137Cs and 90Sr mobility in soils and transfer in soil–plant systems in the Novozybkov district affected by the Chernobyl accident

Measurement of 90Sr radioactivity in cesium hot particles originating from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident

“…However, there are no reports about 90 Sr radioactivity in Cs-HPs. 90 Sr is well known to be soluble in water; hence, 90 Sr contamination could be expected to spread deep into the ground soil [ 8 ]. In contrast, Cs-HPs are insoluble in water, so 90 Sr present inside a Cs-HP will not spread deep into the soil.…”

137Cs and 90Sr uptake by sunflower cultivated under hydroponic conditions

“…Krouglov et al (1997) grew Triticum aestivum, Secale cereale, Hordeum distichum and Avena sativa there, Korobova (1998) tested nuclide accumulation in naturally growing vegetation and Malek et al (2002) compared Brassica oleracea v. capitata and Brassica olerace v. caulorapa which were planted on two different contaminated sites. Nifontova et al (1989) reported, on the basis of prospecting of twelve forest and five meadow phytocoenoses from the surroundings of Bjelojarsk nuclear power plant in Russia, accumulation from 530 to 1500 Bq of 137 Cs and from 300 to 1100 Bq of 90 Sr.…”

Reduction of external dose in a wet-contaminated housing area in the Bryansk Region, Russia

“…It was also known that the contamination would be confined to a thin topsoil layer (Korobova et al, 1998;Andersson and Roed, 1994). The removal of the contaminated topsoil was carried out using a 'Bobcat' mini-bulldozer mounted with a scraper.…”