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The problem of radioactive contamination inhomogeneity and simulation of the transport of radionuclides through agroecosystems

  • 1. Institute of Radioecology UAAN, Kiev (Ukraine)
  • 2. Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich (Germany)

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The analyses of the measurement data on the territory of the Ukrainian Polesie region carried out by the Research Centre Juelich and the Ukrainian Institute of Radioecology shows that there is a high degree of inhomogeneity for the contamination pattern, they transfer from soil to the biosphere and for the food consumption. Therefore, a deterministic environmental assessment model may not be convenient because most processes are not known in detailed. In this situation a probabilistic approach seems to be more promising. In this report presented a dynamic model for the transfer of radioactivity in terrestrial food chains that fit to the regionally conditions and agricultural practice. The living organism will be treated as dynamic system subject to random action of radioactivity. This system is described by stochastic differential equations of Langevene's type. Starting from this base we calculated a distribution function of radionuclide body burdens for inhabitant ensembles under the assumptions that entering of activity into organisms is a random temporary function that can be approximated by certain impulse Poison processes. A comparison of calculated distribution function is carried out with measurement results of internal body burden. It shown a satisfactory description of the real situation found for four investigated villages of Ukrainian Polesie region (Olevsk, Narodichi, Vezhitsa and Stare Selo) that were characterized by different degree of contamination and different degree of inhomogeneity

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One decade after Chernobyl: Summing up the consequences of the accident. Poster presentations

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Imprint Title
One decade after Chernobyl: Summing up the consequences of the accident. Poster presentations
Imprint Pagination
699 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 481.
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--964(v.2)

Conference

Title
Summing up the consequences of the accident.
Acronym
International conference on one decade after Chernobyl
Dates
8-12 Apr 1996.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

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Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
29013441
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
AGRICULTURE; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FOOD CHAINS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
DISTRIBUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; MASS TRANSFER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

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