Radioecological investigations of the Bilibino Nuclear Power Station area
Creators
- 1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation). P.P. Shirshov Inst. of Oceanology
- 2. Moscow State Univ. (Russian Federation). Geographical Faculty
Description
The landscape structure of the territory and the current radioactive state of ecosystems in the vicinity of Bilibino Nuclear Power Station (Western Chukotka Peninsula) within the area of its potential influence on the environment were studied in 1989--1990. Accumulation of strontium-90 and cesium-137 radionuclides in several key biological members of the ecosystems has been analyzed. Maximal weighted content of cesium-137 was revealed in mountain pine cones (Pinus pumila) -- 9,200 Bq/kg.d.w., cowberry fruits have demonstrated considerable contamination by strontium and cesium isotopes. The purification of first two components of food chain ''lichen-reindeer-man'' was pointed out in the investigated area. Besides the chemical characteristics, visual biological anomalies of biocomponents nearby the Bilibino NPS ecosystems are observed. On the basis of field radioecological investigations and future work, programs were developed for the conditions of the Bilibino Nuclear Power Station area. This experience could be applied to the researches of radioactive contamination in ecosystems of other northern territories
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
- Imprint Place
- Pensacola, FL (United States)
- ISBN
- 1-880611-03-1
- Imprint Title
- Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense
- Imprint Pagination
- 378 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 167.
Conference
- Title
- 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference.
- Dates
- 5-9 Nov 1995.
- Place
- Vancouver (Canada).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27053454
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION; CESIUM 137; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FOOD CHAINS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STRONTIUM 90
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-9511137--.