The long term dynamics of radiocesium in typical forest ecosystems was studied in the
radioactive contaminated areas in Fukushima Prefecture. Six observations sites located in …

Possibility of the economical utilization of forests in the radioactive contaminated areas
depends on compliance of the radionuclide activity concentrations in wood with the hygiene …

Thirty-five years after the accident, large forest areas in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone still
contain huge amounts of radionuclides released from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant …

This study analyzes the variability of 137 Cs and 90 Sr concentrations in wood and their
radial distributions in the trunks of Scots pine and Silver birch trees in the small uniformly …

The aim of this study was to assess the exposures received by firefighters engaged in
extinguishing the large-scale wildfires in the most contaminated areas of the Ukrainian part …

The trenches of the waste burial site in the Chornobyl Red Forest represent a big reservoir of
radionuclides for the artificial plantation of Scots pine established in that area, but the long …

The predefined threshold is one of the main fundamental and methodological challenges
underlying the uncertainty and delayed release of existing burned area (BA) products. To …

This chapter describes the consequences of the Chernobyl accident in forest ecosystems.
We focus mainly on forests in the near zone of the accident at the territories of Ukraine and …

In this chapter, we review the scales, levels of contamination of forest ecosystems with
radiocesium, and the impact on forestry in the areas affected by the accident at the …

The consequences of the Chernobyl disaster continue to threaten humans and ecosystems
across fallout gradient in Northern Ukraine and nearby. Forest ecosystems contain …