Artificial radionuclides in the plant cover around nuclear fuel cycle facilities
Larionova N. Toporova A. Krivitskiy P. Polevik V. Lechshenko N. Monayenko V. Abisheva M. Baklanov V. Aidarkhanov A. Vityuk V.
July 2024Public Library of Science
PLoS ONE
2024#19Issue 7 July
This paper presents research on the assessment of the radioecological state of plant cover surrounding two research reactor facilities located within the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) as examples of nuclear fuel cycle facilities (NFC). Source data on the concentrations of artificial radionuclides in the plant cover were obtained. Quantitative values for 137Cs, 241Am, and 239+240Pu activity concentrations were determined in plants across the perimeters of the facilities, indicating that these compounds may be present in the associated media from the perspective of accumulative bioindication. The values determined for artificial radionuclides in the soil-plant system around the researched NFC facilities were attributed to radioactive contamination of the STS territory.
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Branch Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan
Shakarim State University, Semey, Kazakhstan
Branch Institute of Atomic Energy RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan
National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan
Branch Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology RSE NNC RK
Shakarim State University
Branch Institute of Atomic Energy RSE NNC RK
National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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