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Accumulation of wet-deposited radiocaesium and radiostrontium by spring oilseed rape (Brássica napus L.) and spring wheat (Tríticum aestívum L.) [PDF]

, 2013
The accumulation of 134Cs and 85Sr within different parts of spring oilseed rape and spring wheat plants was investigated, with a particular focus on transfer to seeds after artificial wet deposition at different growth stages during a two-year field ...
Eriksson, Jan, Rosén, Klas, Gärdenäs, Annemieke, Bengtsson, Stefan, Vinichuk, Mykhalio   +4 more
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Long-range tropospheric transport of uranium and plutonium weapons fallout from Semipalatinsk nuclear test site to Norway

Environment International, 2013
A combination of state-of-the-art isotopic fingerprinting techniques and atmospheric transport modelling using real-time historical meteorological data has been used to demonstrate direct tropospheric transport of radioactive debris from specific nuclear
Cato Christian Wendel, L. Keith Fifield, Deborah H. Oughton, Ole Christian Lind, Lindis Skipperud, Jerzy Bartnicki, Stephen G. Tims, Steinar Høibråten, Brit Salbu   +8 more
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Wildfires in the Atomic Age: Mitigating the Risk of Radioactive Smoke

Fire, 2021
This Perspective highlights the lingering consequences of nuclear disasters by examining the risks posed by wildfires that rerelease radioactive fallout originally deposited into the environment by accidents at nuclear power plants or testing of nuclear ...
Christine Eriksen
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Verification of model of external population exposure in Japan after the accident at the “Fukushima-1” NPP

Радиационная гигиена, 2020
The paper is devoted to the verification of the model of external exposure of the Japanese population from radioactive fallout after the accident at the “Fukushima-1” NPP published by UNSCEAR in 2014.
V. Yu. Golikov
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Dosimetry study of East Kazakhstan residents by tooth enamel EPR spectroscopy

E3S Web of Conferences, 2017
The tooth enamel electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) dosimetry method was used to determine accidental doses of population of settlements in the vicinity of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS), Kazakhstan. The influence of four explosions to the
Zhumadilov Kassym, Ivannikov Alexander, Skvortsov Valeriy, Stepanenko Valeriy, Rakhypbekov Tolebay, Hoshi Masaharu   +5 more
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Radiation-hygienic characteristic of the global radionuclide fallout in the arctic regions of Russia (based on the data of the Institute of Radiation Hygiene after professor P.V. Ramzaev)

Радиационная гигиена, 2020
The recent years are associated with active development of the coastal areas of the Russian arctic regions including a construction of the facilities of the extraction and processing of the hydrocarbons, the civil and military facilities.
V. V. Omelchuk
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Combined use of stable isotopes and fallout radionuclides as soil erosion indicators in a forested mountain site, South Korea [PDF]

, 2013
The aim of this study is to assess and to validate the suitability of the stable nitrogen and carbon isotope signature as soil erosion indicators in a mountain forest site in South Korea.
Mabit, L., C. Alewell, T. Sandor, Meusburger, K., Park, J. -H., Sandor, T., L. Mabit, Alewell, C., J.-H. Park, K. Meusburger   +9 more
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Assessment of heavy metals and radionuclides in dust fallout in the West Rand mining area of South Africa

Clean Air Journal, 2018
Windblown dust can contain radioactive materials from mining. These radionuclides when inhaled in dust produce ionizing radiation which damages the cells and tissues in the body.
Violet P. Dudu, Manny Mathuthu, Munyaradzi Manjoro   +2 more
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Interception of the Fukushima reactor accident‐derived137Cs, 134Cs and 131I by coniferous forest canopies

Geophysical Research Letters, 2012
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident resulted in extensive radioactive contamination of the surrounding forests. In this study, we analyzed fallout 137Cs, 134Cs, and 131I in rainwater, throughfall, and stemflow in coniferous forest ...
Hiroaki Kato, Yuichi Onda, Takashi Gomi
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Propagation Analysis of Pu Radionuclides as a Result of Fire Incidents in the Exclusion Zone of the Chernobyl NPP in April 2020

East European Journal of Physics, 2021
In consequence of nuclear accidents that have occurred in various parts of the world, radioactive contamination of the environment is observed. The risks of spreading pollution can increase during floods, fires and some natural disasters.
Maryna F. Коzhevnikova, Volodymyr V. Levenets   +1 more
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