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137-Cs distribution in the wood of scots pine radial growth in the forests of Ukrainian Polissia

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This research was conducted in regards to the distribution of 137 Cs in the radial growth of pine forests within the humid pine forests of the Polissia, Ukraine.To set the value patterns we used radionuclide specific activity of 5-year rings that were formed before and after the accident.Based on the quantitative assessment of the modern distribution of 137 Cs in pine wood it showed much higher levels of radionuclide in the peripheral annual rings.This analysis was marked by very significant values that were found in the forests formed after the accident at Chernobyl.The latter can be explained as the movement of radionuclide from the wood formed after the accident and radioactive contamination of forest ecosystems due to global fallout.

Source: Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy

DOI: 10.15407/jnpae2016.04.394

Authors: V.P. Krasnov, T.V. Kurbet, Z.M. Shelest, O.L. Boiko, O.V. Zborovska

Institutions: Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Ukrainian Order "Sign of Honour" Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration Named after G. M. Vysotsky

Language: English

Topic: Radioactive contamination and transfer

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2807767482

FWCI: 0.162

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