The Northern-Crimean Canal as a model object for radioecological study of the Chernobyl radionuclides transport to the Black Sea

G.G. Polikarpov, G.E. Lazorenko✉, N.N. Tereshchenko, N.Yu. Mirzoyeva

Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Researches, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol, Russia

✉ e-mail: g.e.lazorenko@gmail.com

Аннотация

Radioecological study of the irrigation system of the Northern-Crimean Canal (NCC) is carried out to assess its role in transport of the Chernobyl-originated long-lived radionuclides to the Karkinitsky Bay in the north-western part of the Black Sea. It is shown that irrigated soils, bottom sediments of the NCC mainstream, its branch and drainage systems constitute the main storage of 137Cs and plutonium isotopes. Therefore, the NCC irrigation system is considered to be a natural buffer preventing further transfer of these radionuclides to the Karkinitsky Bay. At the same time, 90Sr is characterized by almost uniform distribution in all the components of the NCC irrigation ecosystem.

Ключевые слова

137Sr, 90Cs, plutonium isotopes, Northern-Crimean Canal irrigation system

Для цитирования

The Northern-Crimean Canal as a model object for radioecological study of the Chernobyl radionuclides transport to the Black Sea / G.G. Polikarpov [et al.] // Морской гидрофизический журнал. 2015. № 3. С. 27-36. EDN VDUWDP. https://doi.org/10.22449/0233-7584-2015-3-27-36

Polikarpov, G.G., Lazorenko, G.E., Tereshchenko, N.N. and Mirzoyeva, N.Yu., 2015. The Northern-Crimean Canal as a model object for radioecological study of the Chernobyl radionuclides transport to the Black Sea. Physical Oceanography, (3), pp. 25-34. https://doi.org/10.22449/1573-160X-2015-3-25-34

DOI

10.22449/0233-7584-2015-3-27-36

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