The role of stable cesium on plant uptake of cesium-137

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Soil Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00010694-198207000-00014· OSTI ID:5894388

Wallace, A; Romney, E M; Wood, R A

Studies were conducted to evaluate the role of stable cesium on plant uptake of cesium-137. Stable Cs applied to soil simultaneously with the /sup 137/Cs increased the uptake of /sup 137/Cs by bush bean plants by an order of magnitude. Stable Cs applied just after /sup 137/Cs had been applied was only half as effective in increasing uptake as was Cs mixed with the /sup 137/Cs before application. When bush beans were grown in pots of various sizes, plants in small pots contained much more manganese and less potassium in primary leaves and less /sup 137/Cs in all plant parts than did plants grown in large pots. Most Mn was in primary leaves. Three consecutive barley cuttings from the same pots resulted in less /sup 137/Cs and Cs in plants from small pots per unit of dry weight than from large pots and in less K, more Ca, and more /sup 137/Cs in the third crop. The first crop, besides being lowest in /sup 137/Cs, was also lowest in Ca, Mg, P, Mn, Cu, Zn, and Sr relative to the second and third crops. The correlation coefficient between /sup 137/Cs and Cs was +0.64, and it was -0.31 between /sup 137/Cs and K.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Los Angeles
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00012
• OSTI ID: 5894388
• Journal Information: Soil Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Soil Sci.; (United States) Vol. 134:1; ISSN SOSCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

560173 -- Radiation Effects-- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
560303* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
BARLEY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CALCIUM
CEREALS
CESIUM
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COPPER
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LEAVES
LEGUMINOSAE
MAGNESIUM
MANGANESE
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PHASEOLUS
PLANTS
POTASSIUM
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
ROOT ABSORPTION
SOILS
STABLE ISOTOPES
STRONTIUM
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
UPTAKE
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZINC