[Plutonium at the ecosystems of impact zone the Beloyarsk NPP]

Radiats Biol Radioecol. 2007 Jul-Aug;47(4):471-5.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The distribution of the plutonium at the ecosystems of impact zone the Beloyarsk NPP was studied. Higher quantity of Pu (to 500 Bq/m2) was revealed in the bottom sediments of the Olkhovsk bog where low-level radioactive water of the Beloyarsk NPP have been discharged. The total amount of the radionuclide in a soil cover did not exceed 140 Bq/m2. The contribution of the Beloyarsk NPP to contamination of the investigated ecosystems was accounted with using ratio 238Pu/239.240Pu. It was 64.1-99.3% both in the bottom sediments and soils.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Ecosystem*
  • Geologic Sediments / chemistry
  • Plutonium / analysis*
  • Power Plants*
  • Russia
  • Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
  • Water Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
  • Wetlands

Substances

  • Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
  • Water Pollutants, Radioactive
  • Plutonium