Radioecological studies at the Kraton-3 underground nuclear explosion site in 1978–2007: a review

Radiological investigations at the “Taiga” nuclear explosion site: Site description and in situ measurements

“…In order to support the project of reclamation of the "Taiga" site with modern radiometric and other data, a more detailed investigation funded through the Federal Program "Nuclear and Radiation Safety" has been started in 2008. The study is in line with our previous radiological surveys of nine different PUNE sites located within the territory of the Russian Federation (Ramzaev et al, 2004(Ramzaev et al, , 2008(Ramzaev et al, , 2009a(Ramzaev et al, ,b, 2010.…”

FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT IN SAKHALIN REGION, RUSSIA, PART 2: 137Cs AND 134Cs IN GRASSLAND VEGETATION

“…) Ramzaev et al [15] Eastern Siberia Accidental nuclear explosion "Kraton-3" 23-24 2.0 * -the first figure is a mean value; a median value is given in bracket. Dry weight conversion has been carried out assuming 25% dry matter in grass [2].…”

“…The Asian part of Russia, where Chernobyl fallout was negligible [13], received less attention from researchers. However useful information related to the region specific accumulation of technogenic radionuclides in grassland vegetation has been obtained for certain sites of radioactive contamination, including the territories adjacent to the Mayak Production Association in the Eastern Urals [9,14] and locations of the peaceful underground nuclear explosions in Yakutia (for a brief review see [15]). …”

“…Однако и здесь полезная информация, касающаяся региональных особенностей накопления техногенных радионуклидов в луговой растительности, была получена для определенных зон радиоактивного загрязнения, включая территорию, прилегающую к производственному объединению «Маяк» на Восточном Урале [9,14], и места проведения мирных подземных ядерных взрывов в Якутии (для краткого обзора см. [15]). Авария на атомной электростанции «Фукусима-1» в 2011 г.…”

The international conference on radioecology and environmental radioactivity

“…A review of radioecological studies conducted at the Kraton-3 underground nuclear explosion site is presented by Ramzaev et al (2009). Many studies have focussed on the characterisation of radionuclide distributions in the environment and the determination of dose rates in air but work has also been conducted in relation to the mapping of observable effects in the local ecosystem and considering the efficacy of countermeasure application at this site.…”