The behaviour of caesium in mountainous soils
Creators
- 1. ENEA, Rome (Italy)
- 2. Regional Centre for Agricultural Experimentation, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Pozzuolo del Friuli (Italy)
Description
In the mountainous area of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (North-Eastern part of Italy) the Cs-137 deposition, due to Chernobyl accident, ranged from 20 to 40 kBq/m2. To study the vertical migration of radionuclides in mountainous soils, ENEA-DISP and the Regional Centre for Agricultural Experimentation (C.R.S.A.) have located four sampling stations in areas selected on vegetational basis: two in deciduous forests, one in a Abies-Fagus forest and one in a natural grassland. In these sampling stations soil chemico-physical characteristics were determined (soil texture, pH and organic matter) and the meteorological parameters daily recorded. This paper presents caesium residence half times in the superficial soil horizons evaluated on the bases of results obtained from June 1987 to December 1988. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Elsevier Applied Science.
- Imprint Place
- London (UK)
- ISBN
- 1-85166-539-0
- Imprint Title
- Transfer of radionuclides in natural and semi-natural environments
- Imprint Pagination
- 707 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 143-151.
Conference
- Title
- Workshop on the transfer of radionuclides in natural and semi-natural environments.
- Dates
- 11-15 Sep 1989.
- Place
- Udine (Italy).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 22050391
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FALLOUT; FORESTS; GRAMINEAE; ITALY; MOUNTAINS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SOILS
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EUROPE; EVALUATION; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- EUR--12448.