium; Forest; Biological cycle; Waste; Remediation; Afforestation
Abstract: Plantings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) on a waste burial site in the Chernobyl Red Forest was shown to greatly influence the long term redistribution of radioactivity contained in sub-surfaces trenches. After 15 years of growth, aboveground biomass of the average tree growing on waste trench no.22 had accumulated 1.7 times more 137Cs than that of trees growing off the trench, and 5.4 times more 90Sr.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X0900109X