Fibre crops as alternative land use for radioactively contaminated arable land

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 131-141

  Vandenhove, H ^a   Van Hees, M ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternative land use; Chernobyl deposition; Fibre crops; Flax; Hemp; Radiocaesium; Soil to plant transfer

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FLAX; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEMP; LAND USE; LYSIMETERS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SOILS;

CROP CONVERSION; FLAX FIBERS; RADIOCAESIUM; TRANSFER FACTORS (TF);

CROPS;

BIOFUEL; CESIUM; VEGETABLE OIL; WATER;

ARABLE LAND; CONTAMINATED LAND; RADIOACTIVITY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; FLAX; GREENHOUSE; HEMP FIBER; LYSIMETRY; PLANT STEM; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CANNABIS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FLAX; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

FARM CROPS; FIBERS; FLAX; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEMP; LAND USE; SOIL;

EID: 15744379735     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.01.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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