Evaluation of Short Rotation Coppice as Remediation Option for Contaminated Farmland

Vandenhove, Hildegarde; Gommers, A.; Thiry, Yves; Goor, François; Jossart, Jean-Marc; Gävfert, T.; Holm, E.; Roed, Jørn; Grebenkov, A.; Timofeyev, S.; Firsakova, S.K.

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-4694-4_40

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“…growing conditions and yield, the study was focused on accumulation ability of the given varieties in extracting ^Sr and 137 Cs from contaminated soil. Along with our data already reported in [1,2], the results of the given study can be used for assessment of radiation risk from application of contaminated biomass in conversion processes that will further allow evaluating feasibility of bioenergy production from the identified crop varieties grown in affected regions.…”

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Accumulation of cesium and strontium from contaminated soils by some "bioenergy" crop varieties

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One of the options of contaminated site remediation strategy is culturing the crop varieties, which have biomass yield high enough to be further used as a local fuel in contaminated regions. A number of field tests of two "bioenergy" crops, namely Brassica juncea and Sala viminalis was carried out. The study was focused on accumulation ability of the given varieties in extracting *°Sr and l "Cs from contaminated soil. Two types of soil, peaty and sandy, were examined. For Brassica juncea, the accumulation factor of '"Sr was about two orders of magnitude higher than that of '"Cs. For SaJix viminalis, leaves had twofold higher capability to accumulate *°Sr and more than threefold higher capability to accumulate li7 Cs compared to stems. In our example, the peaty soil contained higher content of exchangeable forms of Ca and K compared to the sandy soil. This was a reason that radionuclide accumulation factors were higher for willow grown on a sandy soil. It was also revealed thai ratio between exchangeable and total forms of both radionuclides was relatively high in sandy soil, and this also caused the higher accumulation factor for willow grown on a sandy soil type compared to a peaty one.

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“…The model scale corresponds to the model resolution of 1 km 2 in this case. Because detailed data about the short-range variability of the model parameters is sparse, the probability distributions had to be estimated from auxiliary information from additional existing experimental data and digital maps collected in the framework of various international research projects, such as the RECOVER project (Vandenhove, 1999a;Gommers et al, 2000;Vandenhove et al, 2001), the PHYTOR project (Vandenhove, 1999b(Vandenhove, , 2000 and the RESTORE project ( Van der Perk et al, 1999. In the next paragraph, we address some specific issues on the estimation of these probability distributions for soil contamination, soil type, SRC yield and soil-to-wood transfer factors.…”

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Spatial assessment of the economic feasibility of short rotation coppice on radioactively contaminated land in Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. II. Monte Carlo analysis

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Journal of Environmental Management

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“…The clone Bjorn is likely the most adapted (among the four clones tested) to local climate conditions in Belarus. The annual and cumulative biomass production of the clone Bjorn over the four years of the experiment shows that the annual yield increment tends to stabilize at 15 ton dry matter ha −1 from the third growing season onward [i.e., when the stems are two years old (R 3 S 2 )], which was then considered as reference adult plantation for the development of a growth model (Vandenhove et al, 1999a). Table 6 gives the SRC yield estimates for the main soil textures in the Chernobylcontaminated area.…”

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“…Other important aspects determining the feasibility of SRC as alternative land use are the radiation exposure and economic feasibility. Both aspects are discussed elsewhere (Vandenhove et al, 1999a(Vandenhove et al, , 2002 and results of these studies will be included and discussed where appropriate.…”

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Short Rotation Coppice as Alternative Land Use for Chernobyl-Contaminated Areas of Belarus

Vandenhove

Goor

Timofeyev³

et al. 2004

International Journal of Phytoremediation

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Field experiments were conducted in the Chernobyl-affected area to assess if short rotation coppice (SRC) for energy production is a feasible alternative for contaminated land. Four willow clones were planted on sandy and peaty soil and the radiocaesium (137Cs) and radiostrontium (90Sr) transfer factors (TF) and yield relevant parameters were recorded during four growing seasons. The 137Cs and 90Sr soil-to-willow wood TF on sandy soil (second growing season) were on average 1.40+/-1.06 x 10(-3) m2 kg(-1) and 130+/-74 x 10(-3) m2 kg(-1), respectively. The 137Cs TF recorded for the peaty soil (fourth growing season or end of the first rotation cycle) was on average 5.17+/-1.59 x 10(-3) m2 kg(-1). The 90Sr-TF was on average 2.61+/-0.44 x 10(-3) m2 kg(-1). No significant differences between clones for the 137Cs and 90Sr-TF were observed. Given the high TFs and the high deposition levels, Belarus exemption levels for fuel wood were highly exceeded. The annual average biomass production for one rotation cycle on the peaty soil ranged from 7.8 to 16.0 t ha(-1) y(-1) for one of the clones, comparable with average annual yield figures obtained for western Europe. On the sandy soils, first-year yields were 0.25 t ha(-1) y(-1). These soils are not suitable for SRC production and should better be dedicated to pine forests or drought-resistant grasses.

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Evaluation of Short Rotation Coppice as Remediation Option for Contaminated Farmland

Cited by 12 publications

References 5 publications

Accumulation of cesium and strontium from contaminated soils by some "bioenergy" crop varieties

Accumulation of cesium and strontium from contaminated soils by some "bioenergy" crop varieties

Spatial assessment of the economic feasibility of short rotation coppice on radioactively contaminated land in Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. II. Monte Carlo analysis

Short Rotation Coppice as Alternative Land Use for Chernobyl-Contaminated Areas of Belarus

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