Migration ability of plutonium and americium in the soils of Polessie State Radiation-Ecological Reserve

Svetlana Ovsiannikova; Maryna Papenia; Katsiaryna Voinikava; Justin Brown; Lindys Skipperud; Galina Sokolik; Sergey Svirschevsky

doi:10.1007/s10967-010-0740-0

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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volume/Issue:: Volume 286: Issue 2

Migration ability of plutonium and americium in the soils of Polessie State Radiation-Ecological Reserve

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Svetlana Ovsiannikova

Svetlana Ovsiannikova Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

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Maryna Papenia

Maryna Papenia Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

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Katsiaryna Voinikava

Katsiaryna Voinikava Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

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Justin Brown

Justin Brown Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Oslo, Norway

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Lindys Skipperud

Lindys Skipperud Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway

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Galina Sokolik

Galina Sokolik Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

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Sergey Svirschevsky

Sergey Svirschevsky Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

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Pages:: 409–415

Online Publication Date:: 19 Aug 2010

Publication Date:: 01 Nov 2010

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0740-0

Keywords:: Plutonium; Americium; Chemical fractionation; Migration ability

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Abstract

The physicochemical forms of radionuclides in soils determine the processes of their entry into the soil solutions, redistribution in the soil profile, soil–plant and soil–ground or surface waters transfer as well as spreading outside the contaminated area. The vertical distribution of plutonium and americium and their physicochemical forms in soils of Polessie State Radiation-Ecological Reserve (PSRER) were studied with the aim of establishing the potential for radionuclide migration. Samples of alluvial soddy-podzolic and peaty soils with a low (1–3%) and relatively high (~80% of dry sample mass) content of organic matter have been selected for investigation. A method employing sequential selective extraction has been used for analysis of radionuclide physicochemical forms in the soils. Activity concentrations of ²³⁸Pu, ^239,240Pu and ²⁴¹Am in the samples were determined via radiochemical analysis with alpha-spectrometric identification of radionuclides. The results indicate that the main proportion of plutonium and americium remains in the 0–20 cm soil layer. The inventories of mobile and biologically available forms of plutonium and americium, expressed as a percentage of the total radionuclide content in soil, lie in the ranges of 1.1–9.4 and 2.7–29% respectively. Greater proportions of mobile and biologically available forms of radionuclides appear to be associated with mineral soil as compared to organic soil. In both mineral and organic soils, the portion of mobile americium is higher than plutonium. The inventories of mobile forms of plutonium and americium increase with the depth of soils.

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