Radioactive contamination of rivers as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

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OSTI ID:435766

Zhukova, O M; Matveenko, I I ^[1]; Myshkina, N K; Sharovarov, G A; Shiryaeva, N M ^[2]; Michaelides, E E; Melkozerova, O V ^[3]

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1. Center of Radiation Control and Monitoring of the Belarus State Committee of Hydrometeorology, Minsk (Belarus)
2. Inst. of Radioecological Problems, Minsk (Belarus)
3. Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA (United States)

The formation of radioactive contamination of the Belarussian rivers after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is discussed in this manuscript. On the basis of data monitored, the authors analyzed the runoff and transport of cesium-137 and strontium-90 in the Dnieper-Sozh river system. They present the details of the Iput` river monitoring. They have drawn certain conclusions concerning the transport and fate of radionuclides based upon their analysis of the data on the transport of radioactive contamination in these rivers.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 435766
• Report Number(s): CONF-951135--; ISBN 0-7918-1755-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BELARUS
CESIUM 137
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
COMPILED DATA
CONTAMINATION
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
RIVERS
STRONTIUM 90
WATER POLLUTION