Problems of Radioecology in forest. Forest. People. Chernobyl.

Title: Problems of Radioecology in forest. Forest. People. Chernobyl.

Author: V. A. Ipat’ev, E. F. Konoplya, V. F. Baginsky, B. I. Yakushev, I. I. Maradulin

Reference: Gomel, 2004

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Keywords: forest ecology, soil decontamination, forestry, forest fires, Belorussia, Baltic countries, ground contamination

Abstract: Problems of safety system. Rehabilitation of forest land contaminated with radionuclides. Forest fires in contaminated areas: prevention, eradication and consequences. Management activities in contaminated areas. Monitoring, forecast and radiation monitoring of forest products. Reports from parliamentary assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia.

URL: http://catalog.belal.by/cgi-bin/irbis64r_01/cgiirbis_64.exe?LNG=&C21COM=S&I21DBN=BELAL&P21DBN=BELAL&S21FMT=briefwebr&S21ALL=(%3C.%3EK%3D%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8C%3C.%3E)&Z21ID=&S21SRW=TIPVID&S21SRD=DOWN&S21STN=1&S21REF=5&S21CNR=20

Russian: Проблемы радиоэкологии леса. Лес. Человек. Чернобыль: Ипатьев В.А., Конопля Е.Ф., Багинский В.Ф., Якушев Б.И., Марадулин И.И. …

Forest. People. Chernobyl

 Author: V. A. Ipat’ev, V. F. Baginsky, I. M. Bulavik, A.M. Dvornik etc.

Reference: Gomel, 1999

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Keywords: contamination, forest, ecology, Belorussia, decontamination, eco system, radionuclides

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URL: http://do.znate.ru/docs/index-10683.html?page=4

Russian: Лес. Человек. Чернобыль: Ипатьев В.А., Багинский В.Ф., Булавик И.М., Дворник А.М….

The University of Arizona Institutional Repository: Radiocarbon Volume 48 (2006) Number 3 RADIOACTIVE GRAPHITE DISPERSION IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Title: The University of Arizona Institutional Repository: Radiocarbon Volume 48 (2006) Number 3 RADIOACTIVE GRAPHITE DISPERSION IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Author: Buzinny, Michael

Reference: The University of Arizona, Geosciences, May 2011

Keywords: graphite, soil, forest

Abstract: This paper estimates the radioactive graphite dispersion on the land surface (forest litter and soil) as a result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) release. Graphite mass was calculated using an estimated average concentration of 2.5 × 107 Bq/kg C (carbon). The sample collection method, sample origin and its mass, and sample preparation procedure used for preparation of benzene were taken into account to obtain the optimum sensitivity of the method. Thus, the sensitivity of the corresponding method for graphite detection in forest litter was estimated to be 0.2 mg/m2. All analyses gave a range of deposited graphite from 0.12 to 52.6 mg/m2. The maximum value was observed at a site located 9 km west of the Chernobyl NPP. The results of the study indicate the importance of studying the upper layer of soil (0–5 cm) in addition to the lower layer of forest litter.

URL:http://digitalcommons.arizona.edu/holdings/journal/article?r=http%3A%2F%2Fradiocarbon.library.arizona.edu%2FVolume48%2FNumber3%2F451-458.pdf

Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish spruce forest ecosystem

• Title: Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish spruce forest ecosystem

Author: McGee, E.J. / Synnott, H.J. / Johanson, K.J. / Fawaris, B.H. / Nielsen, S.P. / Horrill, A.D. / Kennedy, V.H. / (…) / McGarry, A.T.

Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 48 (1), p.59-78, Mar 2000

doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00057-0

Keywords: Chernobyl; Forest; Radiocaesium

Abstract: An assessment of the distribution of Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish forest was carried out and showed more than 95% of the in the system to be of Chernobyl origin. The data show that approximately 87% of total fallout is found in soils, 6% in the bryophyte layer and 7% in standing biomass of trees. The mean deposition of in the system (including soils, bryophytes, understorey vegetation, fungi, trees, moose and roe deer) was 54 kBq m⁻². Fungi, understorey vegetation and ruminant populations collectively contained approximately 1% of total radiocaesium in the system.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X99000570

Variation in transfer factor of radiocaesium in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in clear cut and mature forest sites after the Chernobyl accident

• Title: Variation in transfer factor of radiocaesium in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in clear cut and mature forest sites after the Chernobyl accident

Author: Palo, Thomas R.

Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 92 (2), p.112-121, Jan 2007

doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.10.002

Keywords: Bank vole; Chernobyl fallout; Sweden; Forest habitat

Abstract: Bank voles that were collected between 1986 and 2004 at sites in Chernobyl fallout areas of northern Sweden showed higher ¹³⁷Cs activity concentrations at the mature forest sites compared to clear cuts. This difference was not attributed to differences in ground deposition between sites but to differences in aggregated transfer rates to voles. Differences in transfer between forest types were evident for all years 1986–2004 but the change occurred at different rates in the two habitats.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X0600186X

Main investigation results on the forest radioecology in the Kyshtym and Chernobyl accident zones.

• Title: Main investigation results on the forest radioecology in the Kyshtym and Chernobyl accident zones.

Author: Tikhomirov, F A / Shcheglov, A I

Reference: The Science of the total environment, 157 (1-3), p.45-57, Dec 1994

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Abstract: As a result of the long-term studies of radionuclide migration in forest ecosystems in zones of radioactive contamination after the Kyshtym and Chernobyl accidents, the following trends were revealed: (1) High retention capacity of stand canopy with respect to radioactive fallout. This leads to high doses absorbed by apical and leaf meristems, beta-radiation giving the main part of the dose; (2) Fast self-decontamination of crowns during the growth period and relatively slow decontamination in the phase of physiological rest, regardless of amount of atmospheric precipitation.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7839123?dopt=Abstract

Dynamics of 137Cs in the forests of the 30-km zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

• Title: Dynamics of 137Cs in the forests of the 30-km zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Author: Mamikhin, S V / Tikhomirov, F A / Shcheglov, A I

Reference: The Science of the total environment, 193 (3), p.169-177, Jan 1997

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Keywords: Radionuclides; Forest; Dynamics

Abstract: Dynamics of the 137Cs content in the components of the forests in the 30-km zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) in 1986-1994 are associated mainly with such factors as the size of radioactive particles in the fallout, ecosystem humidification and soil type, tree age. The influence of particle size was especially noticeable between 1986-1987 and was displayed by low biological availability of radionuclides in the near part of the zone (within the 10-km radius circle around the NPP) in comparison with more distant regions (within the 30-km radius circle).

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9092076?dopt=Abstract

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

[Radio-ecological and hygienic assessment of consequences of forest fires in the areas polluted during the Chernobyl accident].

• Title: [Radio-ecological and hygienic assessment of consequences of forest fires in the areas polluted during the Chernobyl accident].

Author: Kashparov, V A / Lundin, S M / Kadygrib, A M / Protsak, V P / Levchuk, S E / Ioshchenko, V I / Kashpur, V A / Talerko, N N

Reference: Gigiena i sanitariia, (1), p.30-35, Jan 2001

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Abstract: Retransfer of radionuclides on the condensation trails of Chernobyl radioactive fallouts during forest fires has been experimentally evaluated and their mathematical transfer model verified. It has been shown that radionuclide retransfer will make no great impact on additional pollution of an area even under the most unfavourable conditions. The contribution of convective and non-convective components of transfer to the formation of a radioactive aerosol concentration field has been assessed. Time course of changes in the concentration of radioactive aerosol and its dispersive composition are shown in different phases of fire and at different distance from its source.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11236471?dopt=Abstract