Artificial radionuclides in the plant cover around nuclear fuel cycle facilities.

Autor: Larionova N; Branch 'Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology' RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan., Toporova A; Branch 'Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology' RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan., Krivitskiy P; Branch 'Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology' RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan., Polevik V; Shakarim State University, Semey, Kazakhstan., Lechshenko N; Branch 'Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology' RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan., Monayenko V; Branch 'Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology' RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan., Abisheva M; Branch 'Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology' RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan., Baklanov V; Branch 'Institute of Atomic Energy' RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan., Aidarkhanov A; Branch 'Institute of Radiation Safety ad Ecology' RSE NNC RK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan., Vityuk V; National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Jul 02; Vol. 19 (7), pp. e0306531. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 02 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306531
Abstrakt: This paper presents research on the assessment of the radioecological state of plant cover surrounding two research reactor facilities located within the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) as examples of nuclear fuel cycle facilities (NFC). Source data on the concentrations of artificial radionuclides in the plant cover were obtained. Quantitative values for 137Cs, 241Am, and 239+240Pu activity concentrations were determined in plants across the perimeters of the facilities, indicating that these compounds may be present in the associated media from the perspective of accumulative bioindication. The values determined for artificial radionuclides in the 'soil‒plant' system around the researched NFC facilities were attributed to radioactive contamination of the STS territory.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Larionova et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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