Dynamic modeling of the cesium, strontium, and ruthenium transfer to grass and vegetables

Journal Article · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · Health Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-199905000-00005· OSTI ID:6317276

Renaud, P; Real, J; Maubert, H; Roussel-Debet, S ^[1]

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1. CE de Cadarache, Saint-Paul lez Durance (France). Inst. de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire

From 1988 to 1993, the Nuclear Safety and Protection Institute (Institut de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire -- IPSN) conducted experimental programs focused on transfers to vegetation following accidental localized deposits of radioactive aerosols. In relation to vegetable crops (fruit, leaves, and root vegetables) and meadow grass these experiments have enabled a determination of the factors involved in the transfer of cesium, strontium, and ruthenium at successive harvests, or cuttings, in respect of various time lags after contamination. The dynamic modeling given by these results allows an evaluation of changes in the mass activity of vegetables and grass during the months following deposit. It constitutes part of the ASTRAL post-accident radioecology model.

• OSTI ID: 6317276
• Journal Information: Health Physics, Vol. 76:5; ISSN 0017-9078
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
A CODES
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CONTAMINATION
FOOD CHAINS
RADIATION ACCIDENTS
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
ACCIDENTS
AEROSOLS
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
COLLOIDS
COMPUTER CODES
DISPERSIONS
ISOTOPES
SOLS
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