Cs-137 content in the mushrooms of radioactive contaminated zones of the European part of the CIS.
Samples of different species of mushrooms were collected in the forests contaminated by Chernobyl (ChNPP) accident fallout debris. Sampling sites were located at a distance of 5-200 km from Chernobyl NPP. Transfer factors (TF) for Cs-137 from soil to mushrooms varied from 12 to 5060 nCi kg-1/Ci km-2; TF variability depended on the distance from ChNPP, mushroom species and growth conditions. The highest concentrations of Cs-137 were observed in Paxillus involutus and Xerocomus badius. These species are suggested as bioindicators of radioactive contamination.
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Radioecology Laboratory, Soil Science Faculty, Moscow State University, Russia.
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D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D017517:Commonwealth of Independent States; D017753:Ecosystem; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D012426:Russia; D013045:Species Specificity; D014455:Ukraine
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011847:Radioactive Fallout