Application of potassium chloride to a Chernobyl-contaminated lake: Modelling the dynamics of radiocaesium in an aquatic ecosystem and decontamination of fish

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 217-227

  Smith, James T ^a   Kudelsky, Anatoly V ^b   Ryabov, Igor N ^c   Hadderingh, Rolf H ^d   Bulgakov, Anatoly A ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Geochemistry and Geophysics Minsk   (Belarus)

^c SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^d KEMA   (Netherlands)

^e RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION TYPHOON   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Countermeasures; Fish; Radiocaesium

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; LAKES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOACCUMULATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

CESIUM 137; FERTILIZER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; LAKE POLLUTION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REMEDIATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FISHES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UKRAINE;

UKRAINE;

EID: 0037445993     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00477-1     Document Type: Article

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