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POTASSIUM, CESIUM-137 AND RUBIDIUM-86 RELATIONSHIPS IN PLANT UPTAKE, SOIL DIFFUSION RATES AND IRRIGATION PRACTICES

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4167753
Addition of potassium to the nutrient substrate reduced Cs/sup 137/ and Rb/sup 86/ uptake by plants, but less than expected from an assumed physiological equivalence of the ions. Discrimination between Cs/sup 137/-K or Rb/sup 86/-K varied with the concentration of potassium in the substrate. Cs/sup 137/ was not moved appreciably through soil columns by water. Fifty per cent was leached from acid soil columns with 0.1 N KCl, but none was removed from alkaline soil. Flooding did not increase Cs/sup 137/ uptake by rice plants over that observed when soil was not flooded. (auth)
Research Organization:
General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.
DOE Contract Number:
AT(45-1)-1350
NSA Number:
NSA-14-022714
OSTI ID:
4167753
Report Number(s):
HW-62037
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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