Published January 2004 | Version v1
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Changes in the exposure dose rate in Belarusian forests occurring in the near and remote zones of the Chernobyl radioactive fallout

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The 1988-1999 dynamics of the exposure dose rate in radioactive-contaminated forests was analyzed. It is determined that the most intense drop in the gamma-background occurred within the first years after the accident. In the years 1996-1999 the exposure dose rate decreased annually by 5%. Soil moistening is currently a major factor that governs the decrease in the exposure dose rate. Within the above span the level of the absorbed doses from the external gamma-radiation by the biota of forest ecosystems was 0.5 to 2 Gy. (Authors)

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Original title (Russian)
Изменения мощности радиационной дозы в белорусских лесах вблизи и в зоне отчуждения Чернобыльских радиоактивных выпадений

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Journal Title
Vestsi Natsyyanal'naj Akadehmii Navuk Belarusi. Seryya Fizika-Tehkhnichnykh Navuk
Journal Volume
1
Journal Page Range
p. 100-105
ISSN
1561-8358

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Country of Publication
Belarus
Country of Input or Organization
Belarus
INIS RN
35068477
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CONTAMINATION; FORESTS; GAMMA RADIATION; RADIATION MONITORING; SOILS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MONITORING; POWER REACTORS; RADIATIONS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS