Archives → 2021 → V. 61. № 5 → pp. 524-535
Article
Changes in the radiation situation in the mossy pine forests of the chernobyl npp exclusion zone
Garbaruk D.K., Uglyanets A.V., Kudin M.V.
Polesye State Radiation-Ecological Reserve, Khoiniki, Belarus
Abstract
The resumption of research at the permanent observation points of radiation and environmental monitoring allowed us to assess the change in the radiation situation in the mossy pine forests of the near zone of the Chernobyl NPP 30 years after the accident. The features of the dynamics of the dose rate of γ-radiation, the density of 137Cs soil contamination, and the purification of wood and pine bark from 137Cs over the past 20–25 years were revealed. It is established that the decrease in these indicators proceeds faster than the radioactive decay and the previously made forecasts. Updated forecasts are given. The main factors influencing the change in the radiation situation in the mossy pine forests of the of the Chernobyl NPP exclusion zone are determined.
Keywords
Dose rate, Soil contamination density, specific activity, wood, bark, mossy pine forest, exclusion zone
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