The distribution of the plutonium at the ecosystems of impact zone the Beloyarsk NPP was studied. Higher quantity of Pu (to 500 Bq/m2) was revealed in the bottom sediments of the Olkhovsk bog where low-level radioactive water of the Beloyarsk NPP have been discharged. The total amount of the radionuclide in a soil cover did not exceed 140 Bq/m2. The contribution of the Beloyarsk NPP to contamination of the investigated ecosystems was accounted with using ratio 238Pu/239.240Pu. It was 64.1-99.3% both in the bottom sediments and soils.
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J Environ Radioact
August 2023
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The results of long-term radioecological monitoring of seven rivers in the 15-km zone of influence of the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant have been presented. A comparative analysis of the content of a wide range of natural and artificial radionuclides in the main components of river ecosystems: surface waters, bottom sediments, floodplain soils, macrophytes and ichthyofauna has been made. The influence of waste technological waters of thermal (AMB-100 and AMB-200) and fast (BN-600 and BN-800) reactors of the Beloyarsk NPP on the content of radiologically significant isotopes in the water and bottom sediments of the Pyshma and Olkhovka rivers has been evaluated.
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The distribution of the plutonium at the ecosystems of impact zone the Beloyarsk NPP was studied. Higher quantity of Pu (to 500 Bq/m2) was revealed in the bottom sediments of the Olkhovsk bog where low-level radioactive water of the Beloyarsk NPP have been discharged. The total amount of the radionuclide in a soil cover did not exceed 140 Bq/m2.
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