Downward migration of radiocaesium in organic soils across a transect in Scotland

• Published in: Journal of environmental radioactivity Vol. 115; pp. 124 - 133
• Main Authors: Shand, C.A., Rosén, K., Thored, K., Wendler, R., Hillier, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: 137Cs; Aluminum Silicates; Aluminum Silicates - analysis; analysis; Applied sciences; Cesium Radioisotopes; Cesium Radioisotopes - analysis; Chernobyl; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; Clay minerals; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use; Exact sciences and technology; half life; highlands; Markvetenskap; Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap; Miljövetenskap; nuclear power; organic soils; Pollution; Pollution sources. Measurement results; Pollution, environment geology; Radiation Monitoring; Radioactivity; Scotland; Soil; Soil - analysis; Soil and sediments pollution; soil heating; Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; Soil Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; soil profiles; Soil Science; USSR; X-ray diffraction; Scotland; USSR; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Europe; Clay minerals; X-ray diffraction; Chernobyl; Pollution; Radioactivity; 137Cs; Cesium 137; Radioactive pollution; Pollutant behavior; Migration; Radioisotope; Soil pollution; Spatial variation; X ray diffraction; Radioactivity measurement; Nuclear weapon; Transport process; Cs; Fission reactor accidents

Following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, radioactive materials including 137Cs were distributed over large parts of the former Soviet Union and Europe. Due to the relatively long physical half-life of 137Cs (30.1 y) measurable activity concentrations can still be observed...