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Title: Fallout track from the accident at the fourth block of the Chernobyl NPP in certain regions of the Leningrad, Novgorod, and Bryansk districts. II.

Journal Article · · Radiochemistry
OSTI ID:120993

Results are presented for the speciation of {sup 137}Cs in vertical cross sections in a former tilled field in turf-podzol soil, in a swampy part in turf, and in a sandy soil 4 km to the northwest of Novye Bobovichi village of the Novozybkovsk region of Bryansk district. Although species of {sup 137}Cs potentially capable of migration are found in the soil samples, the principal part of the {sup 137}Cs ({ge}90%) in the autumn of 1992 was firmly bound to the soils. The principal part of the {sup 137}Cs is firmly bound to the mineral component of the soil. It is concluded that in the foreseeable future {sup 137}Cs in the soil systems of Bryansk district will be biologically unavailable and immobile.

OSTI ID:
120993
Journal Information:
Radiochemistry, Vol. 36, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1994; TN: Translated from Radiokhimiya; 36: No. 2, 190-192(Mar-Apr 1994)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English