Transgenerational effects in offspring of chronically irradiated populations of Drosophila melanogaster after the Chernobyl accident
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DOI: 10.1002/em.22416
Abstract: The zone of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster represents the largest area of chronic low‐intensity radioactive impact on the natural ecosystems. The effects of chronic low‐dose irradiation for natural populations of organisms and their offspring are… read more here.
Keywords: transgenerational effects; offspring chronically; populations drosophila; chernobyl ... See more keywords
Chernobyl still with us: 137Caesium activity contents in seabed sediments from the Gulf of Bothnia, northern Baltic Sea.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112924
Abstract: Anthropogenic radionuclides are among those human impacts, which can be seen widely in the marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident has rendered the Baltic Sea as the most… read more here.
Keywords: chernobyl; sea; gulf bothnia; baltic sea ... See more keywords
Direct isotope analysis of Chernobyl microparticles using time-of-flight mass spectrometry with pulsed glow discharge
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DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2017.02.015
Abstract: Abstract After the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, numerous specimens of the so-called ‘fuel-containing masses’ or the Chernobyl ‘lava’ and hot particles were collected. Isotope analysis of Chernobyl specimens is the subject of special interest,… read more here.
Keywords: isotope analysis; mass; mass spectrometry; chernobyl ... See more keywords
Chernobyl and the Production of Ignorance: Review of Kate Brown's Manual for Survival
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DOI: 10.1017/slr.2020.83
Abstract: What is the number of casualties from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster? Historian Kate Brown's important book grew out of apparent frustration with the controversy surrounding the accident. Brown was frustrated with the position of… read more here.
Keywords: chernobyl production; production ignorance; chernobyl; kate brown ... See more keywords
Radioactive contaminated forests in Fukushima and Chernobyl
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DOI: 10.1080/13416979.2017.1356681
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper compares the scale and consequences of radioactive contamination of forest ecosystems following the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. The Chernobyl deposition in the zone closest to the reactor site (the “near zone”) presently… read more here.
Keywords: forests fukushima; radioactive contaminated; chernobyl; contaminated forests ... See more keywords