137Cs and 90Sr in bodies of surface water in Bryansk oblast in 1987–2002 (English)

Author: S. M. Vakulovskii, Ya. I. Gaziev, L. V. Kolesnikova, G. I. Petrenko, É. G. Tertyshnik, A. D. Uvarov

Reference: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Consultants Bureau, 2006

ISSN: 1063-4258

DOI: 10.1007/s10512-006-0052-1

Keywords: 137cs, 90sr, river, lake

Abstract: The dynamics of the radioactive contamination with 137Cs and 90Sr of the Besed’ and Iput’ rivers in 1987–2004 and the nondraining Lake Svyatoe on the Besed’ River and the slowly draining Lake Kozhanovskoe in 1992–2002 is prsented. Data on the contamination of the components and shorelines of reservoirs are presented. It is shown that the radioactive contamination of these rivers is decreasing; the present level of contamination is much lower than the intervention level. The radionuclide content in the nondraining and slowly draining lakes remains high. Specifically, the 137Cs concentration in the waters of Lake Svyatoe on the Besed’ River is at the intervention level, and the 137Cs concentration in the fish in Lake Kozhanovskoe is ten times higher than the established norms.

URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10512-006-0052-1#

137Cs in deep-water lakes: Analysis of the peculiarities of water contamination and purification (English)

Author: Bakunov N.A., Bol’shiyanov D.Yu., Makarov A.S.

Reference: Gazette “ВОДНЫЕ РЕСУРСЫ“, St. Petersbourg, 2008

ISSN:  0097-8078

DOI: 10.1134/S0097807808060055

Keywords: 137cs, water bodies, deep lakes

Abstract: The assessment of 137Cs concentration in water based on the model of radionuclide absorption by the bottom sediment of a closed water body is applicable to deep-water lakes with slower water circulation (the time of water exchange exceeding 10 years). The low river runoff from such lakes does not determine their water purification from 137Cs because of the predominance of the process of 137Cs sorption by suspension and bottom sediment. The contamination of a deep-water arctic lake with global 137Cs is reconstructed.

URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS0097807808060055#

Dynamics of radioactive contamination in ecosystems of polytypic water bodies in the exclusion area in Belorussia affected by the Chernobyl disaster

Author: Golubev A.P., Sikorsky V.G., Kalinin V.N., Afonin V.Yu., Chekan G.S.

Reference: Gazette “РАДИАЦИОННАЯ БИОЛОГИЯ. РАДИОЭКОЛОГИЯ “ (Radiation Biology, Radioecology), 2007

ISSN: 0869-8031

DOI: 10.1134/S0869803107030113

Keywords: water bodies, contamination, zoobenthos

Abstract: Long term (1986-2005) observation of dynamics of radionuclide activity in the dominant types of zoobenthos and sediments in reservoirs of the Chernobyl zone- inflow of　Pripyat and the non-flowing lake Perstok. Observes the living creatures living in water bodies of the exclusion area of the Chernobyl disaster.

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=9516606

Radioecology of River Tours And Flood Water

Reference:  РЖ 19И. ОБЩИЕ ВОПРОСЫ ХИМИЧЕСКОЙ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ, 2006

Keywords: Rivers and reservoirs, cesium, natural water, sediments, environmental pollution

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=9801599

APPLICATION OF RADIOCAESIUM METHOD TO THE INVESTIGATIONS OF WASH-OUT AND ACCUMULATION PROCESSES IN THE RIVER VYTEBET VALLEY

Author:  TROFIMETZ L.N.

Reference: Orel state university 2011

ISNN: 1998-2739

Keywords:  137CS (Cesium),   40K ,   SLOPE,   FOREST FLOOR,   WASH-OUT,   WARMING,   WINTER SEASON

Abstract: «Maximum of activity of the Chernobyl-originated 137Cs in edaphic complexes of the River Vytebet uplands is observed at a depth of 8 cm (437,7 becquerel/kg) and 23 cm (312 becquerel/kg). Based on radiocaesium method calculation wash-out rates had reduced from 1,9 cm since the 1986-1994 yrs. period to 0,5 сm during 1995-2010 yrs. period».

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=18165827

Сontamination of the Shores of the Dnieper Reservoir System Due to the Chernobyl Accident

Author: S.M. Vakulovsky, M.A. Novitsky, M.M. Voronchuk

Reference: Atomnaya Energiya, 2011

ISSN: 0004-7163

Keywords: water decontamination

Abstract: The article describes the contamination and decontamination of the Shores of the Dnieper Reservoir System after to the Chernobyl Accident

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=16900665

The radiological situation in individual water bodies, in Ulyanovsk area, at different extent of human influence

Author: Belozerova E.A.

Reference: Gazette “СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ НАУКИ И ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ“ (contemporary issues on science and education), 2006

ISSN: 1817-6321

DOI:

Keywords: 238u, 232th, 235u, 40k, Chernobyl accident, 137cs, 90sr, river, lake

Abstract: Describes specifications of various radionuclides in various water bodies.

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=9910875

full dissertation available at: http://www.science-education.ru/pdf/2006/3/32.pdf