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Estimation of radiation non-regulatory stochastic risks for meadow plants of the semipalatinsk test site

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2009

J. Barescut ,
V. L. Tetenkin ,
S. I. Spiridonov ,
M. K. Mukusheva  and
E. I. Karpenko
V. L. Tetenkin
Affiliation:
Russian Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, 249032 Obninsk, Russia
S. I. Spiridonov
Affiliation:
Russian Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, 249032 Obninsk, Russia
M. K. Mukusheva
Affiliation:
National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan, 071100 Kurchatov, Kazakhstan
E. I. Karpenko
Affiliation:
Russian Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, 249032 Obninsk, Russia
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Abstract

An algorithm and formulas to estimate non-regulatory stochastic risks (for biota and humans) have been derived. These were used to assess radiation risks for meadow plants within the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS). It has been shown that on small plots with relatively high radiation levels (∼ 0.25 mGy/h) the radiation risks of death of radiosensitive plants (leguminous and coniferous shrubs) have a noticeable value (> 2%). In the other STS area, radiation is not a danger to the vegetation.

Type
Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 44 , Issue 5: ECORAD 2008 - Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity , 2009 , pp. 259 - 264
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2009

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