After the Chernobyl accident in April 1986 the 134 Cs, 137 Cs and 40 K activity of
mushrooms of different genera and their corresponding soils from woods located in the …

Activities of caesium in the mushrooms collected at different localities in Poland and
Slovakia have been compared. Discrimination factor, defined as [(Bq. kg 1 137Cs in …

Late in the summer of 1986, the Health Physics Departments of Pordenone, Udine and
Trieste, entrusted with monitoring radioactivity in the environment and food as a …

The behaviour of radionuclides in forest ecosystems differs substantially from the other
ecosystems. The contamination of various forest products is commonly quantified using the …

During 1996–1998, 16 fruit bodies of different species and 204 soil samples down to 10 cm
in the close vicinity of the fruit body sites were collected in a coniferous forest in the Ovruch …

A review of the published literature describing 137Cs transfer to fungi was carried out,
summarising the collated data to determine factors controlling transfer and identify an …

This chapter reviews what is known about the interactions of microorganisms with key
radionuclides, and where appropriate to discuss how such interactions can impact on the …

Fungi as bioindicators of radiocaesium contamination: pre-and post-Chernobyl activities (Journal
Article) | ETDEWEB home etdeweb img Made available by US Department of Energy Office of …

The distribution of radiocesium in different parts of 251 fruiting bodies of 89 different species
of basidiomycetes is reported. Of the caps, 90.4% show higher levels of contamination than …

The aim of this work was to study possible binding of 137Cs to various organic components
in the soil and fungi, by using various sequential extraction procedures. The retention and …