Cesium-137 in Crimean Salt Waters

The concentration of the technogenic radionuclide 137 Cs was studied in different groups of salt lakes of Crimean Peninsula. It was established that one of the major sources of 137 Cs input in them is the North Crimean Canal, which, up to 2014, had been delivering the Dnieper water with a high concentration of radionuclides of Chernobyl origin. Another source of 137 Cs inflow is Black Sea water through its drainage and direct interaction with the coastal salt lakes of Crimea, in which a positive correlation was observed between 137 Cs concentration and water salinity.