title: Accumulation of artificial radionuclides in agricultural plants in the area used for surface nuclear tests.
abstract: The paper reports on the study of artificial radionuclide accumulation in agricultural crops grown at the territory with high concentration of radionuclides, and first of all - with high concentration of transuranium elements. As a result of this work, peculiarities of accumulation and distribution of artificial radionuclides in the vegetative and generative organs of the studied plants have been revealed. Basic accumulation factors have been found for (137)Cs, (90)Sr, (239+240)Pu, and (241)Am in agricultural products. Accumulation factor dependence on type of planting was found for the investigated types of plants. It has been found that the vegetative organs accumulate radionuclides most of all.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan. Electronic address: kozhahanov@nnc.kz.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Kozhakhanov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Lukashenko
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Larionova
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000378:metabolism*; D007623:Kazakhstan; D054043:Nuclear Weapons; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
keywords: Accumulation factors (F(ν)); Agricultural plants; Radioactive contamination; Radionuclides; The activity concentration (AC)