Efficiency of measures aimed at decreasing the contamination of agricultural products in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl NPP accident

The sequence of agricultural countermeasures taken in the Polessye area of the Ukraine contaminated by radionuclides as a result of the Chernobyl NPP accident is discussed. The efficiency of these countermeasures has been analysed. The concentration of 137Cs in crops has been shown to vary 10–100 fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Science of the total environment 1992-02, Vol.112 (1), p.79-87
Hauptverfasser:	Prister, B., Loshchilov, N., Perepelyatnikova, L., Perepelyatnikov, G., Bondar, P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidents Agriculture Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Applied ecology Biological and medical sciences Cattle Cesium Radioisotopes Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on plants and fungi Female Food Contamination, Radioactive Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Milk Nuclear Reactors Plants - radiation effects Poaceae Radioactive Fallout Ukraine
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Zusammenfassung:	The sequence of agricultural countermeasures taken in the Polessye area of the Ukraine contaminated by radionuclides as a result of the Chernobyl NPP accident is discussed. The efficiency of these countermeasures has been analysed. The concentration of 137Cs in crops has been shown to vary 10–100 fold, depending on the biological features of the plant species and on soil properties. Liming and mineral fertilizing of meadows increase the yield of grass and reduce 137Cs transfer to cows' milk up to 3.5-fold.
ISSN:	0048-9697 1879-1026
DOI:	10.1016/0048-9697(92)90240-S