Radiocaesium soil-to-wood transfer in commercial willow short rotation coppice on contaminated farm land

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-287

  Gommers, A ^a   Gafvert T ^b   Smolders, E ^c   Merckx, R ^c   Vandenhove, H ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternative land use; Chernobyl deposition; Radiocaesium; Short rotation coppice; Soil to plant transfer; Willow

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVITY;

CONCENTRATION FACTORS (CF); POTENTIAL FACTORS; RADIOCAESIUM; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE (SRC);

SOILS;

AMMONIA; CESIUM; POTASSIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTAMINATED LAND; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COPPICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROP; FEASIBILITY STUDY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOOD;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FORESTRY; HUMANS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SALIX; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE; WOOD;

SALIX;

EID: 7044249447     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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