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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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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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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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The Study of Radioactive Fallout Source of Low-Equivalent Nuclear Bursts Based on Nuclear Cloud Simulation Using the CFD-DPM

Atmosphere
The activity-height distribution of radioactive particles in the stabilization cloud of a nuclear burst plays a crucial role in the radioactive fallout prediction model, serving as the source for transport, diffusion, and dose rate calculation modules. A
Yangchao Li, Qiang Liu, Wei Liu, Wenshuang Xian, Feifei Li, Kai Zhang   +5 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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Assessment of Soil Erosion Over Six Decades in a Long‐Term Experiment Using Fallout 137Cs and RUSLE: A South American Case Study

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil erosion remains a major global concern affecting agricultural productivity and land sustainability. This study investigates the magnitude and variability of soil erosion in a long‐term experiment (LTE) established in 1963 in Colonia, Uruguay, aiming to compare the performance of the 137Cs tracer technique and the RUSLE model across ...
Marcos Tassano, Mirel Cabrera, Joan Gonzalez, Mario Perez‐Bidegain, Olivier Evrard, Kathrin Grahmann, J. Andrés Quincke   +6 more
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Contaminants in food chains of arctic ungulates: what have we learned from the Chernobyl accident?

Rangifer, 1998
The Chernobyl accidenr of 1986 caused radioactive contamination of widespread areas of reindeer pasture in Scandinavia. Reindeer {Rangifer tarandus) are especially exposed to radioactive fallout due to their wintet diet, of which lichens are an important
Birgitta Åhman
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Fukushima and Ocean Radioactivity [PDF]

Oceanography, 2014
The triple disaster of the March 11, 2011, earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent radiation releases from Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant were unprecedented events for the ocean and society. In this article, the radioactive releases from this
Ken O. Buesseler
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