Radionuclide mobility and bioavailability in Norwegian and Soviet soils
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in The Analyst
- Vol. 117 (3) , 481-486
- https://doi.org/10.1039/an9921700481
Abstract
A sequential extraction procedure has been applied to study the speciation of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides (137Cs and 90Sr) in soils from Norway, and from Byelorussia and the Chernobyl region in the USSR. Most 137Cs (>80%) was strongly associated with soil components, whereas 90Sr was more mobile, up to 70% being found in the easily extractable fractions. The 90Sr : 137Cs ratio decreased with the distance from the reactor, reflecting the higher proportion of hot particles deposited in the regions close to the reactor, and the easily extractable fraction of 90Sr was significantly lower in the soils collected from the Chernobyl area. The distribution of stable Cs and stable Sr in the extraction fractions was similar for the various sites. Therefore, the location-specific differences in the distribution of 90Sr and, to a lesser extent, 137Cs arise because of fallout speciation rather than because of local environmental factors.Keywords
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