EFFECTIVENESS OF MELIORATIVE MEASURES IN DECREASING LEVELS OF CS-137 IN HARVESTS AFTER THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT - DATA FROM BRYANSK PROVINCE, RUSSIA

Authors
RATNIKOV AN ALEKSAKHIN RM ZHIGAREVA TL SANZHAROVA NI POPOVA GI
Citation
An. Ratnikov et al., EFFECTIVENESS OF MELIORATIVE MEASURES IN DECREASING LEVELS OF CS-137 IN HARVESTS AFTER THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT - DATA FROM BRYANSK PROVINCE, RUSSIA, Eurasian soil science, 25(2), 1993, pp. 123-127
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Eurasian soil science → ACNP
ISSN journal
10642293
Volume
25
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
123 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
1064-2293(1993)25:2<123:EOMMID>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Agricultural protective measures in an area of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, contaminated by the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant dec reased the levels of Cs-137 in harvested plants by an average of 2.2 a nd those in meadow and pasture-land vegetation by a factor of 2.8. The effectiveness of the protective measures (fertilization with high lev els of potassium and phosphorus, liming, cultivation of meadows) depen ded on the type of soil and its particle-size composition and on the t ypes of plants growing on it.