Radionuclide migration in the experimental polygon of the Red Forest waste site in the Chernobyl zone - Part 1: Characterization of the waste trench, fuel particle transformation processes in soils, biogenic fluxes and effects on biota

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1348-1358

  Kashparov, V ^a   Yoschenko, V ^a   Levchuk, S ^a   Bugai, D ^b   Van Meir, N ^c   Simonucci, C ^c   Martin Garin, A ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE; CHERNOBYL ZONE; CONTAMINANT PLUME; FUEL PARTICLES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SCOTS PINE; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SOURCE TERMS; WASTE SITES;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FORESTRY; FUEL GAGES; LEACHING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOIL MOISTURE;

RADIOISOTOPES;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLUME; POLYGON; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; TRENCH; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FORESTRY; LEACHING; MOISTURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHERNOBYL; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84861711475     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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