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- Title
Contents and Distribution of 137Cs in Podzols in the Area of the Kola Nuclear Power Plant.
- Authors
Popova, M. B.; Manakhov, D. V.; Kizeev, A. N.; Ushamova, S. F.; Lipatov, D. N.; Chirkov, A. Yu.; Orlov, P. S.; Mamikhin, S. V.
- Abstract
The content and profile distribution of 137Cs in iron-illuvial dwarf and shallow-podzolic podzols (Albic Podzols) under bilberry-lichen and green-lichen-bilberry pine forests in the located near the Kola Nuclear Power Plant have been analyzed. The pollution density (reserve) of 137Cs in the root-inhabited layer (0–30 cm) in the studied soils was significantly lower than the established control level of 37 000 Bq/m2 and amounts to 530–2459 Bq/m2. A significant part of 137Cs (60 to 90%) was concentrated in mineral horizons. It has been shown that the pollution density of 137Cs in the observation zone of a nuclear power plant was mainly due to global fallout. The greatest influence on 137Cs accumulation in the studied soils was exerted by the organic matter reserve.
- Subjects
KOLA Peninsula (Russia); NUCLEAR power plants; RADIOACTIVE fallout
- Publication
Eurasian Soil Science, 2020, Vol 53, Issue 7, p986
- ISSN
1064-2293
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S106422932007011X