FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OF 90SR AND 137CS CONCENTRATIONS IN AN ECOSYSTEM OF THE ‘RED FOREST’ AREA IN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE

• Title: FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OF 90SR AND 137CS CONCENTRATIONS IN AN ECOSYSTEM OF THE ‘RED FOREST’ AREA IN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE

Author: Gaschak, Sergey P / Makliuk, Yulia A / Maksimenko, Andrey M / Bondarkov, Mikhail D / Chizhevsky, Igor / Caldwell, Eric F / Jannik, G Timothy / Farfán, Eduardo B

Reference:Health physics, 101 (4), p.409-415, Oct 2011

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Keywords: Chernobyl, bioaccumulation factor, 90Sr, 137Cs

Abstract: In the most highly contaminated region of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: the ‘Red Forest’ site, the accumulation of the major dose-affecting radionuclides (90Sr and 137Cs) within the components of an ecological system encompassing 3,000 m2 were characterized. The sampled components included soils (top 0-10 cm depth), Molina caerulea (blue moor grass), Camponotus vagus (carpenter ants) and Pelobates fuscus (spade-footed toad).

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21878766?dopt=Abstract