Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment II : Chernobyl

This is Volume II in a three-volume set on the __Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment__, focusing on Chernobyl. Now, so many years after the Chernobyl accident, new data is emerging and important new findings are being made. The book reviews major research achievements concerning the behavior of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides, including their air transport and resuspension, mobility and bioavailability in the soil-water environment, vertical and lateral migration in soils and sediments, soil-to-plant and soil-to-animal transfer, and water-to-aqueous biota transfer. The long-term dynamics of radionuclides in aquatic ecosystems are also discussed, in particular, the heavily contaminated cooling pond of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is in the process of being decommissioned. Lessons learned from long-term research on the environmental behavior of radionuclides can help us understand the pathways of environmental contamination, which, in turn, will allow us to improve methods for modeling and predicting the long-term effects of pollution. This book features a wealth of original data and findings, many of which have never been published before, or were not available internationally. The contributing authors are experts from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus with more than 30 years of experience investigating Chernobyl-derived radionuclides in the environment. The content presented here can help to predict the evolution of environmental contamination following a nuclear accident, and specifically the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Atmospheric Transport of Radionuclides Initially Released as a Result of the Chernobyl Accident (Mykola Talerko, Evgeny Garger, Tatiana Lev, Anatolii Nosovskyi)....Pages 3-74 Re-entrainment of the Chernobyl-Derived Radionuclides in Air: Experimental Data and Modeling (Evgeny Garger, Mykola Talerko)....Pages 75-154 Front Matter ....Pages 155-155 Mobility and Bioavailability of the Chernobyl-Derived Radionuclides in Soil–Water Environment: Review (Alexei Konoplev)....Pages 157-193 Quantitative Assessment of Lateral Migration of the Chernobyl-Derived 137Cs in Contaminated Territories of the East European Plain (Valentin Golosov, Maxim Ivanov)....Pages 195-226 Front Matter ....Pages 227-227 Behavior of the Chernobyl-Derived Radionuclides in Agricultural Ecosystems (Boris Prister)....Pages 229-282 Behavior of the Chernobyl-Derived Radionuclides in Forest Ecosystems and Effects of Radiation (Vasyl Yoschenko, Valery Kashparov, Tatsuhiro Ohkubo)....Pages 283-320 Front Matter ....Pages 321-321 Long-Term Dynamics of the Chernobyl-Derived Radionuclides in Rivers and Lakes (Alexei Konoplev, Volodymyr Kanivets, Gennady Laptev, Oleg Voitsekhovich, Olga Zhukova, Maria Germenchuk)....Pages 323-348 Distribution and Dynamics of Radionuclides in the Chernobyl Cooling Pond (Volodymyr Kanivets, Gennady Laptev, Alexei Konoplev, Hlib Lisovyi, Grygorii Derkach, Oleg Voitsekhovych)....Pages 349-405 Radioactivity of Aquatic Biota in Water Bodies Impacted with the Chernobyl-Derived Radionuclides (Ivan I. Kryshev, Tatiana G. Sazykina, Alexander I. Kryshev)....Pages 407-440 Back Matter ....Pages 441-443