RADIOCESIUM IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF ITALY AFTER THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT - VERTICAL SOIL TRANSPORT AND SOIL-TO-PLANT TRANSFER

Authors
VELASCO RH TOSO JP BELLI M SANSONE U
Citation
Rh. Velasco et al., RADIOCESIUM IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF ITALY AFTER THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT - VERTICAL SOIL TRANSPORT AND SOIL-TO-PLANT TRANSFER, Journal of environmental radioactivity, 37(1), 1997, pp. 73-83
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Journal of environmental radioactivity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0265931X
Volume
37
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
73 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0265-931X(1997)37:1<73:RITNPO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Radiocesium deposited in soil following the Chernobyl accident (May 19 86) has remained persistently available for plant uptake in some areas of Europe. In this paper, the RABES model was used to explain the ver tical migration of Cs-137 in soil, in three different areas in the Nor theastern region of Italy. The soil-to-plant transfer factor has been calculated as a function of the elapsed time since the radionuclide de position. The influence of the soil characteritics on the transfer pro cess was studied. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.