The assessment of ionising radiation impact on the cooling pond freshwater ecosystem non-human biota from the Ignalina NPP operation beginning to shut down and initial decommissioning

14C AND OTHER RADIONUCLIDES IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE BORDER REGION OF LITHUANIA BEFORE THE START OF THE BELARUSIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATION

“…As it was previously shown in many studies (Mikhailov et al 1999;Mažeika 2002;Nedveckaitė et al 2007;Jasiulionis and Rozkov 2007;Gudelis et al 2010;Mazeika et al 2016;Jefanova et al 2018), Lithuanian terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems near the INPP contained traces of carbon-14 ( 14 C), tritium ( 3 H), cobalt-60 ( 60 Co), and caesium-137 ( 137 Cs) originating from the INPP. We assume that the same radionuclides, especially mobile ones, such as 14 C and 3 Н, may be present in the BelNPP environment in the future during its normal operation.…”

Radioactive Wastes

“…The radiological doses to non-human biota of freshwater ecosystem in the Ignalina NPP cooling pond of Lake Druksiai was evaluated by Mazeika et al, (2016). The evaluation study considered several cases including the operation duration of plant and intial activities decommissioning.…”

Radiological modeling in the environment

“…In recent years, several assessments have been conducted, oriented to the radiological impact assessment on specific populations or ecosystems through the estimation of the dose rates (Karimullina et al 2013;Reinardy et al 2011;Wood et al 2008Wood et al , 2009. Most of the studies are based on reference organisms, as it is not possible to develop species specific assessment systems for all non-human biota (Aliyu et al 2015;Marshall et al 2010;Mazeika et al 2016;Vetikko and Saxen 2010;Vives i Batlle et al 2008). The studies that use specific organism data or both reference and measured organisms are limited (Biermans et al 2014;Reinardy et al 2011;Vetikko and Kostiainen 2013;Wood et al 2008).…”