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- Title
Artificial radionuclides in the plant cover around nuclear fuel cycle facilities.
- Authors
Larionova, Natalya; Toporova, Anna; Krivitskiy, Pavel; Polevik, Vasiliy; Lechshenko, Natalya; Monayenko, Valeriy; Abisheva, Mariya; Baklanov, Viktor; Aidarkhanov, Assan; Vityuk, Vladimir
- Abstract
This paper presents research on the assessment of the radioecological state of plant cover surrounding two research reactor facilities located within the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) as examples of nuclear fuel cycle facilities (NFC). Source data on the concentrations of artificial radionuclides in the plant cover were obtained. Quantitative values for 137Cs, 241Am, and 239+240Pu activity concentrations were determined in plants across the perimeters of the facilities, indicating that these compounds may be present in the associated media from the perspective of accumulative bioindication. The values determined for artificial radionuclides in the 'soil‒plant' system around the researched NFC facilities were attributed to radioactive contamination of the STS territory.
- Subjects
FUEL cycle; CESIUM isotopes; GROUND cover plants; RADIOISOTOPES; RESEARCH reactors; RADIOACTIVE contamination
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0306531