Plant uptake and downward migration of 85Sr and 137Cs after their deposition on to flooded rice fields: Lysimeter experiments with and without the addition of KCl and lime

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-49

  Choi, Y H ^a   Lim, K M ^a   Choi, H J ^a   Choi, G S ^a   Lee, H S ^a   Lee, C W ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

137Cs; 85Sr; Kd; KCl; Lime; Migration; Rice; Uptake

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; LEACHING; LIME; LYSIMETERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS;

PLANT UPTAKE; SANDY SOILS;

FLOODS;

CALCIUM OXIDE; CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 85; TRANSFER FACTOR; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; LEACHING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RICE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOODING; FLOWERING; LEACHING; LYSIMETRY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; RICE; SANDY SOIL; STRAW;

DEPOSITION; FLOODS; LEACHING; LIME; PLANTS; SEEDS; SOIL;

EID: 4644234894     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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