CONTENT OF RADIONUCLIDES IN THE FEAT DEPOSIT OF SWAMPS

The results are given of comparative analysis of the content and trans formation of Sr-90 and Cs-137 over a peat deposit of swamps. During ra dioecological study, account was taken of the quantitative composition and physicochemical properties of the peat, as well as of the specifi c nature of the entry of radioactive products to peat deposits. Consid ering the increased capacity of peat for accumulating radionuclides an d the specific features of sorption processes in a peat deposit, it is expedient to utilize swamps as a convenient natural object for contin uous monitoring of radioactive contamination of the environment.