Impact of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantings on long term 137Cs and 90Sr recycling from a waste burial site in the Chernobyl Red Forest

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1062-1068

  Thiry, Yves ^a   Colle, Claude ^b   Yoschenko, Vasyl ^c   Levchuk, Svjatoslav ^c   Van Hees, May ^a   Hurtevent, Pierre ^b   Kashparov, Valery ^c  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Biological cycle; Forest; Radiocaesium; Radiostrontium; Remediation; Waste

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOLOGICAL CYCLE; FOREST; RADIOCAESIUM; RADIOSTRONTIUM;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CESIUM; LEACHING; POLLUTION; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOREMEDIATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONTAMINATED LAND; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GROWTH RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRENCH;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANTING DENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RECYCLING; SCOTS PINE; SOIL DEPTH; TREE GROWTH; VEGETATION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TREES; UKRAINE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CESIUM; FORESTATION; FORESTRY; LEACHING; POLLUTION; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; REFORESTATION; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 70349778372     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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