Justification, evaluation of efficiency and optimization of protection and rehabilitation measures in the territories contaminated after the Chernobyl accident

Title: Justification, evaluation of efficiency and optimization of protection and rehabilitation measures in the territories contaminated after the Chernobyl accident

Author: Panov, Alexey Valeryevich

Reference: Obninsk, 2009

Keywords: protective measures, contaminated sites, recovery activities, agriculture

Abstract: The aim of the work was to evaluate the effectiveness of protective measures for agriculture in various stages of consequences of radiation accident liquidation and on this basis to develop the optimal ways of radioactively contaminated territories recovery.

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/obosnovanie-otsenka-effektivnosti-i-optimizatsiya-zashchitnykh-i-reabilitatsionnykh-meropriy

Environmental monitoring of fodder safety, products of animal and plant origin

Title: Environmental monitoring of fodder safety, products of animal and plant origin

Author: Ledneva, Olga Alexandrovna

Reference: Nizhny Novgorod, 2006

Keywords: ecological monitoring, security, forage/fodder, food products of animal origin, food products of plant origin, agriculture, mushrooms, berries, Russia

Abstract: The purpose of this study; to research and implement the environmental assessment of radioactive substances in animal fodder, food products of plant and animal origin in areas of large cities (St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod); to study the general regularities of radiation situation formation in the sphere of agricultural production and improve the system of environmental supervision over the quality and safety of mushrooms and berries shipped to food markets in seperate regions of the Russian Federation.

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/ekologicheskii-monitoring-bezopasnosti-kormov-produktov-zhivotnogo-i-rastitelnogo-proiskhozh

Radiation control and monitoring of agricultural products in the context of global and local radioactive fallout

Title: Radiation control and monitoring of agricultural products in the context of global and local radioactive fallout

Author: Kalmykov, Mikhail Viktorovich

Reference: Moscow, 2001

Keywords: animals, plants, soil, agriculture, Russia, veterinary radiological control, monitoring, forage, cesium-137, strontium-90

Abstract: The aim of the thesis – to review and analysis of the general laws of radiation situation formation in the sphere of agricultural production in Russia and other individual regions of the country – radio-ecological justification of veterinary radiological control, monitoring, rationing of radionuclide content in the forage and the development of acceptable levels of their content

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/radiatsionnyi-kontrol-i-monitoring-selskokhozyaistvennoi-produktsii-v-usloviyakh-globalnykh-

Prognosis of accumulation of 137Cs and 90Sr in the herbage of the main types of the Belarus Polessje meadows using agrochemical soil properties

Author: Podolyak A. G., Timofeev S. F., Grebenshikova N. V., Arastovich T. V., Zhdanovich V. P.

Reference: Gazette “РАДИАЦИОННАЯ БИОЛОГИЯ. РАДИОЭКОЛОГИЯ “ (Radiation Biology, Radioecology), 2005

ISSN: 0869-8031

DOI: 574.41.5:539.163:633.2.031:631.82: 631.86:546.36:546.42

Keywords: 137cs, 90sr, accumulation, agricultural sphere, soil

Abstract: On the basis of long-term stationary experience it was established that the minimum accumulation quantities for 137Cs and 90Sr in the herbage of the dry, lowland and flood-plain types of the Belarus Polessje meadows contaminated with Chernobyl radionuclides are determined when the optimum of basic agrochemical soil properties is achieved with application of the scientifically reasonable protective measures. For remote prognosis of radionuclide contents in natural and cultural meadow herbage the use of transfer factors (TFa, (Bq/kg)(kBq/m2)) based on the complex agrochemical parameters–agrochemical cultivation soil index (Icd) and basic saturation degree (V, %), which take into account some soil characteristics simultaneously, is a streamlined approach. This paper provides the equations of linear and multiple regressions, which can be used to calculate the transfer factors for 137Cs and 90Sr uptake and the herbage contamination degree for the main types of meadows of the region, that will allow reducing the volume of forage production (hay, green bulk), which is not adequate to established permissible levels: “Republican allowable levels of the contents of 137Cs and 90Sr in agricultural raw material and forages”.

URL: http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:15810531

Agricultural use of the lands under radionuclide contamination in the Voronezh area

Author: Ovchinnikova T. V.

Reference: journal “ПРОБЛЕМЫ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЙ ЭКОЛОГИИ” (issues on regional ecology), 2008

ISSN: 1728-323x

DOI: 551.482.4

Keywords: nuclear pollution, agricultural production

Abstract: Agricultural aspects at nuclear pollution of a natural environment play an important, and frequently a determining role in formation of nuclear environment. Because person is exposed to influence of radiations of radioactive nuclides during manufacture and consumption of agricultural production.

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=11673657

Methods to overcome the Chernobyl disaster in the agricultural sphere

Author: R. M. Aleksakhin

Reference: “Agrokhimichesky Vestnik” (Agrochemical Gazette) 2006 No.2, pages 2-5

ISSN: 0235-2516

Keywords: effects of nuclear accident on environment and animals (living creatures), contamination , rehabilitation of land,

Abstract:

URL:  http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=13609115

Chernobyl, agriculture, environment

Author: R. M. Aleksakhin, N. I. Sanzharova, E. V. Spirin, S. V. Fesenko etc.

Reference: All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, 2006

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Keywords: radioactive contamination, radionuclides, activities of protection of land,

Abstract:

URL: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.riarae-raas.ru/publications/publications-2006

Countermeasures in agricultural production as an effective means of mitigating the radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident

Title: Countermeasures in agricultural production as an effective means of mitigating the radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident

Author: R.M. Alexakhin

Reference: Science of The Total Environment, Volume 137, Issues 1–3, 2–4 September 1993, Pages 9-20

DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(93)90374-F

Keywords: Chernobyl accident; agriculture; caesium-137; radioactive contamination; countermeasures

Abstract: In the wake of the Chernobyl accident of 1986, the implementation of a variety of protective measures in agriculture has been the most effective means of reducing the total radiation dose of the population; reduction of external radiation by soil decontamination is much less cost effective. As a result of the agricultural countermeasures, internal doses have been decreased by a factor of approximately three. In Russia, these countermeasures resulted in a decrease of ¹³⁷Cs accumulation in arable crops by a factor of about 2.3 and in pastures of about 2.8. Reduction of radiocaesium in herbage is one of the most importance factors, since this results in a reduction of ¹³⁷Cs in milk — the main source of radiation dose in the human diet. Countermeasures used on grazing land included ploughing, liming, application of fertilisers etc. ¹³⁷Cs in plant crops can be decreased 5–10 times by changing the type of crops cultivated. In natural meadows and pastures and on arable soils without the benefit of treatment, it has been observed that plant uptake of ¹³⁷Cs decreased with time. The efficiency of different protective measures in agriculture has been assessed in the accident-affected zone.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/004896979390374F

An extended critical review of twenty years of countermeasures used in agriculture after the Chernobyl accident

• Title: An extended critical review of twenty years of countermeasures used in agriculture after the Chernobyl accident

Author: Fesenko, Sergey V. / Alexakhin, Rudolf M. / Balonov, Mikhail I. / Bogdevich, Iossif M. / Howard, Brenda J. / Kashparov, Valery A. / Sanzharova, Natalia I. / (…) / Zhuchenka, Yury

Reference: Science of The Total Environment, 383 (1-3). 1-24

doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.011

Keywords: Chernobyl NPP, Agriculture, Consequences, Countermeasures, radioecology

Abstract: A wide range of different countermeasures has been used to mitigate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident for agriculture in affected regions in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The paper comprehensively brings together key data on countermeasure application over twenty years for all three countries and critically evaluates the response to the accident with respect to agriculture. The extents of countermeasures implementation in various periods following the ChNPP accident are documented.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969707005505

Twenty years’ application of agricultural countermeasures following the Chernobyl accident: lessons learned

• Title: Twenty years’ application of agricultural countermeasures following the Chernobyl accident: lessons learned

Author: S V Fesenko / R M Alexakhin / M I Balonov / I M Bogdevich / B J Howard / V A Kashparov / N I Sanzharova / (…) / Yu M Zhuchenka

Reference: Journal of Radiological Protection, 26 (4), p.351-359, Dec 2006

doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/26/4/R01

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Abstract: The accident at the Chernobyl NPP (nuclear power plant) was the most serious ever to have occurred in the history of nuclear energy. The consumption of contaminated foodstuffs in affected areas was a significant source of irradiation for the population. A wide range of different countermeasures have been used to reduce exposure of people and to mitigate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident for agriculture in affected regions in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. This paper for the first time summarises key data on countermeasure application over twenty years for all three countries and describes key lessons learnt from this experience.

URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0952-4746/26/4/R01/