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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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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 +1 more
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EC67-769 Fallout in Food [PDF]
, 1967 Extension Circular 67-769: Fallout in food; what fallout is, radiation hazard, radioactive isotopes, protection samples, and food inspection ...
Schultz, Elvin C.
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Modeling radionuclide activity in helophytes during emergency contamination of fishery reservoirs [PDF]
Ядерна фізика та енергетикаUsing chamber models of the dynamics of 90Sr, 103,106Ru, 134,137Cs, 141,144Се in water masses and plants, the efficiency of extraction of aboveground organs of HELOPHYTES after a single emergency entry of radioactive fallout into fishery reservoirs with ...
O. M. Volkova +3 more
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, 1992 This report presents an historical account of the experiences of the Brookhaven Medical Team in the examination and treatment of the Marshallese people following their accidental exposure to radioactive fallout in 1954.
Conard, R. A.
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ANALYSIS OF THE LONG-TERM DYNAMICS OF EXTERNAL DOSES OF THE POPULATION AFTER THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT
Радиационная гигиена, 2018 The paper presents an analysis of the dynamics of individual doses of external exposure among the population living for almost 20 years in the territories affected by the radioactive contamination due to the Chernobyl NPP accident.
V. Yu. Golikov
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, 1978 THE search for 242mAm (t1/2=152 yr) in environmental samples has involved detection of its daughter 242Cm (t 1/2=163 d) (refs 1-3). These samples were contaminated by transuranium nuclides either from a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant or from a ...
Holm, Elis, +2 more
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Radiocesium concentrations in the lichen-reindeer/caribou food chain: Before and after Chernobyl
Rangifer, 1986 This paper reviews historical concentrations of radiocesium (Cs-137) in the reindeer/caribou food chain in Alaska. These data, along with available kinetic models which describe the movement of radiocesium through the food chain, are used to predict ...
Robert G. White +2 more
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In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud:Nuclear Testing, Radioactive Fallout, and Damage to U.S. Agriculture, 1945 to 1970 [PDF]
, 2019 In the 1950s the United States conducted scores of atmospheric nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site. This article studies the effects of radioactive fallout from nuclear tests on agriculture in regions hundreds of miles from the NTS.
Meyers, Keith Andrew
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