Radiation dose assessment for the biota of terrestrial ecosystems in the shoreline zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant cooling pond

• Published in: Health physics (1958) Vol. 101; no. 4; p. 349
• Main Authors: Oskolkov, Boris Ya, Bondarkov, Mikhail D, Gaschak, Sergey P, Maksimenko, Andrey M, Hinton, Thomas G, Coughlin, Daniel, Jannik, G Timothy, Farfán, Eduardo B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2011
• Subjects: Animals; Biota; Birds; Body Burden; Cesium Radioisotopes - analysis; Cesium Radioisotopes - metabolism; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; Cold Temperature; Fresh Water; Mammals; Nuclear Power Plants; Radiation Dosage; Risk Assessment - methods; Species Specificity; Strontium Radioisotopes - analysis; Strontium Radioisotopes - metabolism; Ukraine; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - chemistry; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - metabolism; Ukraine

Radiation exposure of the biota in the shoreline area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Pond was assessed to evaluate radiological consequences from the decommissioning of the Cooling Pond. This paper addresses studies of radioactive contamination of the terrestrial faunal complex and rad...