The use of tree bark as long term biomonitor of 137Cs deposition

C Cosma, AR Iurian, R Incze, T Kovacs… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Airborne 137 Cs originated from the nuclear tests in the atmosphere and from the Chernobyl
nuclear disaster was retained by the trees biomass and nowadays it can still be found in …

Post-Chernobyl radiomonitoring of the forest ecosystem

VA Poiarkov - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 1995 - Springer
The forest is about 2/3 territory of the Ukraine, contaminated after Chernobyl accident. It has
accumulated 3.2* E15 Bq radionuclides of cesium and strontium. Twenty observationsites …

137Cs distribution among annual rings of different tree species contaminated after the Chernobyl accident

NV Soukhova, SV Fesenko, D Klein… - Journal of environmental …, 2003 - Elsevier
The distributions of 137Cs among annual rings of Pinus sylvestris and Betula pendula at
four experimental sites located in the most contaminated areas in the Russian territory after …

Contribution of forest ecosystem to dose formation for inhabitants of the Ukrainian Polesye

V Giriy, I Yaskovets, Y Kutlakhmedov, V Zaitov… - … : recent developments in …, 1999 - Springer
After the Chernobyl accident large areas of forests in Ukraine received a significant fallout of
radionuclides. During the next 50-70 years the most significant problem for the general …

The fate of 137Cs in coniferous forests following the application of wood-ash

L Högbom, HÖ Nohrstedt - Science of the total environment, 2001 - Elsevier
In the future, it may become common practice in Swedish forestry to recycle wood-ash, a
waste product of the combustion of bio-fuel. As a consequence of the Chernobyl radioactive …

[PDF][PDF] Forest fires in the surroundings of Chernobyl: Follow‐up of potential radiological aspects

C Gueibe, P De Meutter, A Delcloo, L Verheyen… - SKG-CEN Report …, 2020 - sckcen.be
Forest fires have been reported, since April 3, in the restricted and contaminated zone
around Chernobyl. Between April 9 and April 14, parts of the “red forest”, one of the most …

Chernobyl90Sr in bilberries from Poland

JW Mietelski, N Vajda - Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 1997 - Springer
As part of a detailed survey on the contamination of Polish forests 90 Sr activity
concentrations were determined in bilberries. Elevated 90 Sr levels were found in several …

Distribution and dynamics of radionuclides in the Chernobyl cooling pond

V Kanivets, G Laptev, A Konoplev, H Lisovyi… - … of Radionuclides in the …, 2020 - Springer
As a result of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) in 1986, the
Cooling Pond (CP) was heavily contaminated by radionuclides due to atmospheric fallout …

Distribution and behaviour of naturally occurring radionuclides within a Scots pine forest grown on a CaF2 waste deposit related to the Belgian phosphate industry

N Vanhoudt, A Van Gompel, JV i Batlle - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The distribution and behaviour of naturally occurring radionuclides within a vegetated part of
a CaF 2 sludge heap from the Belgian phosphate industry was studied. A Scots pine forest …

Do transient hydrological processes explain the variability of strontium-90 activity in groundwater downstream of a radioactive trench near Chernobyl?

M Le Coz, L Pannecoucke, A Saintenoy… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chernobyl Pilot Site (CPS) was created in 2000 in order to study radionuclide
migration processes to the geosphere from radioactive material of the Red forest buried in a …